Church Signs

So, as I was driving to get coffee with my dad after basketball this morning, I couldn't help but notice all of the "creative" messages some churches had on their signs. I feel that some of them were less than legitimate, so here is my humorous and somewhat serious critique.


First sign: "Free Coffee, Everlasting Life: Benefits of Membership."
1. It really bothers me that they only give free coffee to their members. I mean, how would you feel walking into a church and having to pay for coffee while all of the members stand huddled in the corner with as many free cups as they want? Not a great outreach tool, if you ask me.
2. On a more serious note, I feel as though the whole glorious, God-given gift of eternal life is trivialized by the idea that it is a perk, no matter how witty and jokingly it is meant to be intoned.


Second sign: "The Devil makes Voldemort look like a puppy."
- I appreciate the effort to be relevant to the culture, but of all the things you could put on your sign, why put something up that gives the devil any credit for his strength? I mean, I realize he's stronger than any human being, but why not say something like, "Jesus Christ makes Captain America look like Steve Irkle?" :) Just a thought.


Anyways, these are my musings. I'm not really being super critical of either of these churches for their signs, but I do find it funny and interesting to see what they put up sometimes.