There’s a war going on outside…
And it all started when a billboard went up on I-895 asking
one simple question: Who is Jesus?
Soon after that, traveling down I-95 South through
Baltimore, an even larger billboard had the words simply: “Got Jesus? Got
Islam.” And so the gauntlet had been thrown down , now a full-blown billboard
war of competing religious affinities is about to explode between South I-95
and North I-895.
Advocates for Jesus are from the Christian Aid Ministries, a
group of self-described Amish, Mennonite, and Anabaptist groups that have a
campaign according to their website to put up billboards in every state. Funny,
however, the first two groups don’t get around to preach in urban areas much. I
wonder if they’ll put their mouth where their sign is and come down to the
Pulaski highway corridor and see what people think of their sign. Out of touch
with culture, out of touch with people, and now out of touch with their own
evangelism, it is this kind of vicarious evangelism always bugs me.
I have no idea who the Muslims are at this point, and quite
frankly I don’t understand their sign, unless to say that there is a variation
of Jesus (Isa) in their tradition as well. This sign did not go over well with
the CAM group, at least I am speculating here, because a new sign has gone up. Where
the old sign asked if you have Jesus, the new sign up today tells us bluntly “Jesus
is the only way to life” showing a bloody depiction of Jesus on the cross. I
can’t wait to see what’s next, but considering the very real problems and
tensions in the world, with Palestinians and Israelis fighting again, seeing
these kinds of doctrinal war distractions going on is a bit mind-numbing.
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