Friday, February 8, 2008

#62: Jesus Junk

Today around noon I was walking from the Grey Havens to Bob in the Basement's Place chewing on my peanut butter-on-raisin bread sandwich and saw this bumper sticker on a car that slowly rolled past me. Why do we have to be cute and display "I heart Jesus" when "I love Jesus" would do? AND...as the red heart fades, does that mean your love for Him, if you have one of these stickers, is fading like it did at the Church of Ephesus which eventually disappeared? If it fades out completely, does it mean you're now officially apostate? Could the money you spent on this or other Jesus Junk (WWJD bracelets, posters, and all that other "stuff" in Christian bookstores) be more profitably used as a donation to, say, Wycliffe Bible Translators for their people specific work or your local Church?
Wouldn't your transparently Christ-like behavior be more of a 'witness' than your pins, buttons, bumper stickers, and that ever popular etcetera?!! Oh, yeah, and will you keep the stuff prominently displayed when the Persecution of the American Church begins in earnest after the November Election this year?!!
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