The Count: October 2006

20 years of cringing. 20 years of uncomfortable side smiles. 20 years of reading church signs.

As a general rule, I have nothing against church signs. Inherently, they are fine. Put a message on them, thats what they're for. Invite people to come in, let them know the times of the services and so on. But don't put some flagrant, pithy one-liner on signs. Does it propel the kingdom to write "Get saved or burn in Hell" on signs? Does it change peoples lives to write "Dusty bibles lead to dirty lives?" Does "Church parking tresspassers get baptised" make people burst out in laughter and run inside? I want this inner-competion of church signage to stop.