{"id":11093,"date":"2013-04-20T14:11:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-20T14:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=11093"},"modified":"2019-07-27T09:42:49","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T09:42:49","slug":"wwjd-vs-wwapd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/wwjd-vs-wwapd\/","title":{"rendered":"WWJD vs WWAPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time, a mother made her son a wristband. On it was written:\u00a0<strong>WWJD<\/strong>. This, of course stood for: What Would Jesus Do?\u2019 She instructed her son to look at the wristband before making decisions on how to live his Christian life.<\/p>\n<p>A week later she was shocked to see that her son had become friends with prostitutes, was hanging out with \u2018sinners\u2019 \u2013 even buying people who were already drunk yet another round of beers!<\/p>\n<p>Worse still, he had walked into their church the previous Sunday and tore down the book store, overturned the tables and threw the cash register through the window, he then made a whip and chased the pastor out of the building, declaring he was turning God\u2019s house into a den of thieves.<\/p>\n<p>Most shocking was what happened when his mother went to picket the local abortion clinic. To her embarrassment, her son was also there, but he was standing with the women who just had an abortion, and yelled at the protesters: \u201cYou who is without sin, throw the first stone!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mother was very distressed, but fortunately she found a solution to this terrible problem. She made another wristband, this time it read: <strong>WWAPD<\/strong>, this, she explained to her son, stood for: What Would A Pharisee Do? She took the old WWJD wristband and burned it.<\/p>\n<p>Since her son has been wearing the new wristband, looking at it to help him make his decisions, he has become a dedicated tither, a public prayer warrior, an active condemner of \u2018sinners\u2019, a passionate defender of the Old Covenant law, and has a great reputation as a godly young man amongst other religious people.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, the mother is very happy now. She only wishes Jesus would take notice and follow her son\u2019s good example.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[Posted without comment. This was sent to Musicademy anonymously and is presented for your consideration as a contemporary parable.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time, a mother made her son a wristband. On it was written:\u00a0WWJD. This, of course stood for: What Would Jesus Do?\u2019 She instructed her son to look at the wristband before making decisions on how to live his Christian life. 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