JUST PREACHERS MAJOR Crackdown! turning WPF??????? - Page 90

Charnock · #**891** 10-26-2008, 04:18 PM

My theology regarding beards is defined by this one question.

WWJD?

rgcraig · #**892** 10-26-2008, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Charnock

My theology regarding beards is defined by this one question.

WWJD?

good one!

StMark · #**893** 10-26-2008, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Epley

It is simple facial hair in the 60's & 70's identiifed the hippies-free-love-drugs-anti-establishment. The ministry made a stand. Does it have the EXACT same identifications today? I don't think so. However why the change now? Is it being advocated by holiness minded men or men who are toying with other ideas? The men I have personally known who advocated beards one of the a close personal friend also abandoned other convictions and some of them were definitely Biblical. Fight for the pea patch the next thing will be the barn then the house.

MIke has said over and over that conservative Pentecostals
don't know why they don't wear facial hair when in fact I already
Explained the same thing you said

Facial hair doesn't have the same connotations in every culture
either. in most non white cultures, they don't relate to this whole
hippie thing. That started out as a peace movement against the
viet nam war BUT there is definitley a spirit that's connected to
all of it called the anti christ spirit. That is what many of our
churches wanted to distance itself from.

StMark · #**894** 10-26-2008, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Charnock

My theology regarding beards is defined by this one question.

WWJD?

There was no such thing as hippies in his day either.

If it correlated with the spirit of rebellion, he probably would
have done what many did during the anti american movement.

would you want to be identified with being anti american?

Charnock · #**895** 10-26-2008, 04:25 PM

Was Jesus on the platform with a beard?

Steve Epley · #**896** 10-26-2008, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Charnock

Was Jesus on the platform with a beard?

Who knows????????????????????????????????

rgcraig · #**897** 10-26-2008, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by StMark

There was no such thing as hippies in his day either.

If it correlated with the spirit of rebellion, he probably would
have done what many did during the anti american movement.

would you want to be identified with being anti american?

I'm no Bible scholar, but I assure you there was the spirit of rebellion in Jesus' day!

You can't pick and choose your scriptures to use or ignore.

rgcraig · #**898** 10-26-2008, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Charnock

Was Jesus on the platform with a beard?

Not only a bread, but looks like he wore a robe too! Wow - - that picture has truly preserved well.

StMark · #**899** 10-26-2008, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by rgcraig

I'm no Bible scholar, but I assure you there was the spirit of rebellion in Jesus' day!

You can't pick and choose your scriptures to use or ignore.

And it's always been. I'm sure there was something in that time
that identified with evil. In the OT, they were not to align themselves
with the Egyptians, or the phillistines, worship fo baal, etc

the wild charles manson look what was we had to fight against
in our day renda

timlan2057 · #**900** 10-26-2008, 04:42 PM

Will someone please answer me this?

Let's assume that old, tired argument has merit; the one that facial hair should not be worn because it associates with a "spirit of rebellion" from the hippies.

And of course, we should trust in the revelation and/or opinions of some of these ole time pentecostal preachers on this.

Okay ... there is no "fashion" look that has more of a negative connotation right now than the pentecostal woman's "look."

It is associated with those cultists with the multiple wives and whatnot.

So ... shouldn't these same preachers be screaming about the big uncut hair and the long dresses and such should go because it is a negative worldly association and your "good should not be evil spoken of"?

If not ... why not?

Even much of "ole time pentecost" has retreated from these women's dress standards as salvational ... it's now just a "making sure" thing or "obey the pastor" thing.

How much more then, should it be cast aside because of association with something bad and negative - in this case, the cultists?

I stand amazed as the years go by how these preachers can tie themselves in knots with these tired arguments just to hold up an irrelevant religious tradition.

If there was an official World Championship in the old parlor game "Twister", probably seven of the top ten finishers would be clothesline pentecostal preachers.