JUST PREACHERS MAJOR Crackdown! turning WPF???????

[StMark]

Originally Posted by Stephen Hoover

Hippies? Folks I am forty years old and outside history books have no real point of reference to the so-called "Hippie movement".

I read somewhere that thirty to forty percent of US men have facial hair. Now someone is going to make an argument they are trying to be ID with a movement from the 1960's??

Baloney.

Steve, our nation was in an upheavel in the 60s & 70s surely you know that? or were you living in the amish community at that time??
I remember it here when I was just a kid and it was HUGE.

I don't think everyone is trying to identify with hippies no but it was
a real problem then and I think most of our churches just decided to stay clean cut from that point onward. Is that wrong?

[StMark]

nothing wrong with discussing this topic but most of you are very
mean-spirited about the whole thing

[Encryptus]

This whole beard thing is a stupid smoke screen.

Everyone knows the REAL line of separation between conservative and liberal, between true Apostolic and pretender is




TV !!!!!!

[Pastor Keith]

Originally Posted by timlan2057

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.

Tim,

As usual making to much sense.

[Steve Epley]

Since AFF is what it is and the majority here are pro-facial hair that should be an argument in itself against it.

[ManOfWord]

Originally Posted by Charnock

Preacher: "Church, you need to wear long sleeves or you will be lost and go to a devil's Hell!"

Saint: "Uhm...Pastor....could you show me that principle in the Word of God?"

Preacher: "You have the spirit of Korah!" "How dare you question the man of God?!"

Saint: "But Pastor, I just want to be able to teach this to my children from the Word of God."

Preacher: "The Word says to obey them that have the rule over you."



Yada, yada, yada....infinity......yada......

Sadly enough, this is exactly the way it went down for far too many. Sadly, also, I became proficient in this tactic because that was what the movement taught me. I teach the folks @ NLC to question what I say and preach. I teach them to find what I say in the Bible and if they can't to disregard it!

[El Predicador]

Originally Posted by Charnock

Preacher: "Church, you need to wear long sleeves or you will be lost and go to a devil's Hell!"

Saint: "Uhm...Pastor....could you show me that principle in the Word of God?"

Preacher: "You have the spirit of Korah!" "How dare you question the man of God?!"

Saint: "But Pastor, I just want to be able to teach this to my children from the Word of God."

Preacher: "The Word says to obey them that have the rule over you."



Yada, yada, yada....infinity......yada......

Maybe that is how it used to be, but now:

Preacher- " You need to cover your body and be modest"

Saint- "Who died and made you God to judge me?"

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Charnock

...
WWJD?

What would He do?

Here are a couple of opinions:

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Charnock

Was Jesus on the platform with a beard?

I would think His beard would have been a lot shaggier than that.

[George]

80 more posts to go. This thread is guaranteed to hit the 1,000 mark with or without a beard...