Monday, September 24, 2007

Heavingly Tackiness

Now shining on the lighted sign at the ELCA church down the street:

WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE?

I have a hypothesis: A "Christian" church grows more tolerant of pious tackiness as any meaningfully Christian content drains out of its message. The tacky, bumper-sticker theology quoted above may back me up on this. If Christ had any influence on this church's theology, it would say rather: "WHAT HAS THE KING OF HEAVEN DONE ON EARTH FOR YOU?"

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