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Comment on Husband of But One Wife by Jim

Jim — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:14:42 +0000

I was once a member of a Church of Christ congregation. There I learned all that stuff about elders being the husband of one wife meaning currently married, married exactly once.

Yet today I am a divorced and currently unmarried elder in an independent Christian Church of the Restoration Movement. When I felt called to step up, I had to come to the same conclusion you did, that “husband of one wife” is best understood as “one woman man.”

I’m reminded of the fellow in the CoC congregation, a lifelong member who insisted that a man with only one child could not be an elder, because the Word says you must have children. I asked, “Okay, so if you have one child and I ask you if you have children, are you going to say no?” He replied, “I wouldn’t want to risk hell for getting it wrong.”

That blew my mind. Didn’t Paul say in Galatians that Christ set us free for freedom’s sake? I think we risk putting on the yoke of slavery when we subdivide the word this far.

Comment on Namby Pambyism by pantheophany

pantheophany — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:10:55 +0000

I stumbled across this posting, and it led me to read through many more. My beliefs may not line up with most of your readers, but I find you have a lot worth saying here. Thanks for it.

Comment on About by irishanglican

irishanglican — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:05:58 +0000

Very nice! I have two boys, both born in me 40’s…gifts of God! I am now 58, and still “learning” myself! Even an Irishman needs to learn anew! I am also a perpetual student of life, and also I hope of love? Grace is a hard thing to just allow, too often my old nature is busy, an active member, though he is dead with Christ…indeed the Christian life is an active sanctification! Sorry I am a Anglican rector and theolog..lol God Bless

Comment on Church Clothes by Les

Les — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:54:43 +0000

I find I do have to be careful in my comments. It’s not my intention to say it’s wrong for someone to dress up for assemblies, but it is wrong to require everyone to do the same. It may be that I’ve heard some argue aggressively for dressing up, so it becomes easy to “push” back with the same vigor.

Comment on Church Clothes by LCRW

LCRW — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:01:15 +0000

I’ve heard debate on this topic before; I’m not sure why, but I never really listened to it. I agree the typical response is “to give our best to God.”

For some, I think it’s a way of publicly expressing how seriously one takes his/her Sunday worship with God. Many take the effort to dress up for work every morning, perhaps they feel they should do the same if not more for Sunday morning.

Whatever the reason for dressing up, I whole-heartedly affirm your point regarding the James passage. How nicely one dresses is certainly not an indicator of the strength of one’s relationship with God. And even if it were, who are any of us to judge another on where he/she is in his/her walk with Him?

Although dressing nicely may be “my” way of showing respect, that doesn’t necessarily make it “your” way; so why should I expect it to be? It’s quite a trap!

Comment on Willing to Learn by Sean

Sean — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:54:30 +0000

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Comment on Changing A Community by Pages tagged "dance"

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Comment on Bald Heads and Enforcers by staticbrain.com

staticbrain.com — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:50:31 +0000

Hey you know what? Don’t feel too bad about the hair enforcers.

A friend of mine had to go bald because of an illness.

So, after some thought, I shaved my head and went bald with her as a show of solidarity (my friends already know this, but since you don’t I am female too).

I wanted her to know I sympathize with her, and have compassion for her. I also wanted to let her know there was nothing to fear.

Talk about breaking unwritten rules. A bald female is taboo for sure. Ha Ha :mrgreen”

You should see the flack I get about it. I posted about it on my blog, if you care to read it.

The post is called Are Bald Women Sexy, but it is NOT about sex. It’s about stereotypes and how people get mistreated because of them. You might find it interesting.

I linked the post to my name if you care to read it.

And in the meantime don’t worry about what they think of your hairless head. Beauty is on the inside, and if they can’t see past your hair, then they have a problem.