An outdoor billboard, near a...
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An outdoor billboard, near a busy interstate highway, has the message, "Jesus is Real" in large letters. On the bottom of the sign is the name of the sponsoring church as well as an invitation to attend one of their services. With thousands of people passing that sign daily the church was hoping to catch people's attention with the message that Jesus is real.
Another church in that community explored the possibility of advertising their church on the billboard. After gathering the necessary information it was decided that it cost too much. The money could be used for mission work. The church sent work teams to continue relief work in the Gulf states after devastating hurricanes. Their Christmas offering went for a water purification system for a remote village in Africa.
It might seem like an unfair question, but which of these two churches became Jesus in the flesh? The church that paid over a thousand dollars for a billboard or the church that sent work teams to the southern states and raised money for other mission projects?
The gospel of John opens with lofty language about God coming in the flesh to save humanity. "And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth."
Another church in that community explored the possibility of advertising their church on the billboard. After gathering the necessary information it was decided that it cost too much. The money could be used for mission work. The church sent work teams to continue relief work in the Gulf states after devastating hurricanes. Their Christmas offering went for a water purification system for a remote village in Africa.
It might seem like an unfair question, but which of these two churches became Jesus in the flesh? The church that paid over a thousand dollars for a billboard or the church that sent work teams to the southern states and raised money for other mission projects?
The gospel of John opens with lofty language about God coming in the flesh to save humanity. "And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth."
