Scripture
Matthew 18:22
Sirach 27:33-28:9; Psalms 103:1-4,9-12; Romans 14:7-9; Matthew 18:21-35
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A recent Washington Post feature article was headed, “God Speaks From Above.” The article described a national public service campaign in which messages from “God” are displayed on billboards and bus-shelters in various cities. The campaign was sponsored by an anonymous donor who contributed $150,000. In the donor’s words, “I wanted to remind people of God, especially people who used to go to Church and for some reason don’t go anymore, which is a good-sized group.”
Among the billboard and bus-shelter messages from “God” that already have appeared:
“I don’t question your existence!”
“Loved the wedding, invite me to the marriage.”
“Have you read My number 1 bestseller? There will be a test.”
“Will the road you’re on get you to My place?”
“That ‘Love Thy Neighbor’ thing, I mean it!”
On an Erdman Avenue billboard in Baltimore, where commuter traffic is at its heaviest, passing motorists were admonished, “Keep using My Name in vain and I’ll make rush hours longer.”
On one huge billboard,…
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