Out of the Mouth…
I had a nice worship at church on the Lord’s Day today. It was wonderful. My church’s denomination is the OPC. For those who don’t know, OPC stands for Only Perfect Church. Okay, just kidding! :D It’s the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. I love the strictness of their adherence and subscription to the Westminster Confessions & Catechisms. The OPC publishes a wonderful monthly magazine “New Horizons” where they have different articles related to worship, Christian education, book reviews, foreign missions, prayer calendar, news, issues in the church, etc. Very interesting things.
One tiny column I really enjoy is “Out of the Mouth…” where readers contribute humorous wisdom their children have said. I love the cute funny insights that little kids sometimes say! Here are some funny ones:
In our family devotions, we were reviewing the encounter between John the Baptist and the Pharisees and Sadducees in Matthew 3. When asked what John called those religious leaders, our son Benjamin paused for a moment and then answered, “You brood of diapers!” –Peter Moelker (Lisbon, N.Y.)
When I saw my four-year-old son Thomas after his Sunday school class, I asked him what he had learned about.
He replied, “Angels.”
“What did the angels do?” I asked him.
He gave me an incredulous look and said, “They did what God told them to do!” –Jim Benoit (Cedar Creek, Tex.)
At our church (Grace OPC in Hanover Park, Illinois), we sang the hymn “El-Shaddai.” But four-year-old Bethany Johnson was confused. So she asked one of her older sisters, “Why did Elsha die?” –Mark deRu (Bartlett, Ill.)
I was grading some third grade Bible tests at a Christian school. The question was, “Does anyone really get away with sin? Why or why not?” One pupil answered, “No, because God always knows if we have sinned. And our parents usually find out.” –Holly Wilson, (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Ha ha ha… 
Oh, the joys of cute lil’ kids!
August 27th, 2007 at 5:52 am | Permalink
Remind me of my nephew when he was 10. My bro asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. His answer was, to become a fire fighter. His reasoning was that fire fighters only work when there are fires. No fire, he could just relax at home.
August 27th, 2007 at 1:23 pm | Permalink
Those were cute. I remember this past Christmas, we were putting out the nativity set and my 3 year old daughter saw the little baby Jesus. I asked her if she knew who that was and she said “Baby God”. I thought “There are liberal Christians that couldn’t tell you that.” Haa haa
August 27th, 2007 at 8:10 pm | Permalink
Jessica,
Innocence in our children is God’s special gift to us as grown-ups. Because of their complete non-understanding of the world around them - we can laugh w/o being feeling out-of-place.
PS - Now, I am fairly sure that your OPC is perfect because you have decided to grace its doors with your presence.
ba
August 28th, 2007 at 5:54 am | Permalink
CUTE!
LOL
Timotheus
August 30th, 2007 at 9:03 pm | Permalink
Kids are awesome!
Some time back during family worship, Chloë and I read about Noah and the Ark. We talked about how God told Noah to get two of each animals to put on the Ark. I suppose this got her little mind thinkin’ about animals all night. Anyway, the next morning before church we were reading about the creation of Adam & Eve and the fall.
We read where God gave men dominion over all the animals. In order to explain dominion to her, I told Chloë (emphasis added), “God was telling Adam that all the animals were under him and that they could not rule over humans.” So we keep reading for a few sentences and all of a sudden Chloë stops me an asks, “Daddy, are giraffes real?”
Distracted, I responded, “Well, yeah they’re real.”
Chloë: “And they’re really big, aren’t they?”
Me: “Yes.”
Punchline from Chloë (emphasis added): “So they could roll over us, couldn’t they?”
“rule over” to me was “roll over” to her.
August 30th, 2007 at 9:07 pm | Permalink
Thank you all for sharing the funny stories. They’re so cute.
Pastor Bruce wrote:
Ha ha ha… Pastor Bruce, that’s mighty kind of you to say that.
Well, I suppose we all know that OPC stands for the Only Perfect Church, while the PCA stands for Perfect Church Almost. Ha ha, I’m only kidding.
Joe wrote:
Hi Joe… yep, you have one smart 3-year-old daughter there!
Josh wrote:
Aww, that’s adorable…
Abel wrote:
No fire, he could just relax at home.
A ha ha ha…
October 9th, 2007 at 2:05 am | Permalink
Oh Jess, really love this post!!!!
Remind me of my Sunday School kid who kept telling me about a giraffe (jerapah, betul ngga translation-nya?) he once saw in Taman Safari for weeks! I’m so lucky to be their lautze (begini ngga nulisnya) and get to enjoy their presence that colors my life so much these days
Kids…
October 10th, 2007 at 2:16 am | Permalink
Hi Grace!
I can imagine he must be a cute kid. Kids tend to have a great imagination! Yep, the giraffe one is correct. But as for “lautze”, I think I know what you meant by that word, but I’m not sure of the spelling ’cause I need to improve my own Mandarin. I’ve been begging my mom to teach me conversational Mandarin for years but to no avail.
hehe…