The besetting sin of Pentecost

[Nahum]

Originally Posted by Steve Epley

The unmentionable sin of the abuse of prescription medicine from what I hear it is an epidemic among every stripe and flavor of Pentecost. Are you hearing very much said about it across the pulpits where you attend or visit?

I can't believe I am doing this, and may God have mercy on me, but I agree with Elder Epley on this one.

I see it so often.

Parents who drug their kids with benadryl so that they will be sluggish and sleepy. They do this because they are LAZY and uninvolved in their kids lives.
They don't want to be bothered with their own kids so they drug.

Church kids raised with ritalin as the discipline instead of parents.

Preachers and saints who run to the doctor for EVERYTHING that ails them. This happens because we place so little emphasis on personal health and proper body maintenance.

This all leaves me with the question "Who needs prayer"? "Who needs God"?

We find our temporary fixes in a bottle, instead of permanent healing on our knees.

[SDG]

Originally Posted by Stephen Hoover

ADHD for one.

As a teacher of Special Ed students I can affirm that it is overdiagnosed ... but we cannot discount that quite a few need their meds.

[Thad]

Pastor poster,


I've known saints in my own church who give there kids Baby Niquil
so that they themselves can go to bed and not have to wake up.
I guess on accasion that would be okay. sometimes when I'm flying and i have to hear a screaming kids for 5 hours I feel like reaching for some

the unspoken topic is Pastors and pastor's wives who are on Anti depressants !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOO DID I SAY THAT ?????????????



.running for cover!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SDG]

Originally Posted by Thad

Pastor poster,


I've known saints in my own church who give there kids Baby Niquil
so that they themselves can go to bed and not have to wake up.
I guess on accasion that would be okay. sometimes when I'm flying and i have to hear a screaming kids for 5 hours I feel like reaching for some

the unspoken topic is Pastors and pastor's wives who are on Anti depressants !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOO DID I SAY THAT ?????????????



.running for cover!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the anti-depressants are a HUGE PROBLEM ... Thad

[CC1]

Originally Posted by Steve Epley

The unmentionable sin of the abuse of prescription medicine from what I hear it is an epidemic among every stripe and flavor of Pentecost. Are you hearing very much said about it across the pulpits where you attend or visit?

Elder Epley,

I do believe that you have hit upon a subject that is not discussed enough in our circles.

While I am a firm believe in using the skill and expertise of doctors and scientists that God has given us to help us in regards to our health, the overuse of prescription drugs in America is a huge problem.

Tennessee, the state I live in, writes more prescriptions per capita per year than almost any other state. I think we rank #3 out of all 50 states.

The sad thing is that some people who really do need to be on prescription medication of one kind or another are not while others are on medication they do not need.

[Coonskinner]

I have preached about it at home and in a lot of places where I preach out...and you can feel the chill set in in some placeswhen you get on it.

Some churches that love strong holiness preaching get tight when you get after this sacred cow.

A desire to avoid the possibility of these kinds of addictions is the reason I refused pain killers in 2000 when I broke my neck, back, and ribs in an accident.

The doctors told me I was crazy, but after my initial treatment in the hospital, I never filled a prescription for the narcotics that they prescribed me over and over again.

They would write out the prescriptions and my wife would say, "You're wasting your ink. He will throw it away as soon as he gets home."

The doc would smile condescendingly and say, "Oh, he will fill it." But I didn't.

And after almost two years of suffering in faith, God healed me overnight. To Him be all the glory.

[SoCaliUPC]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

As a teacher of Special Ed students I can affirm that it is overdiagnosed ... but we cannot discount that quite a few need their meds.

Agreed.

I do think that, with ADHD, there needs to be two seperate evaluations done.

[Carpenter]

Originally Posted by Steve Epley

The unmentionable sin of the abuse of prescription medicine from what I hear it is an epidemic among every stripe and flavor of Pentecost. Are you hearing very much said about it across the pulpits where you attend or visit?

Had I created a thread like this one you people would have laughed me off the internet!

See what esteem you have around here Brother Epley?



Abuse of prescription medicine...pornography...questionable attitudes...

[Actaeon]

Chemical Pentecost apparently is in vogue.

We have those that rebel over a pastor's "prescription" for their life BUT will obey to the letter a label pasted on a prescription bottle. Go figure.

[Nahum]

Originally Posted by Thad

Pastor poster,


I've known saints in my own church who give there kids Baby Niquil
so that they themselves can go to bed and not have to wake up.
I guess on accasion that would be okay. sometimes when I'm flying and i have to hear a screaming kids for 5 hours I feel like reaching for some

the unspoken topic is Pastors and pastor's wives who are on Anti depressants !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOO DID I SAY THAT ?????????????



.running for cover!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You laugh, but that is exactly what happens AT CHURCH quite a bit. Parents don't want to DISCIPLINE so they drug them. I have seen it so many times. I have friends who do it.