tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10335778.post115956437851250675..comments2023-10-26T09:51:07.401-06:00Comments on Stimulation: Team MoroniArnie Adkisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01846687068106003647noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10335778.post-1159757885005455602006-10-01T20:58:00.000-06:002006-10-01T20:58:00.000-06:00Colin, I have no fish on my car, but I still I hop...Colin, I have no fish on my car, but I still I hope I haven't ever cut you off! Probably not much of a chance if you live in Canada.<BR/><BR/>"Sound bites"--probably nothing marks our times in the US (and I would assume Canada too) like the emphasis on good (or bad) sound bites. I'm guilty too. As the Chief Development and Marketing Officer for a little university I'm always trying to make sure my president says the right sound bites, and avoids the wrong ones.<BR/><BR/>How would Jesus have lived in a sound bite culture? Victor, could Che Guevara succeeded in a sound bite culture, or your hero Martin Luther? How would CNN have posted those 95 theses? "This just in from Wittenburg, German monk says 'hell no, I won't go" to pope?"<BR/><BR/>I guess the key for proper balance is to give the proper truth answer, and let the media figure out their own sound bites?Arnie Adkisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846687068106003647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10335778.post-1159717660778406142006-10-01T09:47:00.000-06:002006-10-01T09:47:00.000-06:00On top of these concerns what about the "Jesus", "...On top of these concerns what about the "Jesus", "Fish" bumper stickers. How many times have you been cut-off by one of them while travelling down the highway? <BR/><BR/>I know of a pastor who removed his from his vehicle because of his struggle with road rage. <BR/><BR/>But more than this I do see your point. In an age of spin, sound-bites, and sloganeering we cheapen the gospel by marketing a plastic Jesus (and theology), all the while filling our greedy pockets and causing people to blaspheme the very name (theology) we claim to esteem.Colin A. Lammhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09664725153256328396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10335778.post-1159586895047575792006-09-29T21:28:00.000-06:002006-09-29T21:28:00.000-06:00Yeah! Can you imagine Che Guevara's reaction if he...Yeah! Can you imagine Che Guevara's reaction if he only knew how his now famous silhouette has been feeding the great capitalistic mchine?<BR/><BR/>You are right, mi hermano! Perhaps shallow theology deserves shallow slogans ... but, what people don't seem to remember is that those who had great impact and influence wrote their "slogans" in their sweat, blood, and sacrifice! "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." The power of a "slogan" is not in its cleverness or catchiness, but in the life that bore it.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11239376568564963414noreply@blogger.com