Re: John 3:16

Todd E Van Hoosear (vanhoose@lalaland.cl.msu.edu)
Thu, 30 May 1996 10:49:35 -0400 (EDT) 



From: "William D. Turcotte" <turco002@gold.tc.umn.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.quotations
Date: Wed, 29 May 96 03:09:01 CST


On Wed, 29 May 1996 03:28:24 GMT,
Michael McMullin  <mcmullin@iol.ie > wrote:


>ashleyr812@aol.com (AshleyR812) wrote:

>

>>In article <31A92A5B.6929@village.ios.com>, John Saponaro

>><johns2@village.ios.com> writes:

>

>>>What is the signifigance of this Bible portion and why do people at

>>>sports events always show up with "John 3:16" signs?

>

>By the by, here in Ireland we have a from of football which has two

>kinds of scores (goals and points). A recent acquaintance was

>sincerely convinced that these signs referred to a great player called

>John who had scored 3 goals and 16 points;)



When I was visiting Ireland I saw an interesting work of graffiti at
a football stadium.


In big letters on the wall,
                                            "JESUS SAVES!"
And under it in a different hand,
                                    "BUT CARLOS SCORES ON THE REBOUND!"


While in New York I saw,
                                             "JESUS SAVES!"
And under it,
                                           "MOSES INVESTS!"


Many people will go out of their way to avoid having to deal with the
content of John 3:16 on a personal level.


Bill



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