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Monday, July 14, 2008
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Can't Buy Me Jesus
We all know advertising is everywhere; we deal with it every day, subliminal messages from every angle trying to pry their way into our lives. We have become accustomed to it in our society; everyone has a product they want to sell. It does scare me a little to think that Jesus is often one of these products that we sell. We market Jesus, we advertise Jesus, and to many people He has become just another product that we buy to maintain our image. There is a fine line between an evangelist and salesman. As churches we often find ourselves trying to reach people the same way any other money loving company would. We find a target audience to sell Jesus to. We change the way Jesus looks, making him pretty and likeable so the consumer will want him. We lie about the attributes of God and never bring up important aspects of his character such as his wrath and justice. These characteristics of God are essential to the gospel. However, they are also offensive, and apparently that is not good for business if you know what I mean. Why do we think that we have to be cool or smart to win people to Christ, we do not posses the power to change peoples hearts. I am pretty sure that is all up to God.
Summer is Here
Well, Summer is already well underway. For all the students who went, we got back from our summer trip a few weeks ago and you can check out some of the photos here.
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