Video of the Week: John 3:16

By Chris Davis on January 18 2012

This weekend during the January 14, 2012 Denver Broncos vs. New England Patriots NFL Playoff game this ad was run right before halftime.  

I was a little surprised by it and didn't expect it, I posted it to Facebook to see what some of you thought.  Wow, there was quite a response.  

Here are a few of them:

 “I loved it! There are so many people rooting against Tebow and have tuned in to see him “fail”… that was a perfect time for the commercial. They are really reaching people… I love it!” - Trevis C. Bailey

“Cool commercial, but why play it only when Tebow is playing and every Christian is watching? Christian Market……..>:/” - Josh Tex Cardwell

“I thought it was fantastic until the last few seconds.  I'm concerned that FoF 's logo on the end really reads as an ad for right-wing politics. Unfortunately, the nationwide perception of the organization is much more about pro-life, anti-gay marriage politics than it is about the message of Jesus.  I think the non-Christian response to the ad would have been stronger if a less politically connected organization had run it.” - Paul Reams

“I think it was overly simplistic. If Focus on the Family's goal was to reach non-believers and non-church-goers, they ought to have gone with something less “cutesy” and more provocative (ie, thought provoking). In my experience of having worked with teens for 10+ years and now serving as a senior pastor for the last three, my attempts to reach out to the unchurched have taught me that they don't want “spoon-fed Christianity.” Instead, they (particularly the 18-35 y/o demographic) want something that challenges them and their understanding of the world around them, something that they can wrestle with, something that will offer them a sense of having encountered God in deep, meaningful, life-altering ways. As unfortunate as it is, John 3:16 is has become the cliche trademark of what is perceived to be an old and stale religion. Can't we show them the respect and value they deserve as people created in God's image by coming up with a new and fresh method of sharing the Good News?” - Matt MacDougall

What did you think?

Comments

From roy on January 19, 2012

wondeful…awesome

From Paul Felix Schott on January 20, 2012

The Bible is something that should be at the front of our news in a Nation that Stands United In GOD We Trust and United We Will Always Stand as one Nation under our Lord GOD. True American Patriots are the ones that are not afraid to say our Lord GOD comes first, Family then Country. For with out GOD and Family we would never have had grown into this one Great Nation that most All The World look to for help in time of need.

Why let the Wicked in office in our Nation if they do not believe in GOD and the Bible vote them out of office.
United We Will Always Stand in GOD We Trust George Washington and Johann Paul Schott 12/24/1776.
In GOD We Trust
The United States of America’s Motto July 30, 1956.
King David’s Motto 3,000 years ago.
Soon enough all the World will Pray to Our Lord GOD and Savior Jesus Christ.

My He Guide you hearts this Nation needs to cry out to all to save the lost.

The Lord’s Little Helper
Paul Felix Schott