Pain in the Grass
Mark 6:39 Then He commanded them to make them all sit down in groups on the green grass. These words were from the mouth of Jesus right before he fed the 5,000. I recall my good friend Andrew delivering a sermon several years ago where he noted the "green" reference. It is one of the few sermons of his I recall with an almost You-Tube like clarity. I vividly remember his voice, his intonation, his pace, what he looked like when he said it. The only other time I remember a sermon statement of Andrew's verbatim was his talk on sex where he said if we wanted to "supercharge your wedding night" don't kiss until then. Andrew wasn't being a Legalist...he just wanted what was best for us. I happened to mention to Andrew in an email about a year ago (he is pastor in California now) the "green" reference. It was odd I remembered, odder that I mentioned it, oddest yet after he replied back. He responded amused...a member of his church and he had gotten ...