Jan
13
2010
Erwin McManus’s Miracle Casket Commercial
Phil Johnson:
McManus’s current project is further removed from the proclamation of the gospel than anything you’ll ever see from Osteen—and that’s saying something. McManus is shilling for an entry in Doritos® “Crash the Superbowl” contest. It’s an utterly tasteless commercial called “Casket.” (“A guy stages his own funeral just to munch Doritos and watch football undisturbed—in a casket.”) McManus himself produced the commercial for the Doritos® contest and Mosaic is “sponsoring” it. They won a spot among the six finalists (out of 4,000 entries)—and tickets to the Super Bowl. The top prizewinner will be chosen by popular vote. So McManus has removed every vestige of his own website and replaced it with an appeal for votes. He’s Twittering pleas for votes on a fairly regular basis, too.
He is convinced this is the work of God: “It’s a miracle and a divine comedy that we’ve made it this far,” he told USA Today. “I think it’s God’s sense of humor.”
You can read Phil’s whole post here.