![]() ![]() The Christian Post reached out to Irvine Company and no one was immediately available for comment Tuesday. The contract states: "Management reserves the right to not display any materials that could be construed as vulgar or offensive." This is the revised artwork that was rejected by Irvine Company. ![]() Though the image of the Bible was removed, the issue with the billboards was not abated, forcing the company to remove them altogether, according to the terms of the contract they had with Laurie and his team. The company asked that the billboards be revised, however, after they drew several complaints, including a "serious threat" at Fashion Island. They were also placed at the Irvine Spectrum Center in Irvine, another Harvest spokesperson told The Christian Post Tuesday. Laurie and his team, according to CBN, contracted Irvine Company, a real estate company in Southern California, to advertise the event and they agreed to post large billboards at Fashion Island, a swanky outdoor mall in Orange County. Now in its 29th year, the event is expected to feature music from leading Christian artists, as well as a Gospel message by Laurie, who will tackle questions such as "What is the meaning of life?" and "What happens when we die?" The annual SoCal Harvest is a free, three-night event that will take place at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on Aug. He noted that the Bible depicted in the image on the billboards did not have a cross, religious symbols, or even the word "Bible" on it. "There was nothing overtly religious about it (billboard image)," John Collins, Harvest executive director, said in a CBN News report. | (Photo: Facebook)Įvangelist Greg Laurie, who leads the multi-campus Harvest Christian Fellowship, was recently forced to remove billboards promoting his annual SoCal Harvest event from two popular malls in Southern California because they featured him holding a nondescript Bible in his hand that some people found offensive.Įven after the evangelist and his team adjusted the artwork for the billboard to use innocuous photos to promote the event, however, the company they contracted to advertise the event nixed their promotion. ![]() The billboards advertised his upcoming "Harvest" outreach. But we will live life as it was meant to be lived: in the perfect will of God.Evangelist Greg Laurie was forced to take down a series of billboards showing him holding a Bible, as seen in this image. For others, it could mean a major change of lifestyle. The cross of Christ is no burden because God’s will is better than our own.Īre you bearing the cross and following Jesus? For some, this could mean suffering persecution. It is such a burden as wings are to a bird, or sails to a ship, to carry me forward to my desired haven.”Īnd he was right. Samuel Rutherford, a seventeenth-century theologian, said, “The cross of Christ is the sweetest burden that ever I bore. We’re living life as it was meant to be lived. Because we want God’s will more than our own, we’ll have the abundant life that Jesus promised, (see John 10:10). Rather, it’s when life begins to really happen, when life becomes full and meaningful. It doesn’t mean that we’ve ruined our lives when we start walking with God. Thus, when we live the crucified life, it isn’t a morbid, miserable experience. That is how we imagine ourselves living the crucified life.Īs Jesus said, if you want to find your life, then lose it (see Luke 9:24). We think it means isolating ourselves in an ivory tower somewhere and never having fun, smiling, or laughing. ![]() Of course, when we talk about bearing the cross and living a crucified life, it sounds morbid and unappealing because we have a false concept of what it means. And what that means, simply, is laying ourselves at the feet of Jesus and saying, “I want Your will more than my own.” The cross we must bear is the same for each of us. Sometimes we think of a cross to bear as a trying relationship, a health problem, a challenging job, or some other tough circumstance. So, when people heard Jesus say, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me,” they would have easily understood what He meant. It has become a mere religious symbol, an icon shrouded in religiosity.īut in the first century when someone was carrying a cross through the streets, it meant only one thing: that person was going to die. We seem to have lost the meaning of the cross today. Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me.” ( Luke 9:23 NLT) ![]()
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