There will be no fish in the lake of fire.
Want to get high? Try Jesus
-Ridiculous Church Marquee-
This is the kind of crap that pisses me off. I saw these things written on church marquis today. I have a hard time understanding how people think this is a good idea. “Well, we’re the church. Trusted by God himself with the gospel message and charged by him to spread that message of hope and love to a world that is lost and dying. How do we do that? I’ve got it; we’ll put stupid crap on our sign.”
I mean honestly, do they think the world sees the heart of Christ in this stuff? No wonder the church has such a hard time being taken seriously. My first thought is how do they know that. There may very well be some big demonic hell fish swimming around in there. What difference does it make anyway? The second one is even more insulting, I think. I spent most of the afternoon flipping through the Bible trying to figure out if Jesus is something you inject or inhale. I get the joke, by the way, heaven is high – Jesus is the way to heaven – hilarious. Its a play on words, see. I guess the hope is that people think we’re clever so they come in expecting a comedy show and we can blind side them with the Truth.
Easter: The Great Jail Break
This one is a little better. I know you have limited space on those signs and I appreciate the attempt to illustrate the freedom we have through Christ. My problem with this one is that its inaccurate. Jesus did not break us out of jail. We are not living as fugitives. We have been declared innocent. We are free to live without fear, out in the open. We we’re not broken out, we were pardoned. Actually, the verdict read was read as not guilty – ever.
I’m not sure why this bothered me so much today. I wonder if there is a web-site with dumb and inaccurate church signage. I’m convinced, given what we know, that we can offer more.
Shortly after I posted this originally I was sent a link. Apparently there is a web-site with dumb and inaccurate marquee ideas. If you want to see it click here.
ha! i totally know where that “want to get high?” sign is! and i have to tell you, that’s not even the worst of their signs. they had one a few months back that said something along the lines of, “abortion is murder, even if mom says it’s okay,” and i was like, “whaaa…?” sharon and i have discussed this before; apparently, there’s also a book that showcases asinine church signs. when’s your birthday, again?
By: mdwhittaker on July 29, 2008
at 7:21 am
Bo, I totally agree with your synopsis. Funny, but oh so true!
**this is Daniel by the way**
By: Lindsay on July 29, 2008
at 9:11 pm