That brings me to a point: God ain't dead. . . . He's just sick. . . . .
Posted by: thepreacherman <thepreacherman@...>
I don't understand that statement, maybe I'm missing something. Could you
please explain what that mean please.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip D. Harrelson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 12:52 AM
Subject: Re: [PastorMail] Hooters?
> Egads!!!
>
> Pete why you want to be so narrow minded about such an innocent issue.
>
> As we find in the Great Book in the Revelation: because thou art
> lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
>
> That brings me to a point: God ain't dead. . . . He's just sick. . . . .
> .
>
> I am with you wholeheartedly Pete. We need a revival of holiness
> preaching and holiness living.
>
> Later,
> PH
>
> On Sun, 09 Jun 2002 23:02:00 -0500 Pete and Brenda Campbell
> <[email protected]> writes:
> > What a Sunday! We have a deacon (!) in our church that blew up,
> > slammed down
> > his Bible, and stormed out of the Deacon's meeting tonight shouting
> > and
> > vowing never to come back to the church. Why did all this happen?
> > Our
> > associate Pastor for Youth took a "Hooters" hat away from his son,
> > who wore
> > it to church during Vacation Bible School last week-after repeated
> > warnings
> > that he was going to do it if he didn't take it off. Now mind you,
> > this
> > whole family goes to Hooters every chance they get. This deacon said
> > in the
> > deacon's meeting that a hooters hat (or shirt, which he, the
> > deacon,
> > actually wore to church one night) didn't mean a thing and since we
> > had
> > never been there, our problem was that our minds were in the
> > gutter.
> >
> > His son (high school sophomore) certainly knows what it means-he had
> > a
> > Hooters shirt on when the youth group was about to leave for a
> > Christian
> > concert a few months back and I happened to ask him if he knew what
> > it
> > meant. He used some graphic language and told me. I then informed
> > him that
> > he couldn't go to the concert with that shirt on, (our youth Pastor
> > was too
> > shocked to even speak) and he just shrugged, said "okay" and went
> > home. He
> > has since told me that since his mom and dad don't have a problem
> > with
> > Hooters, (I find her acceptance of her son and husband wearing these
> > items
> > even more incredible), we shouldn't have a problem with him wearing
> > it
> > either. This "Hooters mom" caused a family to leave the church last
> > summer
> > by angrily demanding that a mom do something about her daughter
> > wearing
> > short skirts in front of her son. Amazing.
> >
> > To top everything off tonight, (after this deacon left the meeting),
> > I asked
> > what the deacons what they would think if I wore a Playboy shirt in
> > the
> > pulpit. Know what response I got? Nothing! Not a word.
> >
> > Dear friends, I am really saddened. I have a terrible case of "I'm
> > preaching
> > and teaching the Word and no one gives a hoot", to use a play on
> > words. If
> > this is the real moral condition of our folks in this church, after
> > nearly 7
> > years of ministry here, maybe I should stomp the dust from my feet
> > and leave
> > also. I'm sorry to burden this group with this, but I need two
> > things. One,
> > I need to know if I'm being overly sensitive or something here that
> > I
> > shouldn't be? And two, I need prayer. Monday is coming and most of
> > you know
> > how Monday is with a minister. Tonight I really wish God had called
> > me to be
> > a shoe salesman. 🙁
> >
> > Thanks and may God bless each one of you,
> > Pete Campbell
> >
> >
> >
> >
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