38 thoughts on “Do You Smell Something Burning?”

  4. That WOULD be the type of Pop Culture knockoff Campus Crusade (now “Cru — see how trendy we are?”) tended toward in their Evangelical Outreaches.

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  6. I saw this on a church near us, too, a couple of months back. I do our church sign, and I told my pastor if I ever resort to such as this, please just shoot me.

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  11. Considering the truncated Personal Salvation gospel so many Evangelical/Revivalists preach, that’d be Truth in Advertising.

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  12. Or “Jason” the unkillable undead serial/spree killer with the hockey mask? Star of how many slasher/splatter movies?

    (That’s what the name “Jason” means in American pop culture these days.)

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  13. I think whoever’s in charge of that sign ran out of good one-liners long ago and got a little punchy.

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  14. And Eagle & I can attest that “the gunpoint Gospel” has NO staying power. You can feel God’s Gun against your head for only so long before you run away or go crazy.

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  16. Jason who? Jason of Jason and the Argonauts? Moral of story there: seduce foreign princess so she betrays her father’s secrets to help you steal his sacred treasure, then when you get home, dump her for daughter of king to improve your own standing and brush her off with “Did you really think I was going to stay with a foreigner?” and end up with dead kids, immolated bride-to-be and father-in-law, and wife (who you forgot was sorceress and descendant of the gods) riding off triumphantly on a dragon-drawn chariot sent by her sun-god grandfather, then end up killed by the stern-post of your famous ship hitting you on the head as you sit, alone and lonely, underneath it lamenting your glory days. Also, end up put in Hell in the Circle of the Panderers and Seducers by an Italian poet.

    Um, yeah. That works fine as a life model. 🙂

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  21. Grade B, dark amber Vermont maple syrup. Never let them sell you on the fancy grade…or the Canadian stuff…

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  25. I’ve seen many interesting signs over the years. And some twisted evangelism campaigns. The worst one was in Cru called “I agree with Jason”. Some of the slickest, deceptive markting schemes I saw….

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  30. I was really kind of shocked at the straightforwardness of it. Church signs are so funny sometimes.

    A bold declaration of the Love of God seems to work much better for those who are searching:)

    He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

    The toast thing really lacked in the love department;)

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  36. I think it’s actually pretty funny in a corny sort of way. I think my non-Christian friends would agree. Although, I don’t think it does anything to get people into the church.

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  37. Don’t forget the summer time favorite around here during a southern summer…

    “SO, you think it’s hot HERE right now? HELL is forever!

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