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b'In his Christmas 1 sermon Clay Nelson reflects on the unintended consequences of putting up a controversial billboard and how he can relate to those who are chastised for not being where they are "supposed" to be.\\n"It is the unintended consequences that have got me pondering in my heart, in particular the level of offense taken around the world.\\xa0Some online polls suggest that we have offended half the planet give or take a few percentage points.\\xa0While initially email tended to be overwhelmingly positive, as the story got legs we heard from more and more of the offended.\\xa0So let me say clearly, offense was not our intent.\\xa0However, I\\u2019m not sure that was the intent of those who commented on the website, emailed, wrote, faxed, texted and called to express their outrage.\\xa0Many went beyond being offensive to abusive and threatening.\\xa0This must be the \\u201ctwo wrongs make a right\\u201d school of Christianity as opposed to the \\u201cturn the other cheek\\u201d school I attended."\\nFull text and video links at www.stmatthews.org.nz.'