Sunday, January 15, 2006

"Trespassers will be converted"

Why don't they just add, "...and, trust us, you sure don't want that to happen." Sheesh.

"No time to pray makes easy p-r-e-y ."
Yeah, I g-e-t it. You don't have to s-p-e-l-l out every s-t-u-p-i-d play on words.

"There are signs from heaven, and there are signs like this one."
Who is benefitting from these words being there? They aren't even pretend-funny. They don't encourage people to attend. They don't have any truth attached to them. Why are they there? Who took the time to put them there? This church is an enigma wrapped in a mystery. And I would avoid it like the plague if I were church-hunting.

"Avoid truth decay: read the KJV"
submitted by Ryan on the www.churchmarketingsucks.com comment section
So 400 some-odd years of education and historical discovery means that we are worse at translating ancient texts? Okay......

"The deadliest WMD is the tongue"
submitted by Kellaura Jones, Houston, TX
Someone should tell our current administration this. I bet they actually could find some tongues in Iraq.
If I may analyze a crappy analogy: isn't gossip and rumor (I assume this is what they mean by "the tongue") more aptly described as a sniper rather than a WMD? Usually gossip deeply hurts one or two people rather than an entire population. Sure, it's deadly. But mass destruction?

"A clear conscience makes a soft pillow."
submitted by Kellaura Jones, Houston, TX.
Sorry guys, bad theology: Christians shouldn't have a clear conscience. A clear conscience comes from the knowledge that you have done nothing wrong, or perhaps that you have done a great deal right. You haven't.
A Christian should have the knowledge that he/she is deeply flawed, yet forgiven in Christ. If someone has a clear conscience, he/she runs the risk of forgetting the price that was paid for his/her rebellion. Be forgiven, be thankful, and don't dwell on your past sins, but don't have a clear conscience. You have done nothing to earn it. You can, however, have a forgiven/redeemed/sanctified conscience and it's the best thing in the world.


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Thanks for the input, and keep the signs coming!!

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