Object: a cymbal (borrowed from an orchestra at school).

BANG! BANG! BANG [Begin with the clanging of the cymbals.] WOW! How did you like that for the beginning of a children's sermon? How would you like to talk to someone who made a noise like this every time he talked? BANG, BANG, BANG! It is kind of fun to do it once or even twice, but can you imagine doing it every few minutes? Instead of saying, "Good morning, and how are you?" you would only hear six bangs from these cymbals. That is kind of frightening, but that is what St. Paul says some people sound like when they talk. Now you might say, "What kind of person talks like that? I have never heard anyone make noises like a cymbal." Well, people who talk like t…