What's wrong with this picture? Doesn't it kind of creep you out? Do you ever feel like the Jesus most American evangelicals are trying to sell you looks kind of like this guy? So distorted by their efforts to package and sell him, that he becomes sort of repulsive. Like a celebrity that has so much plastic surgery trying to stay young and beautiful that she seems to lose part of her own humanity. Who is this Jesus we're selling? Sometimes I wonder what true spark is left under the smothering weight of the never ending sales pitch. And I wonder if the Jesus we've bought is even the real thing, or just some lesser quality immitation. A winking, thumbs-up inflatable Jesus, like the balloon gorillas used to draw people into used car lots. Though it costs me everything, I want the pearl of great price and nothing less.
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