Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Miller Brewing Pulls Logo From 'Last Supper' Advertisement

By Randy Hall
CNSNews.com Staff Writer/Editor
September 26, 2007

(CNSNews.com) - The Miller Brewing Company, a sponsor of this weekend's homosexual "leather" street fair in San Francisco, has asked to have its logo removed from an advertising poster that has offended some Christians.

The advertisement portrays Christ and his disciples as half-naked sado-masochists.

"While Miller has supported the Folsom Street Fair for several years, we take exception to the poster the organizing committee developed this year. We understand some individuals may find the imagery offensive and we have asked the organizers to remove our logo from the poster effective immediately," the company told Cybercast News Service on Tuesday.
(read the whole article at CNSNews)

Don


Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Notes on the Iranian President Visiting the USA

As you know, Mahmoud I’m-a-nut-job has arrived in the United States. You know he was issued a visa to come here. Isn’t that amazing? You need a visa to get into the United States? When did they start with that? -- Jay Leno

iran’s president gave a speech today. Lots of people upset about it. New Yorkers said, “If we want to hear a short-tempered Iranian man yell at us, we’ll take a cab.” -- Conan O'Brien

You know the interesting part? After he landed he drove his own cab in from the airport. -- Jay Leno

Note: the word 'actually' was removed because it's a useless word. iran and president were intentionally spelled using lower case so as not to give unnecessary significance to that country or it's leader -- Don

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Sunday, September 16, 2007

Division

There are many topics that cause division. Politics and religion are two common ideas that get us riled up. Outrageous comments spew out of our mouths like lava from a volcano and often they’re just as hot. These two fields alone create a coterie of subtopics as vast as a prairie dog town.

This weekend I realized another thing that divides people like a butcher’s cleaver. It’s music.

WHAT!

That’s right. Those mellifluous tones that bring us calming thoughts or send us to Dreamland can instantly bring disharmony and hostility to another. Think about it for a minute. Put on a Led Zeppelin CD with a room full of country fans. Metal heads would rather die than listen to anything else. Have you ever tried to discuss opera with anybody?

Get the picture?

This morning I was in church and we Baptists play music. It’s an important part of our worship. During the service there was a tune I didn’t care for. To me it was just a monotonous repetition. I was momentarily distracted from worship. But as I looked around there were many people singing from their hearts. I realized it wasn’t about me. I prayed.

Even in church we’ve allowed the music to divide us. Churches have two services not because of a growing congregation but because of the division music has created. It’s one thing to become concerned when the preacher is off base or spends too much time not preaching from the Bible. But to make the type of music we sing become most important is a serious problem. It becomes all about us instead of all about the Savior.

Music divides.