Is anyone as sick of Billy Mays as I am? When Billy first hit the super cleaning advertising circuits several years ago, I was gullible enough to buy one of the products that could change a dirty baked on crusty laden stove, or slimey-soap-scummed shower stall to a like brand new, shiny clean, sparkling bright transformed condition. Guess what? It didn’t work like Billy promised! Evidently some manufacturers are still riding the wave of this first $19.95 purchase of mine, but if they are continuing to count on my dollars, I have sworn off any product that is advertised by Billy Mays. I have become a true BM skeptic!
Does Billy remind you of a shady used car dealer when promoting products? Does he have a normal tone of voice or does he scream like that even in the intimacy of his bedroom? "All for only $19.95, but WAIT, there’s more, I’ll double that!" $19.95 seems to be the magic number that folks are willing to gamble on any product that is advertised at 2:00 am. So...if it doesn’t work...we’ve always got the money-back guarantee. Steam Buddy, Mighty Putty or Awesome Auger...life-time guarantee! I once bought a pair of socks for $4.00 that had a life-time warranty. They wore out in the same amount of time that a regular pair of socks wears out. Now, where did I put that receipt for those four dollar socks that I bought...oh ‘bout a year ago? Lets see, even if I find it, how much gas will it take and how much time will be spent getting a new pair? I know the sales clerk will look at me like I’m nuts! Forget it!
Now, we also have some tele-evangelists that must have been created from the same BM mold..or is it vice-versa? Is Billy aping the TV spiritual gurus or is it the other way around? Is $19.95 the going price for a guaranteed, never fails "prayer cloth" which contains the real sweat of your favorite "health, happiness and prosperity" prophet? Gullibility and $19.95 seems to be the common denominator that keeps both of these types screaming at you during those restless, sleepless nights at 2:00 am. Two verses from scripture come to mind:
1Co 13:7 ".......believeth all things........"
1Jo 4:1 "........ but test the spirits......."
Contradictory? Context is everything! Your assignment, should you decide to accept it...check the context! Gullibility will be dispelled and $19.95 will be saved!
This video will put you back to sleep at 2:00 am.
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To increase writing skills, to increase the ability to think orderly, to express thoughts clearly, concisely and accurately. To occasionally create a humorous or thought provoking cartoon. To bring to the front relevant issues of faith and practice.
The love of God is greater far than tongue or pen can ever tell.
Could we with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made,
were every stalk on earth a quill,
and every man a scribe by trade;
to write the love of God above would drain the ocean dry;
nor could the scroll contain the whole,
though stretched from sky to sky.
Frederick Lehman
Looking at various issues of Church and State through the eyes of a conservative Presbyterian Reformed Layman in the Heartland.
Purpose
To increase writing skills, to increase the ability to think orderly, to express thoughts clearly, concisely and accurately. To occasionally create a humorous or thought provoking cartoon. To bring to the front relevant issues of faith and practice.
This Blogger’s Acknowledgment
The love of God is greater far than tongue or pen can ever tell.
Could we with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made,
were every stalk on earth a quill,
and every man a scribe by trade;
to write the love of God above would drain the ocean dry;
nor could the scroll contain the whole,
though stretched from sky to sky.
Frederick Lehman
About Me
- Dave Van
- A retired son of a Presbyterian (USA) Pastor. Grew up in Kansas City, KS. The Lord sought and found me at age 12 through the ministry of Dr. Walter L. Wilson at the Kansas City Bible Institute, now Calvary Bible College. I stand in awe and wonder at God’s marvelous, love and grace.
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