Our new series beginning Easter is “Excuse Me”…
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Help me with this series and share with me your favorite excuses of any kind:
39 Comments
Billy says,
Sorry I am late for work, I made it to Hollywood!!
on 28 March 2009 / 8:55 AM
Derek Simpkins says,
“I really want to come to church with you, I’m just too busy”
(like there’s ANYTHING else going on at 9:30 on a Sunday morning?) lol
on 28 March 2009 / 8:58 AM
Cindy says,
I would love to, but I have four kids…
on 28 March 2009 / 9:00 AM
Skipper says,
Just tell ‘em about me.
on 29 March 2009 / 9:56 PM
Hannah says,
My parents ask me and I say “I don’t know!”
on 28 March 2009 / 9:01 AM
Tony Knight says,
“It’s all about Bryant…”
on 28 March 2009 / 9:02 AM
Lisa says,
I’m too tired to ________ (play a game, go to the store, go for a walk, study, exercise, read…).
on 28 March 2009 / 9:03 AM
Jill L. says,
I have a headache!
on 28 March 2009 / 9:04 AM
David says,
I work for the church
on 28 March 2009 / 9:07 AM
ChurchBoy says,
Excuse for skipping church: Real Mysterious Sounding “I just had this feeling I shouldn’t be there.”
on 28 March 2009 / 9:08 AM
Shannon O'Dell says,
The most common excuse I receive…”God knows my heart.”
on 28 March 2009 / 9:10 AM
Carmen says,
I can experience God in the deerwoods.
on 28 March 2009 / 9:20 AM
Spicoli says,
I would go, but then I would have to plug in and serve…
on 28 March 2009 / 9:27 AM
Rich says,
God can’t use me any more because I’ve been divorced
on 28 March 2009 / 9:34 AM
Tori says,
These are excuses I have been given from those I have invited to church.
#1-”I don’t understand all that stuff their doing there at your church”(referring to technology)…My Response…I don’t understand all there is about HEAVEN, but I sure wanna be there!!…Amen!!
#2-”Your church is just too Big!”…Heaven’s BIGGER!!
#3-”I am________.(Methodist, Lutheran,”not-that-kind-of Baptist”)…these are definitely excuses, esp. when they don’t attend a(Methodist, Lutheran,or a “not-that-kind-of Baptist”) church anyway!!
#4-It’s too far to drive out to BNC…Oh me!! Maybe,this excuse is legit for some, but then there’s iCampus,if you have internet @ home…join us @ http://www.brandnewchurch.com!!
One last excuse. This one takes the cake!!
“I forgot.” followed by..”If I could remember what you said Mom, then I would obey what you said.”
Memory loss at such a young age is a terrible thing!!LOL
on 28 March 2009 / 10:28 AM
Stacy says,
I will one day…I promise you! or I was out really late Saturday night…. I hear this one all the time. I keep asking and sending that same text every Sunday morning.
on 28 March 2009 / 10:36 AM
Derek Simpkins says,
LOL. I found that telling those who were out REALLY late Saturday night “If you were out THAT late, you were probably doing something you should be at church praying about” doesn’t win anyone over. lol
on 28 March 2009 / 10:55 AM
Erica says,
Tori, you are so funny! Memory loss is a terrible thing at such a young age! lol. My children got hit with that too, very early in their lives, lol. I always claim 4 youngs kids too! I always get the excuse that people are too tired to go to church and just couldn’t get around in time…
on 28 March 2009 / 10:46 AM
Jeremy Davidson says,
Watched my brother and sister-in-law get into fight last night about why he had not ordered the pizza. She said, “what have you been doing.” He said, “the baby has been crying all night.” She said, “Do not tell me that, I get all kinds of stuff done with the baby everyday.” He says, “Yeah, but you have a boob.”
So at this point in the conversation we had come to a point where he couldn’t order pizza, because he didn’t have a boob.
