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What Christians Serving On The Front Lines Can Learn From Comedian Jay Leno About How We Should Be Viewing The Ministry The Lord Has Called Us To
Now The End Begins ^ | 11/29/22 | Geoffrey Grider

Posted on 11/29/2022 4:21:31 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal

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1 posted on 11/29/2022 4:21:31 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

I remember when Jay had a gospel choir on the show, one Christmas Eve.

Different from Letterman, whose Christmas tradition was throwing a football at a meatball-topped Christmas tree.


2 posted on 11/29/2022 4:35:43 PM PST by NeverCheney
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

“”Howard Stem, a New York radio personality.””

Could that be an error and meant to be Howard Stern?


3 posted on 11/29/2022 4:38:42 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Thank You Rush

Stern to Stem would be going backward.


4 posted on 11/29/2022 4:53:26 PM PST by posterchild
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Spurgeon had that attitude.


5 posted on 11/29/2022 5:00:08 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Leno might be a good man but he’s a terrible comedian.


6 posted on 11/29/2022 5:00:40 PM PST by rexthecat
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To: posterchild

But if the boat is going the wrong way to begin with...


7 posted on 11/29/2022 5:00:54 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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Jonah


8 posted on 11/29/2022 5:08:56 PM PST by MIA_eccl1212 (When the bad guys have leverage they use it)
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To: NeverCheney

Letterman is just a smug ass, always has been.


9 posted on 11/29/2022 5:15:16 PM PST by OKSooner ("Oh, the mad fools!")
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He’s alright. I like his Garage series. He had a good sense of humor going into his first routine after his burns and surgeries. Said he had two routines: regular and extra crispy.


10 posted on 11/29/2022 5:16:45 PM PST by newzjunkey (Vote for Hershel Walker by Dec 6th to stop Warnock (D) in Georgia)
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To: Thank You Rush

I just Googled and there is no Howard STEM,so it had to be Howard Stern!


11 posted on 11/29/2022 5:16:59 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience)
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To: Thank You Rush
Yes, Howard Stern. Stern on Tonight Show, November 30, 1995. Leno didn't exactly put Stern in his place.
12 posted on 11/29/2022 5:21:12 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beaker!)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Another one who defended his Christian beliefs while doing stand-up comedy was Norm MacDonald. RIP.


13 posted on 11/29/2022 5:22:13 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: posterchild

Nice!


14 posted on 11/29/2022 5:29:51 PM PST by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

I’ve met Leno, great guy!


15 posted on 11/29/2022 5:31:25 PM PST by isthisnickcool (1218 - NEVER FORGET!)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

“National Inquirer got the story all wrong. They said I was in the hospital because Nancy Pelosi hit me in the head with a hammer. That’s not what happened,” he deadpanned.


16 posted on 11/29/2022 5:34:38 PM PST by DFG
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I saw him live in 1986. He was great.


17 posted on 11/29/2022 5:36:19 PM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Jay Leno is not a victim. He is a victor.

It makes me think of the run I went to on Thanksgiving. I had a goal of four miles, but part of it took me down this road called Jackson Street in West Pensacola. The road has no shoulders, and is fairly dangerous for anybody not actually on the pavement. But I ran it anyway, and I tripped over something and fell. Numerous cuts, numerous bleeds. But guess what?

After I walked about five minutes and determined the wounds were superficial, I resumed running down Jackson and back home, with blood oozing along my fingers and a spiderweb of blood drying on my right calf, until I got home. I made the four miles. Then I cleaned up for Thanksgiving dinner at a neighbor’s house.

Now, I’m not saying what I did even begins to approach what Leno just did. I can only hope that we shared the same mentality there.


18 posted on 11/29/2022 5:57:53 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

He did the best he could do in the moment, given the format of the show and Stern’s irrepressible nature.

Had forgotten about Stern’s lampoon of a run for president in 1995-1996. He had a much more sustainable approach to self promotion during that time compared to the Ye for Prexy campaign of 2022-2024, off to a rather rocky start.


19 posted on 11/29/2022 5:58:50 PM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Whitefield had that attitude, Moody had it, as did many others.

Including, in reverse chronological order, Xavier, Luther, Peter the Hermit, Kirill, Augustine, Ambrose, Justin Martyr, Thomas, and Paul, among a host that no man can number, of all nations and tribes and peoples. May we be counted worthy to be among them on that day.

20 posted on 11/29/2022 6:08:11 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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