I don't mean to go off on a rant here......but WHAT IS THE DEAL with chuches putting "cute" little saying on their marques, instead of putting..oh, I don't know....maybe a SCRIPTURE VERSE? Do churches think the Bible has become too boring, that we have to put cute saying up? And sometimes, the person chosing the saying is so out of touch, that they are putting out a message that is not quite what they meant to say. A church near my house does this, and about a year ago, I almost had a wreck when I drove by and saw, "Expecting a harvest? Keep on hoeing". I planned on taking a picture of it and sending it in to Jay Leno, but apparently someone informed the preacher of the alternative meaning to this, and it was taken down within a week.
But I digress.....my point IS, churches need to STOP with the cutsy little sayings, and instead let's put up life changing verses from the Bible. Either that, or we need to put away the Bible, and start preaching Chicken Soup for the Soul instead.
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I've even seen a church around town with a big old half McDonald's arch on top of it! ;-)
Oh, by the way, that hoeing thing made me crack up big time!
I think cutsy sayings is more part of our culture, and not just churches thinking the Bible is boring. Every other restaurant, gas station, grocery store, whatever has been putting those type of things on marques for decades. It may be an issue of space, too. Not many self-explanatory verses (i.e. verses that make total sense outside of their context) can fit on small marques anyway. I always took it as a sign that the church actually had a sense of humor. I don't have a problem with scripture or cutsy sayings on marques or bumper stickers for that matter.
Maybe they did know what dirty minded people would think hoeing means :) I know this may be hard for a pimp to take, but most people in the states still see a hoe as a garden tool - not everyone in the States has gone gangsta.....
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