I pretty much busted out laughing in the middle of their fight at this point and we all took it down a notch.
on 28 March 2009 / 10:54 AM
Les says,
“It was such a long week, and Sunday was my only day to finally sleep in…”
This is always MY excuse, and why I go Sat nights!
on 28 March 2009 / 11:10 AM
Scott Moore says,
My Dog ate my Bible
on 28 March 2009 / 1:25 PM
leah johannes says,
excuse..I was out too late parting and do not feel like it.
on 28 March 2009 / 1:58 PM
Shawn D says,
My new favorite that A neighbor told me. “I am a son of a deacon”
on 28 March 2009 / 8:50 PM
fredi mendez says,
I haven’t miss church in a long time but I often do make excuses when it comes to spend time with God..
This is my favorite worse one
I need to spend time with God today, 3 hrs later I need to spend time God today, another 5hrs later
bed time comes along I need to spend time with God oh well I guess their is always tomorrow!!
I really feel convicted about this one better go read my bible…. I am serious….
on 28 March 2009 / 9:26 PM
Deanna says,
before I was saved, “I feel so convicted,” “it makes me uncomfortable” I didn’t want to change.
on 28 March 2009 / 9:35 PM
Skipper says,
My favorite:
I’ve never really been into church.
Or
That’s just not my thing.
on 28 March 2009 / 11:25 PM
Cindy Hyatt says,
the biggest ones I hear from my kids. “you didn’t tell me that” or “I didn’t hear you”
on 29 March 2009 / 11:57 AM
Aaron Stevens says,
I have to…..
change the hangers on my clothes.
press my socks.
look up some phone numbers.
count my rocks.
find your marbles.
save my game first.
on 29 March 2009 / 2:10 PM
Greg S says,
Too many hypocrits at church.
on 29 March 2009 / 4:09 PM
Kathryn Woods says,
I can`t exercise today because my socks will rub my fake tan off!
on 29 March 2009 / 5:18 PM
CJ says,
One of the most unbelievable excuses for not attending church was from my mother. She used to say,”I can’t go to church in the morning because after a few cups of coffee I never know when Mother Nature will hit and I might not make it to the restroom in time.”
My agnostic son, please pray for him, says he doesn’t go to church because all christians say they are following God but they never do what the Bible says so he believes the Bible is just another book from man.
on 30 March 2009 / 12:28 PM
Gena Miller says,
This excuse always bothers me: I will start going to church when I get my life in order.
on 30 March 2009 / 6:33 PM
Nathan says,
i’ve heard this one a few times…my parents made me go to church when i was younger. i felt like it was shoved down my throat. i just don’t want to do that to my kids.
on 30 March 2009 / 9:00 PM
James Bailey says,
When asked to go to church, my friend said “I would buy those weird people at the front door always try to shake my hand”… Little did he know that I’m one of those “weird” people lol.
on 30 March 2009 / 10:19 PM
Kameron Richter says,
The one I GET the most is “I forgot.” Really, I talked to you last night, but you forgort THIS MORNING.
The one I MAKE the most is “It’s okay, I did…” and then I list off in my mind all the stuff I did right today. So, doing stuff right is “kind of” like spending time with God. Or it makes it “kind of” okay if I had impure thoughts about that woman on TV or at Wal-Mart.
The worst part is…instead of begging God to forgive me and running as fast as I can the other way, I’ll ask God to “eXcuse me” and just keep goin’.
on 31 March 2009 / 9:09 AM
Phillip Taylor says,
it’s just not my gift…
on 31 March 2009 / 3:28 PM
Ashley Toler says,
That’s hysterical!!!
on 31 March 2009 / 3:41 PM
Ashley Toler says,
I have actually had a friend tell me they didn’t want to come to church with us because then they would “have to take a shower” (keep in mind our service is at 5:00 in the afternoon)!!
My favorite excuse ever is Adam in the garden telling God “that woman YOU gave me made me do it” NIV.
on 31 March 2009 / 3:40 PM
Sherry T says,
“Every time I go, the preacher preaches right at me.”
“I think there are chemicals in that church, because I always get so sleepy there.”
Both of these came from the same person.
This one is the one that I used before I was saved. “I don’t have nice dresses to wear.”
on 08 April 2009 / 10:22 AM