The Scandal of Christ: Why Jesus’ Nonconformity Is a Reason to be Thankful

Last month a series of billboards went up in the town of Lubbock, Texas that have caused quite stir in the community and on the internet. The billboards depict a person portraying Jesus who is covered in tattoos.  The tattoos across his body contain words like outcast, hated, addicted, jealous, and many more.  The billboards also direct passersby to jesustattoo.org where a video can be seen of someone portraying Jesus running a tattoo parlor where individuals come in with tattoos like self-righteous, outcast, and useless, and leave with tattoos such as humble, accepted, and purpose.  At the end of the day, all the negative tattoos that were removed from the visitors suddenly and miraculously appear on the actor playing Jesus.  The response toward these billboards and toward the internet video have ranged from “blasphemous” to “this is what the gospel is all about”. ​

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