You remember the joke.
How many animals of each kind did Moses take on the Ark?
That’s easy, you say. 2!
Ha Ha Ha. Moses didn’t take animals on the Ark, stupid, Noah did!
And then you feel stupid, because you knew that, and the more you try to convince everyone of that, the stupider you look.
So that’s how I feel after looking at my text for my sermon this week. When the Pharisees and Sadducees asked Jesus for a sign, he told them that the only sign they would get was the sign of Jonah. Fair enough. Jonah was in the fish, dead, for 3 days. Then, through a little wretching, God raised him from the dead. So the religious leaders were going to get quite the sign – the resurrection.
But, alas, when I read the passage, my brain went ‘NOAH’ and I illustrated it in my message with the sign of Noah, the lovely rainbow.
bleh.
Oh well, maybe it’ll make me be more gracious in the future. I can tend to hold theological integrity in a lofty position. I guess I needed to be brought d0wn a notch or two.
Catch a Wave 
