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It's a stretch to say that a sign ordinance is in contradiction to God's law. To say nothing of what an obnoxious witness his sign is. I would rather he's have taken his money and quietly done some Godly work, without fighting for attention.

"Jesus is Lord" in large neon letters on the side of an old car dealership is obnoxious?

Let me tell you a little story. When I was a kid my uncle witnessed to me over about a period of a week. Something was stirring inside of me. On my 7 hour trip home I saw "obnoxious" "john 3:16" painted on over passes, "Jesus" on highway signs, and bumber stickers up the waazoo. Now the athiests will think I am nuts, but God was calling me. He used my uncle, over passes, highway signs, and bumper stickers. Every time I saw any refernece to God, regardless of where it was, I knew! I almost found it comical. But guess what. My uncle, over passes, street signs and bumper sticker did it!

What this man did was against the law...not God's law. Should he take the sign down. I would fight it. It is not obnoxious. How dare you say any type of witness is obnoxious, however unorthodox that it may be. How do you know that some kid wasn't coming home from his uncle's and saw that sign? How do you know some drug addict wasn't changed by that "obnoxious" sign? How do you know whether or not that sign will stir something in somebody, anybody?

Yeah, he broke the city ordinance. The ACLU would defend other groups in a similar situation. They aren't defending this man. Why? Becuase he is a Christian. And he is trying to make a difference with an "obnoxious" sign he spent $10,000 on.

While I admire the man's courage, letting the world know what he believes (BTW, bumper stickers are great, T-Shirts are cool, I wear a WWJD band 24/7), I disagree with breaking the law to do so.

Now let me tell YOU a little story. I have several non-believing friends and relatives who have repeatedly told me that while the Bible is full of wonderful teachings, one of the main stumbling blocks to their believing is the obnoxious way they get witnessed to, signs like this being one of them.

We are supposed to be imitators of Christ (1 Cor 11:1). Nowhere in Scripture did Christ do anything like this.

You may have been influenced to some small degree by signs like this. Praise the Lord! But where is the love in this witness? Countless people have also been driven away from Christ by "ministries" like this.

Again, better he would have taken his money and time and quietly done the Lord's work without all the fanfare.

How dare I, indeed.