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.
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