Nativity scene – 2021 style

We have posted a lot of nativity scenes over the years, including:

Internet goes wild over dog nativity scene“; and

Top 10 hilarious nativity scenes of all time

The best and funniest nativity pictures from around the Internet

But here is one relevant to 2021. It is both creative and clever and we hope and pray it will help you to remember, in these troubled times, the very first Christmas.

God bless

originally submitted by Tod – Thanks

Should Christians enjoy Black Friday?

Another controversial holiday for Christians? Or is it?

There are many good things and not so good things about Black Friday. For who doesn’t like a good bargain … even Christians.

There are however some good reasons that some Christians have expressed concern about the holiday including:

  • we automatically forget about Thanksgiving;
  • we can be tempted to greed or storing up things for ourselves;
  • we can be distracted from the beginning of Christmas celebrations;
  • we may be sending a bad message to those less fortunate than ourselves

You can read a much better explanation of the concerns about Black Friday here, in an article by Megan Bailey, at beliefnet.com. One concern we have about too much debate about Black Friday is that it is very easy for our hearts to slip in to judging others, for what they did or didn’t buy. It is another great example for which Proverbs 4:23 is relevant.

So should you enjoy Black Friday or avoid it? We are sorry to disappoint you but if you came to a site called Christian Funny Pictures expecting to find well grounded Biblical advice on some of life’s big or not so big issues, then you may be looking in the wrong place. Paul Tripp, Pastor and author has a good article about “The Original Black Friday“, which may help in that department (pardon the pun). We are going to stick with what we do best, so here are 11 Christian Funny Pictures about Black Friday.

Please share and enjoy!

The perfect video for the Christian life

Is this not the perfect metaphor for the Christian life?

God, our heavenly father, the good Shepherd, sees us when we have gone astray, and rescues us from our own paths of destruction.

And then we go and do this.

Make sure you watch to the end, and let us know whether you agree.

Proverbs 3:5-6

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart

and lean not on your own understanding;

in all your ways submit to him,

and he will make your paths straight.”

Thank God for dirty dishes

We love this picture and the message. It does in some small way invalidate the problem of dirty dishes, as sometimes they can be such hard work, getting to the end of the day with small children, or difficult teenagers, or being left alone to clean up after everyone. But it does show that a different perspective can often help us get through hard things.

Yes, dirty dishes are hard. Yes, perhaps other family members should be helping out. Yes, these type of jobs can often be quite thankless. But persevere. God sees you serving others in the hard time (just make sure your whole life isn’t full of such things, and make sure you enjoyed what was on them!)

God bless

A doctor, a preacher, a lawyer, a young boy, and the pilot.

The pilot comes on the intercom mid-flight screaming “Mayday! Mayday! The plane is going to crash! Now listen up: there’s only four parachutes on this plane and five of us, so you guys decide who’s staying with the plane, but I’m jumping!” And with that, the pilot grabs a parachute and leaves the doomed plane.

The doctor comes before the other passengers of the plane and says “As a doctor, I’ve used my medical skills to save hundreds of lives, and if I escape, I’ll be able to save hundreds more.” The rest of the passengers satisfied with his response, they let the doctor grab a parachute and leave the plane.

The lawyer, very disheveled, comes before the preacher and the boy and says “As a lawyer, I’ve used my legal knowledge to crack hundreds of cases and I’m probably the smartest man in the world, so I deserve to live!” Before the boy and the preacher can react, the lawyer grabs a parachute and jumps.

The preacher comes before the boy, getting on one knee and placing a hand on his shoulder. “Son,” he begins, “as a preacher, I’ve lived a long and dutiful life in service to the Lord, and I have no doubt that when this plane crashes, I’ll be taking my place at my Father’s table. You have your entire life ahead of you, so you take the last parachute and go.”

Unfazed, the kid hands the preacher a parachute and says “Don’t worry, take this one: the smartest man in the world just jumped out with my backpack!”

Well that escalated quickly – Christian version

There is a famous meme known as the “Well that escalated quickly” meme. It originated from the movie Anchorman, where Ron Burgundy, played by Will Ferrell, is commenting on a fight that he and his co-workers had with a rival news station earlier in the film. The phrase he actually used was “Boy, that escalated quickly”, however after the film it became instantly popular and went as they say ‘viral’. It has launched a million memes, including these Christian ones. Where the Bible, God, Christians, church signs, or congregations have suddenly got out of hand very quickly.

Please enjoy and share.

No matter who is President

Is this post political? Does posting something like this show that we support or don’t support the current President? Or support or don’t support the former President? Or the one before that?

We have posted things before about the American politics, and especially around the Presidential elections:

18 CLEVER CHRISTIAN RESPONSES TO THE US PRESIDENTIAL RACE

and also here.

And it seems that every time we post something like this, the post and comment section immediately breaks out into discussions, arguments, fighting about what it means and how demonic one side of politics is.

We are posting it, because it is a good reminder. It is a reminder that Jesus is King in all circumstances. Whether the President you voted for, or the President you didn’t vote for is currently President, this will change. Perhaps in 3 years, perhaps in 7 years, perhaps sooner.

But Jesus doesn’t get voted in, or voted out. Jesus doesn’t become something different depending on who is President. And thank God for that. Literally! Let us thank God that Jesus is King in all circumstances.

And as it says in Hebrews 13:8: “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever”.

No matter who is president, Jesus is King

You can even see other “Jesus is King” type quotes here.