Drawing Lines: Where Do Yours Begin?

[LadyChocolate]

dittos for me= I don't put anything on top of my Bible. I don't sit my Bible on the floor, either. Y'all aren't so weird after all becaue when it comes to writing anything that has to do with God, I will capitalize it also.

Convictions for me? I do not use slang curse words nor do I let my children. This is probably one that goes without saying, but I see no difference in saying the real cuss word or the slang. It all means the same.

My family does not swear either. One of my children said, "I swear" and it just went all over me. He's heard it from somewhere and I explained we don't say that.

We may be get upset or something and say, "oh man!" but we will NOT let any of our children say God's name in vain, or ever geesh or gosh. ( forgive me for writing it) Under no circumstances is that appropiate.

[Sherri]

Originally Posted by LadyChocolate

dittos for me= I don't put anything on top of my Bible. I don't sit my Bible on the floor, either. Y'all aren't so weird after all becaue when it comes to writing anything that has to do with God, I will capitalize it also.

Convictions for me? I do not use slang curse words nor do I let my children. This is probably one that goes without saying, but I see no difference in saying the real cuss word or the slang. It all means the same.

My family does not swear either. One of my children said, "I swear" and it just went all over me. He's heard it from somewhere and I explained we don't say that.

We may be get upset or something and say, "oh man!" but we will NOT let any of our children say God's name in vain, or ever geesh or gosh. ( forgive me for writing it) Under no circumstances is that appropiate.

One of my major pet peeves is hearing Christians say, "Oh my God". I have worked my kids over on that one, and they are grown. But I will not allow it to be said around me. It's a very hard habit to break, especially when you hear so many preachers say it too.

Also, I can't stand "I swear". That one is a no-no in my house too.

[LadyChocolate]

This is a definite given but we will pray before every single meal even at restaurants. Even if it's just a sandwich or a bowl of cereal. I don't like unthankfullness. However, I must admit that when I am at the mexican restaurant, I am a post chip prayer!

Originally Posted by LadyChocolate

dittos for me= I don't put anything on top of my Bible. I don't sit my Bible on the floor, either. Y'all aren't so weird after all becaue when it comes to writing anything that has to do with God, I will capitalize it also.

Convictions for me? I do not use slang curse words nor do I let my children. This is probably one that goes without saying, but I see no difference in saying the real cuss word or the slang. It all means the same.

My family does not swear either. One of my children said, "I swear" and it just went all over me. He's heard it from somewhere and I explained we don't say that.

We may be get upset or something and say, "oh man!" but we will NOT let any of our children say God's name in vain, or ever geesh or gosh. ( forgive me for writing it) Under no circumstances is that appropiate.

Originally Posted by Sherri

One of my major pet peeves is hearing Christians say, "Oh my God". I have worked my kids over on that one, and they are grown. But I will not allow it to be said around me. It's a very hard habit to break, especially when you hear so many preachers say it too.

Also, I can't stand "I swear". That one is a no-no in my house too.

THIS is the mindset that totally consumes my wife... she can't STAND 'slang swearing' (as she calls it). If she had been at a recent meeting where the speaker said the 'word' several times in the sermon she would have had the dishsoap waiting on him when he came out of the pulpit!

In the part of the country where we live there are things said that we would have been MORTIFIED to hear where we came from. After almost 20 years it STILL makes me uncomfortable to hear those phrases / words!

Originally Posted by lad

I'm in agreement with Steadfast and Raven on the above mentioned - (nothing laying on top of the Bible, Capitalizing ANYTHING that refers to GOD (even when I'm taking notes at Church) - and using lowercase letters when refering to the enemy/satan/devil/etc......... I guess I'm ODD too...

I too am a member of the exclusive club of the certifiably Apostolic!

Originally Posted by Sherri

One of my major pet peeves is hearing Christians say, "Oh my God". I have worked my kids over on that one, and they are grown. But I will not allow it to be said around me. It's a very hard habit to break, especially when you hear so many preachers say it too.

Also, I can't stand "I swear". That one is a no-no in my house too.

It didn't matter who it was, when my dad would hear someone say "OMG" he would ask them immediately, "Are you Cussing or Praying?"

[LadyChocolate]

okay, I may step on some toes here or ruffle someone's feathers BUT, a huge thing for me is, I can't stand to see "saints" lay their hands on someone's head and pray for them. I grew up where that was for MINISTRY only and to see a saint take a command of authority like that gets under my skin to no end!

[Sherri]

Originally Posted by LadyChocolate

This is a definite given but we will pray before every single meal even at restaurants. Even if it's just a sandwich or a bowl of cereal. I don't like unthankfullness. However, I must admit that when I am at the mexican restaurant, I am a post chip prayer!

I know....why is it that we can eat the chips (or rolls) and feel justified in praying when the main course comes????

Originally Posted by OP_Carl

People who remain or become involved in multi-level marketing business schemes when Holy-Ghost-filled demonstrate to me insufficient discernment for me to fellowship with them on anything more than a casual greeting basis.

I have a hard time remaining friends with men who publicly degrade their wives. They're unwittingly taking a cheesegrater to their own flesh, they're sending a signal to their wife that they have buyer's remorse, and they're informing their audience that they lack the ability to make good choices and/or decisions. I cut a little slack for the guys who married their live-in girlfriend or the mother of their child after they got in church.

I won't fellowship people, of whom there are many in my own church who have broadcast television in their homes. This I do mainly for my children.

I won't fellowship gossipmongers. My wife ends up trapped in the nursery sometimes, and the things she tells me afterwards will stand your hair on end! I don't believe in spreading gossip, and so the corrollary must be that I refuse to listen to it as well. I rebuke those that try it with me.

I avoid the company of men who create nicknames for other men, or call everyone 'Buddy.'

In almost 20 years of Pastoring I've only had one Evangelist who did this openly behind the pulpit. I was mad as a big dog but held my peace. He was young, cocky and thought he had 'arrived' because he was preaching a revival at my Church. He carried this 'demeaning' attitude towards his wife back into the table that night during some after Church fellowship... I looked at him strangely and then focused everything I had on having a conversation with his wife.

If he interrupted, I just kept listening to her.

If he had an idea, I just kept asking her what shethought about whatever we were talking about.

When he had a funny remark... no smiles, no real acknowledgment, but kept focused intently on dialoguing with her.

Eventually I spoke in kind response to him before he left. The next night we closed out revival and before he left I told him why we didn't go on (he was, in fact, a good preacher); ANYBODY that will treat his literal wife with such disregard and disrespect will eventually try to treat the Bride of Christ with the same arrogant attitude. I told him that I focused on his wife and her heartbeat more than him the night before because, to be quite frank, I think God focuses on His Bride a lot more than He does any single Preacher. "You're only necessary because of His love for the Bride."

No thanks. Don't need that in my Church. They are too important to God... and me.

We closed and he never came back.

[LadyChocolate]

I cannot stand to hear women run down their husbands. I will not listen to remarks that degrade men. I become sensitive to this because it just shows a true lack of respect. My husband treats me with respect and works hard for us. I remember being newly married and being in a new church and I was in the nursery with a bunch of women. At first I thought I it was a joke the way they were running down their husbands. But I realized it wasn't. I made up my mind that I would not be close friends with them because I was not going to pick up that spirit. I also hate the way society has belittled men. I am grateful the men in my life (my husband and father) They are great!