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A little holy laughter

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Sometimes the truest way to say a hard thing is to make people laugh first. These are made in good humor and love — a gentle poke at the culture, never at the people caught up in it. Click any one to enlarge, download it, and share it far and wide.

Pastorpreneur Paul — The Deluxe Church-Planter Starter Set (a vintage toy-ad parody)

Pastorpreneur Paul

The Deluxe Church-Planter Starter Set — gospel sold separately.

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My First Church Split — the exciting game where everybody's right and nobody wins (a vintage board-game parody)

My First Church Split!

The exciting game where everybody’s right and nobody wins.

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Barbie Dream Church — biblical instructions not necessary to build (a vintage toy-ad parody)

Barbie Dream Church

Comes ready to use as is — biblical instructions not necessary to build.

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Look At Me Larry — The Pull-String Praise Leader (a vintage toy-ad parody)

Look At Me Larry

The Pull-String Praise Leader — sound doctrine sold separately.

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Bumper Sticker Benny — The Mobile Witness Machine (a vintage toy-ad parody)

Bumper Sticker Benny

The Mobile Witness Machine — personal evangelism sold separately.

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Church Growth Greenhouse — sow vision, reap attendance (a vintage seed-catalog parody)

Church Growth Greenhouse

Sow vision, reap attendance. Results may vary; metrics won’t.

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Sunday Bulletin — First Church of the Status Quo, 'A Place to Belong, Behave, and Blend In' (a deadpan church-bulletin parody, 2 Timothy 3:5)

First Church of the Status Quo

Come as you are. Leave as we are. Please silence your convictions during the service.

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Church Hopper: The Home Game — 'Roll the dice to find the church that finally agrees with you — never arrive!' A vintage board-game-box parody; the fine print reads 'God's True Church — Not Included' and 'Discernment Not Included.'

Church Hopper: The Home Game

Roll the dice to find the church that finally agrees with you — and never arrive. Deluxe accessories included; discernment sold separately. “God’s True Church — Not Included.”

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No Soliciting — Jesus stands at the glass front doors of 'Grace Community Church' at dusk, knocking, beside a 'NO SOLICITING' sign and a video doorbell camera (Revelation 3:20)

No Soliciting

Revelation 3:20 was written to a church — so here He is, knocking at His own front door, past the “No Soliciting” sign and the doorbell cam. “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock…” He’s still knocking; they just upgraded to a camera.

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The Selective Highlighter — a devotional journal page where Jeremiah 29:11 is drowned in yellow highlighter, hearts, and a 'my favorite verse' sticky note, while Luke 9:23 ('deny himself, and take up his cross') sits right below it completely unmarked

The Selective Highlighter

Jeremiah 29:11 gets the yellow, the heart, and the “my favorite verse” sticky note. “Deny himself, and take up his cross” right below it stays spotless. Funny how the highlighter always runs out right before the hard part.

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Missed the Point — a New Yorker-style cartoon of a man at the pearly gates while St. Peter reads a ledger: the 'Attendance Record' page is all checkmarks (Sunday services, tithe record, choir practice...) but the 'Knowing Christ' page holds a big red question mark, beside a placard reading 'Grace. Not Checklists.'

Missed the Point

At the pearly gates, the attendance record is immaculate — services, retreats, tithes, choir practice, all checked. The “Knowing Christ” page? One big red question mark. “It says here you attended every service — and missed the entire point.” Grace, not checklists.

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The Church Exit Interview — a man with a Bible under his arm walks out of a megachurch lobby past a 'Reason for Leaving' checklist that includes 'Asked too many questions' and 'Read Acts without supervision'; the greeter asks if it was the coffee, the branding, or that he started reading the Bible for himself, and he answers 'Mostly the last one.'

The Church Exit Interview

“Was it the coffee, the branding, the programs — or the fact that you started reading the Bible for yourself?” “Mostly the last one.” Reason for leaving: asked too many questions… read Acts without supervision. They called it backsliding; he called it following Jesus.

