Why the Title

Why a pirate preacher? I have no idea, other than the fact than I occasionally like to read a real history about pirates and I love to peach God’s Word. A strange contradictory combination for sure. But if you really know me, the label makes sense because as Robert Duvall once said, "Every man has his contradiction."

While there are some seemingly close parallels between the two endeavors, don’t read too much into it. For instance, pirates loved freedom. I love preaching about the freedom found in Christ. Pirates bid you to surrender your possessions. I preach that Christ bids you to surrender your whole life to Him. Pirates used cannons. I have a mouth the size of a cannon. Of course pirates were selfish brutes who really served their own purposes. And there are days that I am sinfully right there with them. It is then that must carry my sorry good for nothing self to the Gospel once again and repent.