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Wednesday
Feb152006

Now This Is Awful . . .

DateWednesday, February 15, 2006 at 11:09AM

radio1.jpgThis has to be the worst church advertisement I have ever heard.  Not only is it blasphemous, this ad shows shows the lengths to the which "the end justifies the means" crowd will go.  The end, of course, is getting people to church so that, supposedly, they'll hear about Jesus.  The means is this clever, but absolutely inappropriate mockery of word and sacrament.  I can't help but think of Paul's words, "God's name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you!" (Romans 2:24)

http://www.bradbrad.com/mt.mp3

H. T. to Drew Collins

 

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    Response: "Sacramental Show Down"
    at Slice of Laodicea on February 16, 2006
    The Riddleblog is reporting on a church advertisement that makes a mockery of communion. In their attempt to create a humorous commercial that's intended to sound like those "Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!" Monster Truck ads, they've managed to produce a pragmatic...

Reader Comments (4)

One thing which continually amazes me is how mainline churches...those with a substantial amount of ecclesiastical accountability...get by with things like this. Is there not some bishop/rector/elder/board who says "No"? It might be standard fair for "non-denominational" churches which can make it up as they go along, but seems odd from those with a church hierarchy. I suppose ecclesiastical accountability can be as nominal as anything else.
February 16, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterJeff A.
One word: barf!
February 18, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterPolyMathis
Lovely...
February 19, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterMark Vander Pol
JESUS SAID,"FORGIVE THEM FATHER FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO".

AND MY COMMENT IS;IF THEY DO KNOW WHAT THEY DO......MAY OUR FATHER HAVE MERCY ON THEM AND THEIR MOCKERY!!!!!!! GOD SAID THAT HE WILL NOT BE MOCKED!!!!!!!!PRAY HARD...JESUS IS COMING SOON,HES RIGHT AT THE DOOR! LOVE IN CHRIST,SABRINA
March 9, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterSABRINA

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