Daily Lesson for October 8, 2014

Today's daily lesson is from Luke chapter 7 verses 33 through 35:

33 For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ 34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ 35 Yet wisdom is justified by all her children.”

The guy who shines my shoes is also preacher of the hot Gospel variety. To sit down in the seat of his shine stand is to enter the pews of one of the most fervent and fiery preachers in America.  It's 3 to 5 minutes of full-force and furnace-fueled frontal attack on everything worldly, including greed, backbiting, Sabbath-breaking, smoking, fornication, the Devil, and the dangers of calling our children "kids" -- I'm still trying to figure that one out. His name is John; and yes, he's Baptist.

I have another preacher friend who is, well, a bit less morally stringent. His dad owns a liquor store; sometimes he shops there. He watches the Comedy Channel, the Cowboys (on the Sabbath), and is ok with gay folks. His church ordains women as deacons and pastors too and have auctioned off libation from his dad's store to support their missions program.  His name is Ryon; and yes, he's Baptist also.

And I figure God in His wisdom is using both of these Baptists for the Kingdom.