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$\"Bring$ <\/p>\n

This sign was given as an example of a church sign fail<\/a>, but I\u2019m not sure that this Palm Sunday paraphrase is actually a failure. It gets your attention, makes someone who doesn\u2019t know the Bible\u00a0wonder if Jesus ever said something like this, and makes the person who does know the Bible smirk at the double entendre.<\/p>\n

Feel free to discuss the above sign, whether you think Jesus did in fact ride a donkey into Jerusalem, and if so, what he meant by it.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"