After all the sturm und drang, I’m left wondering why anyone who actually trusts in God needs to plaster that all over our money and the wall of a public office. Perhaps a politician would need to pander to the naive? Would it not become a “whitewashed wall,” Acts 23:3? In Matthew 6:5-6, Jesus says, “When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.” … “But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.”
Such a sign certainly tells folks of non-Christian faith they do not belong. The Christian commandment says you must love your neighbor as yourself (Mark 12:31). Christ said “Love ye one another” (John 13:34).
If you truly practice the Christian faith, you would not feel the need to invalidate the faith of others.
Sandra Cole
Vancouver
