{"id":1567,"date":"2012-05-29T10:57:13","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T10:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1567"},"modified":"2012-05-29T10:57:13","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T10:57:13","slug":"fire-breathing-vicar-lights-up-sermon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/fire-breathing-vicar-lights-up-sermon\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire-breathing vicar &#8216;lights up sermon&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A vicar in Cheltenham has given a sermon with a difference.<\/p>\n<p>Keen to relate the story of how the Holy Spirit descended upon Jesus' disciples, Nick Davies introduced a bit of novelty into the speech in the form of fire breathing.<\/p>\n<p>He was marking Pentecost when he struck upon the idea and it certainly left his congregation in a state of shock.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I don't get many ooh's and aah's and gasps during my sermon but I did this morning,&quot; Mr Davies said.<\/p>\n<p>The vicar learned to fire breathe a 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