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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J74y88YuSJ8

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He may burn in hell for that.

No, really.  :(

God certainly has a sense of humor.

Proof

1. Duck Bill Platypus

2. All Things Auburn.

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Those examples are a bit far away from broadcasting "Thank you, God, for my smokin' hot wife, Lisa" to an audience of 100,000 rednecks and now a web audience of millions. 

God frowns on such exposure.  He's better at modesty.  She?  Whatever gender best represents a burning bush.

Wow! He may have just lost a few jewels out of his crown for that.


edit: You're welcome (again).

Yes, a few jewels or straight to hell.  It's a close call between the two.

God has a sense of humor.

Nelms thanked God for Roush Yates engines, Goodyear tires, Sunoco fuel and "my smokin' hot wife" as he channeled Ricky Bobby from 'Talladega Nights."

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(http://blogs.psychcentral.com/depression/files/2011/06/GOD.jpg)

See any humor?  This guy looks easily pissed to me.

I think he will survive, and avoid an eternal trip to hell, if this was the worst he has ever done.

Is the prayer Blasphemy? RTR!

You're asking us?  Preacher, you're the expert.  What say you?

This guy is great. Is that prayer for everyone? No. But he nailed his target audience. They loved it and the power of prayer was amplified throughout the NASCAR world and beyond.

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OZlk5LjNbFo/TiwDDkzvZtI/AAAAAAAAHR0/Shr6IeuGfuw/s400/Pastor%2BJoe%2BNelms%2BSmoking%2Bhot%2Bnascar%2Bwife%2Blisa.jpg)

Guilty.  This photo was posted (today) of the preacher and his "smokin' hot wife".  He's a liar.

http://www.bobsblitz.com/2011/07/pastor-joe-nelms-give-thanks-for-his.html

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Fixed it for him.

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In fairness, maybe he's blind.  Hmmm ... but he has hands.  No, he's a liar.  Didn't you envision a cute little wife when you heard the recording?  I thought, "He's fat, but has a cute, petite wife.  Good on him." 

Cuteness Pumpkin headedness is in the eye of the beholder. But now I'm thinking we have a guy who had some serious "making up" to do.

Yeah, he was prolly in the dog house for eating the last jelly roll or something and did that to try to get back in her good graces.

That may have been the best he could do. So in all fairness, compared to his history, she may be " smoking hot." Or she may have been "smoking hot" when they married.

Or maybe he was making fun of her on national TV?  :o

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I meant to put it in your minds Chechem. I think it was certainly. RTR!

You guys are mean! :)  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and if he thinks she is smokin hot, then who are you to make fun of her?   Sure, when he said smokin hot, I also thought of some small skinny model type.  But different strokes for different folks.
Guess everyone can't be as perfect as the rest.....

Terrie, I gotta confess. When I saw the pic of her, I wondered if she was a Walmarks buggy rider.  ;D

LOL you are really bad!  I should give you a "BOO" but you made me laugh so you get an  #+

that is one brave preacher ...   :o

so now ...
if he happens to get hit by a bolt from the sky will people say
it was because of this ? 

bless his heart ... oh ... and Lisa's too

You know I only did this to make you laugh. :D

Prayer: Is the offering of the emotions and desires of the soul to God, in the name and through the mediation of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  It is the communion of the heart with God through the aid of the Holy Spirit, and is to the Christian the very life of the soul.  Without this filial spirit, no one can be a Christian, Job 21:15; Ps 10:4.

So now is prayer a time for making jokes or mocking God or is it seriousness? God Bless!

You are my sky pilot, Preacher.  Thanks for helping us understand the salient points of this controversy.

  I don't see where he was "mocking God." As a true NASCAR fan, he could have seriously been thankful for all for he things he listed. All of the things he listed, could be considered a true blessing by a NASCAR fan. Should people not be thankful for their blessings? Shouyld they be ashamed of following sports because it is "worldly?"
   Of course this is coming form a guy who stood up and told a congregation  of 250 (+/-)  that they would not be happy if Jesus Christ himself came and preached (at their church,) so what do I know...

Response to paragraph 1:  The Book of Ecclesiastes makes it clear that there is a time for everything.  Prayer is not a time for such attention-grabbing jokes.

Response to 2: Good for you.  I've wished I'd done that at times.

Seems there are alot of oppinions on this.

Here's my stab at it.

NASCAR asked Reverend Nelm to give the invocation. So he gave an appropriate prayer for NASCAR. I am a fan of NASCAR. You will be hard pressed to find a more Patriotic fan base.

 I have taken my 16 year old son to Daytona 400, Talladega, Atlanta, and Charlotte, Bristol and Barbers. We love motor racing. We sit in the good grandstand seats when  we can. We hope to go to Bristol next month for the Sharpie 500.

We went last year and 2 years before that. We have radio scanners and Motorola radios and headsets with microphones to communicate with each other and scan the drivers radio frequencies during race. Lots of fun and it makes football withdraws not as servere.

Of course we fish and hunt year round.

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You make a good point Corch. and to add to it, I have been involved in the " Blessing of the Fleet" many times in many places. I don't think it much different, both praying to God of Wordly things. One is thanking God for them, the other asking God to bless them.

I have been to the Blessing of the Fleet in Bayou La Batre, and Gulf Shores, Alabama.

I listened to invocation live Saturday afternoon on ESPN. I turned my head and paid attention to prayer and enjoyed it. He is a local minister 30 miles south of Nashville area.

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If I saw this prayer on The Comedy Channel I would have thought it was funny. As the invocation to a race where people can be seriously injured or killed it was not appropriate. I would loss all respect for my Pastor or Brother Ricky if they said a prayer like this in public.

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Preacher Nelms will get a larger church and new congregation with all this publicity!

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His message on Fox and Friends this AM: You can be a christian but still have fun.

My grandfather was a Baptist minister.  He'd never agree that the preacher's prayer was appropriate. 

But, you are correct.  There'd be no baby Christians if Christians didn't have fun.

Us Presbyterians are maybe a little uptight. But I feel God got a chuckle out of it and appreciates the attention that has been raised by this disciple.  I enjoyed his enthusiasm for both NASCAR and the Lord.

You Presby?   :o Wow.  Not there's anything wrong with that, LF is too.  Presbyterians here are way left of uptight; just wow.  Admittedly, I'm no expert on church-affiliation tendencies across the nation. 

The father/minister in "A River Runs Through It" was Presby. That was how I was raised.  The woman and I are "a little" looser with the reins (LOL).

Could that be the Rev, Billy Ray Collins?  of the Sword of Joshua, Independent, full gospel, pentecostal Holiness church on the frontage road?

Ya'll keep em straight up thar!!

It's time to turn..so you don't burn. :

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OUCH!! I guess everybody wanted to shake your hand after the service was over.  :)

LOL, not quite. Still not sure, to this day, if I am glad, or ashamed that I did it. When I get a chance, I will postt he whole story on it. But yeah, it was a stunner for sure!