A Christian Church Shouldn't Use Its Sign to Promote Ramadan

Not too far away from where I live (a county or so away) a UCC church sign read "Wishing a Blessed Ramadan to our Muslim Neighbors."  A man close to my age, who also sits on the school board of the area's district, left an angry voicemail on the reverend's cell phone.

I'm going to start calling this kind of reaction the Mark Driscoll Option.  It's when you're pretty much right, but you're kind of a jerk about it.

Ramadan is the celebration of the first revelation of the Quran to Muhammad. This "revelation" and the Gospel message cannot coexist. To wish someone a "blessed" whatever, you're wishing one to have a holy/sacred whatever. It's another example of an apostate church placing plurality above Truth in the name of their rendition of "love."

We are, of course, to love our neighbor, but I don't think that includes using a church's sign to promote a holiday that stands in opposition to the Gospel. It also means, though, we don't purposefully denigrate those who believe something other than us. We can love one another without celebrating things that are counter to what we believe. It can be done.

However, how necessary was it to leave an angry voicemail with the reverend?  Probably not very. Admittedly, if I attended a church that made such an expression I probably would have questioned the pastor and the elders on it.