Hi John!

Eating meat sacrificed to idols? Hmmm? Christians don't do that sort 
of thing! Now, I'm not being sarcastic here, but why would you 
include that in your message? I eat meat all the time, but to my 
knowledge, it isn't a sacrifice to an idol. If I thought it were, I 
certainly wouldn't eat it! It would gross me out big-time!


LOVE IN CHRIST,

Reeva Parry, writing for myself this time.


On Tuesday 6/5/2007 05:21 PM, John Schwery said:

>Phil, this reminds me that even in the 70s, some people wouldn't 
>shop on Sundays or buy from grocery stores that sold beer.  then, I 
>got to thinking about the principle of Christian liberty.  You may 
>remember the towns in Iowa called Pella and Oskaloosa, Dutch 
>communities.  It may not be this way any more, but it used to be, 
>that if you wanted to be a witness for the Lord in those towns, you 
>didn't mow your grass on Sunday.  Why?  Because it offended those 
>people.  Paul used the example of eating meat offered to 
>idols.  There is nothing wrong with eating meat offered to idols or 
>cutting grass on Sunday.  But, sometimes it is best to forego 
>liberty to be a good witness.
>
>earlier, Phil Scovell, wrote:

>>Recently, we had a TV put in my office.  My office used to be a breezeway,
>>so called, between our house and garage so you didn't have to go outside to
>>get to the garage.  When Everett and Donna got married, they lived in our
>>basement for about a year which has a one bedroom apartment in it.  When
>>their house was done in the back of our home, they moved out, of course, but
>>our garage had to be torn down to provide access, driveway access, to the
>>backyard.  Everett's lot was separated from my lot and is technically called
>>a Flag Lot.  Anyway, to conform to city ordnance, the breezeway had to be
>>cut back by 2.5 feet.  When we first moved into this house nearly 25 years
>>ago, I made the breezeway into a pair of rooms.  The larger room is now
>>about 15 by 10.5 feet and the smaller room is only about 7 feet by 10.5 or
>>there about.  In the smaller room, I have all of my electronic stuff and
>>that is where the TV went.  I said all of that to say this.  I was watching
>>something on one of the Science channels last night and as they were talking
>>about the origin of rogue waves, I got thirsty.  I have some diet pop out in
>>my office but it isn't cold.  I just reached down, pulled out a can, popped
>>it and began drinking it at room temperature.  As I listened to the science
>>program and took little sips now and then, I got to thinking about cans of
>>pop.  I remember when they first came out.  As a Baptist family, we were
>>even careful about buying root beer because the word beer was in the name of
>>the product.  My folks were even concerned about the appearance of drinking
>>pop from a can where you could be seen by the public because up to this
>>point, only beer came in cans.  Then I started thinking about the television
>>in my little personal room with all my radios, recorders, and now my sinful
>>TV.  As a kid, my dad owned a TV because, he said, those in the church who
>>didn't have a TV, when their kids came over to play at my house?  All they
>>wanted to do was watch TV.  When I went to their house, the last thing I
>>wanted to do was watch TV.  Now, all these years later, I am watching TV and
>>drinking from a can.  How bad can it get?
>>s
>>Phil.