open comments thread - the rewards
Okay, I am going to announce the prizes for commenters on the open comments thread. According to my own rules, I shouldn’t do that yet, but I am a contrary sort. And plus I just got all the prizes and love them so much that I have to share.
Lance excluded himself from contention, despite being qualified. However, I have an extra prize if he wants to put his hand up in the comments to this post.
Laura made a specific request, as a couple of others did. However, given that I know Laura’s husband Scott and can imagine what he would think of this, she gets a bumper sticker which reads:
WARNING: IN CASE OF RAPTURE THIS CAR WILL BE UNMANNED
Complete with tiny fish symbol. It is bright red so will be sure to attract attention.
the rev is a fighting man as we all know, and therefore he shall receive to be stuck on the back of his car a bumper sticker which reads:
FIGHT LIKE A REAL MAN: GET ON YOUR KNEES AND PRAY
It even includes a little bible verse “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. James 5:16″.
Kevin a.k.a. the Amish guy has engaged nicely in a lot of controversial discussions, but I think that he will appreciate a particular attention to the truly lost and disenfranchised. So his bumper sticker reads (I kid you not)
EVEN TAILGATERS NEED JESUS!
Geddit? Because to read the bumper sticker, they have to get really close to you? HAHAHAHAHA
Bec has admitted that she is not perfect, but is seeking to understand a whole bunch of stuff. So as a reminder, her bumper sticker reads:
NEXT TIME YOU THINK YOU’RE PERFECT TRY WALKING ON WATER
Which I am sure will go over just great at the next firm picnic.
Luke in a homage to his identity as a simple bible believing Christian gets a bumper sticker which reads:
THE BIG BANG THEORY: GOD SPOKE AND BANG! IT HAPPENED
And finally Jane our prosperity church survivor, gets for her car:
DON’T LET THE CAR FOOL YOU. MY TREASURE IS IN HEAVEN.
Heh. I swear that these bumper stickers actually exist and I have them right now to send out to you. If you wish to claim your prize, send me an email (dan at signposts dot org dot au) with a mailing address and I will zip it right out to you. If you want to take a picture of your car with the prize proudly displayed, I promise to post it here.
October 13th, 2005 at 6:38 pm
You know, that could make a great reality show:
“Prosperity Church Survivor”
Contestant Jane - voted off for standing against the majority ruling of the tribe for mandatory tithing….
Thank you for my bumper sticker award! I am soooooo blessed!!
October 13th, 2005 at 6:38 pm
You know, that could make a great reality show:
“Prosperity Church Survivor”
Contestant Jane - voted off for standing against the majority ruling of the tribe for mandatory tithing….
Thank you for my bumper sticker award! I am soooooo blessed!!
October 13th, 2005 at 6:39 pm
Sorry …cyber stutter
October 13th, 2005 at 7:05 pm
Dunno if this is true, but someone in Canada told me they saw a bumper sticker once that said, ‘If English was good enough for Jesus, it’s good enough for me.’
October 13th, 2005 at 7:38 pm
A King James only advocate perhaps?
Now there’s a controversial thread possibility!
October 13th, 2005 at 9:17 pm
LOL…
WHen I was in Mlebourne a few weeks back I saw a porsche with a bumper sticker which read:
“WHATEVER I ASK FOR GOD PROVIDES”.
I could not work out if it was a joke or not?!?
October 13th, 2005 at 9:17 pm
LOL…
WHen I was in Mlebourne a few weeks back I saw a porsche with a bumper sticker which read:
“WHATEVER I ASK FOR GOD PROVIDES”.
I could not work out if it was a joke or not?!?
October 13th, 2005 at 11:33 pm
Real men use leg locks, any idiot can throw a punch.
the rev
October 14th, 2005 at 6:20 am
“Real men use leg locks, any idiot can throw a punch.”
Would make a very catchy bumper sticker Rev
October 14th, 2005 at 10:54 am
Thanks sexy Dan Dan,
Scott will be so excited when I tell him
October 14th, 2005 at 2:19 pm
My favorite bumper sticker came from indianapolis, Indiana -
“Don’t tell my mom I am a dog groomer - she thinks I still play piano at the whorehouse”
October 14th, 2005 at 2:20 pm
In amish land I saw a neat bumper sticker-
“In case of rapture - someone will still need to milk the goats”"
October 14th, 2005 at 2:23 pm
My favouritr was at a fete.
some baptists had doughnuts on a stall.
These doughnuts are FULLY immersed and holy!
October 14th, 2005 at 2:43 pm
The guy I was commenting about yesterday on the other open comments thread… I saw him here again today, standing behind his table at the uni, waiting for people to ask him about God. I found out what the organisation is- Focus. I’ve never heard about it so perhaps someone here can enlighten me.
He was pacing back and forth, and while I was sitting there eating lunch, he took the leap and walked out to the grassy area where a couple of young guys were sitting. He got down on one knee and talked to them for about 10 minutes and then gave them some bright green flyers. Then he approached a guy sitting on a park bench and chatted with him briefly. Stood behind his table again for a while. When the guy walked past to leave, he started talking to him again and eventually shook his hand.
I was sitting there by myself, and thought I might be his next target, but it was 2.30 and he packed all his stuff into a green shopping bag and left.
mmm. Me evil spy.
NO.
Anthropologist. Participant observation.
No more to report about focus guy today.
October 15th, 2005 at 3:43 pm
Not Focus on the Family?
Apparently in Colorado Springs (Focus on the Family HQ) a few people have ‘Focus on your own Family’ bumper stickers.
October 19th, 2005 at 10:12 am
I don’t think it was “Focus on the Family”. They were just called ‘Focus’ from what I saw.
I just googled ‘focus’. There is an organisation called “Fellowship Of Christian University Students” run by the Australian Defence Force Academy.
They say this:
“Interactive Evangelism
How to get the gospel message across by talking interactively with people and asking the right questions - like “What do you believe?” and working out where to go based on the answer!
And then how to get to the core gospel message, and how to explain the gospel using the Two Ways to Live gospel outline.”
If that is the group I saw, maybe that explains what he was talking about.
October 28th, 2005 at 1:45 am
I just want to say after reading Laura’s comment re Focus this proactive Evangelism stuff to complete strangers really repulses me now.
I am sick of sacrificial giving, pressure to evanglise, as well as wasting money on Church materials, resources, conferences, most books, worship CD’s*, pledges and the stuff I have spent $$$ on over the years to make me a more contagious, trendy, relevant, x-treme, better Christian. I’m not.
Why cant we just live lives that strive to “act justly, love mercy and walk humbly before God”.
If people see something different in us, and are interested, then we can share with them as a friend.
*I had a garge sale a month ago and got $1 for my Hillsong CD and $5 for a pile of Chrsitian books.
October 28th, 2005 at 2:19 am
And Laura, the guy at the table at Uni, - this may sound a little judgemental, but I think he would make better use of his ‘do good’ time by serving as a volunteer in St John Ambulance, Radio Lollipop, or any Surflife Saving Club etc.
October 28th, 2005 at 6:16 am
“Why cant we just live lives that strive to “act justly, love mercy and walk humbly before God”.
hear hear!!!
http://www.lifestream.org/LSBL.May01.html
October 28th, 2005 at 7:52 am
Great comments Lionfish! I couldn’t agree more.