Inappropriate Conversations

"[Jason Varitek] … He caught it!"
 
Luke 18:15-17 (faith needs to include the awe and wonder of childhood)

"When he spoke it would raise the roof. Peter Pumpkinhead told the truth, but he made too many enemies of the people who would keep us on our knees."
Andy Partridge
 
Mark 2:1-12 (some religious people were unhappy at seeing miraculous healing)

“We do know that no person can be saved except through Christ. We do not know that only those who know Him can be saved by Him.”
C.S. Lewis

John 14:1-14 (when Jesus says He is the Way, He is not identifying gatekeeping rules that even He must obey as our Lord; He is telling us that He picks the Way)

"What do you think it's gonna do when I live by faith and now my work is through? It's gonna rain! … I'm so happy to say, it's gonna rain on the world today."
Gordon Gano

Genesis 6:9-7:24 (flood continued for 40 days, and waters swelled on the earth for 150 days)

"Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps. But let justice roll down like water and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream."
Amos of Tekoa

Amos 5:21-24 (it’s not about festivals, assemblies, songs or offerings; it’s about justice)

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
Aristotle of Stagira
 
Proverbs 13:13-17 (teaching of the wise is a fountain of life)

"Why were we put here? What for? We're unsure. We sure weren't put here to hate."
Nate Albert and Dicky Barrett

Matthew 7:13-23 (knowing them by their fruit, there are some who claim the name of the Lord but Jesus has said he won’t even recognize them)