Words and phrases to banish

[Peairtach]

"Let's unpack that a little" or "I want to unpack that a little" , when someone - usually a Baptist ( ! ) - is about to exegete a passage of Scripture. I know some popular speakers live out of their suitcases, but really......!

"We need to move out of our comfort zone"

"body ministry"

"Oh Lord, may you be the breaker-up-of-our-ways"

"the vision thing"


To be honest I don't come across this stuff too often - thankfully!

 

[Frosty]

"My church just takes the Bible literally. You know, simply for what it says."

 

[Rich Koster]

Let's ditch these terms:

politically correct

I'm offended

 

[Tbordow]

City

 

[Cymro]

The BBC started it,but now it has invaded the pulpit!-"iconic,"everthing and everyone
is "iconic". Maybe a case of iconography!
Jeff O'Neil,S.Wales

 

[jwithnell]

resonate

That just literally resonates with me! My partner and I will quiet time about that tomorrow morning

 

[Randy in Tulsa]

"Preach the gospel to yourself." Transparent. "Self-righteous," when it's misused to criticize obedience. "Moral List," when it's misused to criticize obedience. "Legalistic," when it's misused to criticize obedience.

 

[Zach]

That is a great idea and perhaps the best yet in this thread.

 

[Curt]

This is so last year.

 

[hammondjones]

2. "Sufficient for all, efficient for the elect"

I'll dissent on this one as well.

I certainly have no problem with the statement for what it is, and I very, very much appreciate the 3FU. Let me be crystal clear, I think they are like epic. To unpack my comment, I'll say that I just don't think that this phrase as much of a reformed distinctive as some people might use it to be.

All I'm saying is,
1. Who would disagree that Christ's atonement was meritorious enough for sins of all people? Nobody.
2. Who would disagree that Christ's atonement is efficient for the elect. Nobody.

So, not a distinctive.

It's not the phrase that I don't like, it's the usage (not all usage, just some usage).

 

[JStone]

winsome

This.

 

[Beau Michel]

seeker sensitive and full gospel.

 

[Rich Koster]

"The book of Revelations" Reason: delete the s , and I'm happy.

 

[arapahoepark]

I have to ask in which context, or is this a joke?

 

[CharlieJ]

I would like to ban the word "interrelate," as it seems to be a bastardization of "relate."

 

[Mushroom]

Rat brains.

 

[Edward]

Who would disagree that Christ's atonement is efficient for the elect. Nobody.

What about those who don't believe in election?

 

["William The Baptist"]

Christianity isn't a religion, it's a relationship...

This one drives me NUTS. It always makes me want to quote James about what pure religion is. I thought about this one the other day and have been meaning to post it here, but you beat me to it

 

["William The Baptist"]

Also, "Be the hands and feet of Jesus"

"Contemporary Worship and Traditional Worship"

Can't remember if those were said yet...

 

[AThornquist]

Pastor fashion.

 

[Ubergopher]

The first couple are mostly military-specific (mainly in performance reports since I'm knee deep in two of them)

1. "Promote"
2. "Spear-headed"
3. "Enabled"
4. "Single handedly"

A few church ones
1. Small group
2. Sold out

In general language
1. Any kind of misuse of "few, couple, bunch, pair"
2. YOLO (If you want your LO to be shorter, say that around me!)
3. Pirate
4. Paleo diet

 

[Semper Fidelis]

Preach the Gospel at all times. Use words if necessary.

 

[chuckd]

This.

Add this to the list.

 

[Rich Koster]

sermonette

 

[Matthias]

Ginger....when referencing people with red hair

 

[hammondjones]

Who would disagree that Christ's atonement is efficient for the elect. Nobody.

What about those who don't believe in election?

The word "elect" appears the Bible. Perhaps a "broadly-evangelical" Christian and I have totally different understandings of what that means. But even if a person thinks that the elect are those that God looked forward in time and saw would respond of their own free will, I submit that they will still agree with the statement.

 

[Jesus is my friend]

"Don't Hit them over the head with the Bible"

"God is a "gentleman",and won't violate your "freewill""

"building bridges with people"

"I have no peace about it"

"God just want's me to be happy!"

"married in the eyes of God"

"It's a good idea....but is it a God idea?"

"You have got to meet people where they are at"

"Worship Team"

"God is really doing a work there"






Those just drive me mad!

 

[Pergamum]

God has cast one vote for you, the Devil has cast one vote against you - you must cast that deciding vote.

 

[thbslawson]

Goodness, we have some nit-picky people here.

 

[Cymro]

"Let us." Used repititiously in public prayer.