{"id":106351,"date":"2025-06-01T07:39:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=106351"},"modified":"2025-06-01T07:39:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:39:25","slug":"a-pastors-thoughts-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/06\/01\/a-pastors-thoughts-27\/","title":{"rendered":"A Pastor\u2019s Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">By Pastor Bill Kohler, First Baptist Church of Owego &#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In 1863, John Gillleland invented a double-barrel cannon for the Confederate Army. His intent was that when the two cannonballs were fastened together by a long chain, they would mow the enemy down like a scythe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A large crowd assembled to observe John&#8217;s masterpiece. When the fuses were lighted, the ignition between the barrels was not in unison. As a result, the cannonballs went wild, tearing up a row of corn, knocking down a chimney, and killing a poor cow.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In the days of the old sailing ships, the cannons would sometimes break loose from the breeching ropes, slide across the deck, and smash into the gunwale. Thus, the term &#8220;he is like a loose cannon.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sailors during the war, going on shore leave, were warned, &#8220;loose lips sink ships.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">All three illustrations demonstrate the considerable damage that can be done by defective cannons and careless conversation. Such is also the damage that can be done by careless words spoken that offend others. The damage done is offensive and sometimes destroys someone&#8217;s reputation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">(Ephesians 4:29) Let no harmful conversation proceed out of your mouth, but only that which encourages others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Remember James 3:8: The tongue cannot be tamed; it is unruly and filled with deadly poison.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Pastor Bill Kohler, First Baptist Church of Owego &#8212; In 1863, John Gillleland invented a double-barrel cannon for the Confederate Army. 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