What about Jesus?

What things come to mind when you think about church? Is it worship? Is it tradition? Do you think about fellow brothers and sisters in Christ?

Or do you think: BOBBLEHEADS!!!

Well, the United Church of Canada certainly has thought about bobbleheads. In fact, they are now investing 10 million dollars into advertising their church. This means that we will be seeing Jesus bobbleheads very soon at a United Church near you!

Why?

Well, apparently it's not a means to attract people to go to church per se, nor are they trying to tell people what the church is about. Instead: "the advertisements encourage [people] to ask questions about issues of faith and discuss them on the internet."

10 million dollars to get people "talking"...

It's funny, but the unbiblical nonsense doesn't stop there. Not available on the internet article, the printed article is titled: "Campaign doesn't aim to convert, Church says".

Now, you can do a lot of things in response to what the United Church of Canada is doing (personally, Pastor Sean and I cracked up!). But the first thing we should ask is: What about Jesus? Jesus is mentioned only one time in the whole article! And only then is he talked about as an "alternative" to Santa Claus.

Instead of writing a series of expletives against the United Church of Canada, I'll say this: "Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves." Matthew 7:15

Jesus is not some bobblehead or Santa Claus. Jesus is God, a king that is to be worshipped, not placed on a dashboard of a car. We can't compromise the depiction of Jesus, in Revelation 4:1-11, as enthroned and worshipped.

Link to the article:

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=0ea01978-4543-4510-acb4-fa59a210f861&rfp=dta