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I saw this truck in front of me and had to take a photo.\u00a0I am disappointed\u00a0that they missed the opportunity to use Revelation 3:15 as their logo.\u00a0Revelation 3:15, in case you don\u2019t know it, says \u201cI know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or\u00a0hot!\u201d<\/p>\n

Something from Daniel 3, about four men walking around inside the fiery furnace, would also have worked.<\/p>\n

How do you react when you see trucks like this one?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I saw this truck in front of me and had to take a photo.\u00a0I am disappointed\u00a0that they missed the opportunity to use Revelation 3:15 as their logo.\u00a0Revelation 3:15, in case you don\u2019t know it, says \u201cI know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. 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