Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ Philippians 3:8 (New Living Translation)
There has been controversy over the Jesus Gets Us commercials that we have seen on television. Most recently, a huge amount of money was spent on Super Bowl ads for the Jesus Gets Us campaign. Some argue that the ads are not theologically correct. Some say that the ads are thoughtful and heartwarming. Some argue that the money spent on the ads could have gone an awful long way in helping to fulfill the mission that Jesus put before us – to love your neighbor as yourself. Oh, and by the way, our neighbors are people that we may disagree with, people that we judge as wrong or sinful, etc.
I also heard a good podcast that suggested that Jesus is not the one needing a slick PR campaign. His reputation is just fine. It is the Christians who are called by his name that need their image improved. We need to love others better than we currently do.
The Church grew by leaps and bounds in the first centuries after his death and resurrection, and no advertising was necessary. The only way that people knew about Jesus was through the transformed lives they saw of the people who followed him.
So, good food for thought, right?
Prayer: Lord, we know Jesus gets us, help us to understand him better, Amen
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