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Selah — a pause to reflect

When the laughter settles

A few of these lean more serious than funny. Same heart behind them — just said plainly. Share them the same way.

Come Out From Among Them — a man turns from a concert-style church service toward Christ, who stands in the light at an open door (2 Corinthians 6:17)

Come Out From Among Them

The lights, the show, the crowd — and Christ still at the door, calling His own into the light. “Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate.” (2 Corinthians 6:17)

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I Can Do All Things — a man buried in overdue bills and self-improvement to-do lists under a poster reading 'I can do all things through a verse taken out of context,' while Christ waits outside the window in the rain

I Can Do All Things…

…through a verse taken out of context. Try-harder religion piles on the slogans and the to-do lists — while the Savior waits just outside the window.

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The Lord Looks on the Heart — a flag-draped patriot, a polished churchman with a WWJD Bible, and a broken, weeping man standing before Christ enthroned (1 Samuel 16:7)

The Lord Looks on the Heart

The flag, the polished Bible, the broken man — and the One on the throne who sees past all of it. “Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7)

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The Empty Chair — a grieving man sits with his head in his hands while Christ, rendered as a translucent presence of light, sits in the chair beside him with a hand reaching toward his shoulder (Matthew 28:20)

The Empty Chair

He hunts for answers in sermons, notes, and slogans — head in his hands — while the Living One sits right beside him, unseen. “Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” (Matthew 28:20)

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Ye Are the Temple — a man walks away from a grand, shadowed cathedral toward the sunrise, the light of Christ shining out from within his own chest (Acts 7:48; 2 Corinthians 6:16)

Ye Are the Temple

He didn’t leave the light in the building — he carries it with him. “The Most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands.” (Acts 7:48 · 2 Corinthians 6:16)

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One Flock, One Shepherd — sheep penned in separate denominational folds (Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, and more) while a few leave the pens to walk the center path toward the Shepherd (John 10:16)

One Flock, One Shepherd

So many pens, so many labels — and one voice calling the sheep out into a single flock. “There shall be one flock, and one shepherd.” (John 10:16)

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The Authorized Version — King James at his desk in 1611, striking through the word 'Congregation' and writing 'Church' above it, with William Tyndale burning at the stake seen through the window (Rule 3 of the royal translation instructions; ekklesia = the called-out people)

The Authorized Version

Authorized by whom, exactly? Rule 3, by the king’s own order: keep “Church,” never “Congregation.” Tyndale had it right — ekklesia is the called-out people, never a building. He burned for that word in 1536; the crown kept his translation and edited the truth back out.

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The Assembly Line — 'The Church Inc.' factory conveyor turns a diverse line of people into identical uniformed members holding 'Approved Study Guide' books, while one man who stepped off the line to read his Bible trips a 'Nonconformity Detected' alarm; signs read 'Compliance Is Faithfulness' and 'Disciples are formed. Systems manufacture members.'

The Assembly Line

The Church Inc. — enter as you are, exit ready to serve: programs, membership, approved study guide, vision casting. Diverse souls in, matching members out — while the one who stepped off to read his Bible trips the “Nonconformity Detected” alarm. Disciples are formed; systems manufacture members.

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The Church Map — a man studies a 'Find the Right Church' map board pinned with Best Worship, Best Coffee, Shortest Sermon, and Strongest Brand, while Christ stands beside him pointing away from the map toward a small group breaking bread together at a table, beneath a 'Love One Another — John 13:34' sign

The Church Map

Best worship, best coffee, shortest sermon, strongest brand — choose wisely, you have options. But Christ points away from the map, to a few people breaking bread together. “A new commandment… that ye love one another.” (John 13:34) He searched for a church; Christ pointed to His people.

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Free to share — no credit needed, no strings attached (unlike Larry). If one of these makes you laugh and think, that’s the whole idea. “A joyful heart is good medicine.” — Proverbs 17:22