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10 Christian T-Shirts That Undermine The Church’s Credibility
jaysondbradley.com ^ | 3-25-15

Posted on 03/25/2015 7:03:37 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch

I’ve always found American Christian culture’s diminishment of the sacred to be extremely troubling. In a manner foreign to other faiths, evangelicalism often obscures the holy in a cloud of kitsch.

Take, for instance, the Christian t-shirt. Now here’s a phenomenon that serves absolutely no purpose. Oh, I know that they’re sold as powerful tools for evangelism, but let’s be honest. Have you ever met someone who saw a “Lord’s Gym” t-shirt and fell to the ground crying, “WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED!?” Feel free to leave a comment if you have (unless you’re a marketer for Kerusso).

Reducing the beauty of the gospel to a witty—and occasionally aggressive—sandwich board doesn’t seem like a great way to draw people. In fact, it seems like a better tool for Christians to identify each other in a crowd.

I have a hard time not believing that this is what it means to take the Lord’s name in vain. Here’s 10 examples why:

(Excerpt) Read more at jaysondbradley.com ...


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To: InvisibleChurch

What I find offensive is political activist who use Jesus.


21 posted on 03/25/2015 8:04:39 AM PDT by the_daug
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To: InvisibleChurch
“You kids get off the Church lawn! No singing anything but hymns either.
22 posted on 03/25/2015 8:11:04 AM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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To: InvisibleChurch

I agree. A T-shirt, or a bumper sticker, never changed anyone’s mind.

Still, I wouldn’t mind one that said, “If Islam is the answer, what the heck is the problem?”


23 posted on 03/25/2015 8:12:30 AM PDT by chesley (Obama -- Muslim or dhimmi? And does it matter?)
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To: InvisibleChurch

Wow, how stupid.

“Do the Jew”?

My first reaction (though I knew the intention of the article and thus, the perps), was “a lynching?” “a killing?” “a rape?”

Not that all are that bad. But yes, I agree, I’m sick of all this “cuteness” with watered-down American “Christianity”. Which usually includes “I can do whatever I want, because Jesus died for me anyway.”


24 posted on 03/25/2015 8:35:52 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: goodwithagun

It just shows that all this hipness does NOT work.

Please tell that to my former pastor.


25 posted on 03/25/2015 8:36:42 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: InvisibleChurch

I spent 20 minutes at that site, and don’t know what the site is about.


26 posted on 03/25/2015 9:50:03 AM PDT by ansel12 (Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
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To: InvisibleChurch

I’m listening to this guy being interviewed, he sounds like a lefty who is working from within Christianity.

This guy is a lefty that is against Christian conservatives and the pro-life movement, he is a “progressive”.

http://www.outsiderspodcast.com/jayson-d-bradley/


27 posted on 03/25/2015 10:13:47 AM PDT by ansel12 (Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
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To: InvisibleChurch

If you are going to post this lefty whose meassage is to attack Christianity, then here is a suggestion for your next thread by him.

“”Christians: It’s Time To Acknowledge The Issue Of Privilege””

http://jaysondbradley.com/2014/11/26/christians-time-acknowledge-issue-privilege/


28 posted on 03/25/2015 10:29:03 AM PDT by ansel12 (Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
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To: InvisibleChurch

It’s an excerpted blog. No click for you.


29 posted on 03/25/2015 10:33:19 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: samtheman; InvisibleChurch

Excerpted from an anti-Christian blog.

If you want to hear an hour of hate directed at Christians and the bible, get this playing.

http://www.outsiderspodcast.com/jayson-d-bradley/


30 posted on 03/25/2015 11:00:50 AM PDT by ansel12 (Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
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To: ansel12

An anti-Christian blog posted on FR without a barf-alert... and that’s ok?


31 posted on 03/25/2015 11:05:18 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: samtheman; InvisibleChurch

He may not have caught it, and may have just come across the post on the T-shirts and found it interesting enough to post here.

As I posted earlier, I spent a lot of time at the site before finally figuring out what it was about, of course the reason I stayed with it was because being at a site that resembled being christian, yet was so undefinable, was a red flag.


32 posted on 03/25/2015 11:12:55 AM PDT by ansel12 (Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
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To: ansel12; InvisibleChurch

Thanks for clearing that up. I was curious.


33 posted on 03/25/2015 11:20:03 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: samtheman; InvisibleChurch

I was just speculating, only InvisibleChurch can clear it up.


34 posted on 03/25/2015 11:25:45 AM PDT by ansel12 (Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
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To: elcid1970; a fool in paradise; Ron Jeremy
“Do the Jew” sounds sinister, like something an ISIS sympathizer might wear.

I thought it sounded like something Ron Jeremy would wear.

35 posted on 03/25/2015 11:59:56 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Dressed In Blue" - http://youtu.be/iAtvVsXvWCo)
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