NLCC Pastor 2

We're blessed with pastors
who have a great sense of humor.
Below is a tongue-in-cheek
comparison between
our assistant pastor, Dennis Rupert,
and our Savior, Jesus Christ.
All in fun. No disrespect intended
to Jesus Christ.

JESUS the Messiah	DENNIS, the Pastor
Savior of sinners	a great sinner whose savior is Jesus
blesses children	blessed with eight children
knows His sheep by name	forgets names of children
person of the Trinity	graduate of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
came to earth to live life in the pits with us	grew up on earth in Pittsburgh
founder of THE Church	organizing pastor of New Life Church
lives with His Father	lives with his father & father-in-law
creator of marital bliss	married to Sue Dittrich Rupert since 1976
stills the storm and winds	puts storm windows in sills
healed paralyzed man	gets children to do chores
raises the dead	wakes teenage daughters
cleanses lepers	washes behind ears of youngest son
feeds five thousand	sometimes eats too much at pot blessing dinners
sees Nathanael under far-off tree	sees with eye glasses (near-sighted)
heals Centurion servant at distance	master of the TV remote
wept over Jerusalem	congregation groans at bad jokes in sermons
prayed in a grove of oil trees	attended Grove City College
casts out demons	takes out garbage
waiting for His bride the church, God's children	has a great burden for marriages and parenting
trains His disciples	loves to teach disciples
giver of all spiritual gifts	ministers in the gifts of teaching, encouragement, hospitality, and administration
curses fig tree	kills house plants
trains through modeling	plays with model trains
stands at door and knocks	has church key
calls disciples	emails elders

Jesus Christ compared to our assistant pastor