You make a good point, Mari!
Love in Him Who bought us with His Precious blood!
--
Carol - Reading, UK
To you, o Lord, I lift up my soul;
In You I trust, o my God. . . .." PS25:1-2 NIV.
----- Original Message -----
From: "MariJean" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: Churchianity Today
> Hi family,
>
> Well, with me, "dressing down" has had the opposite reaction. How do you
> think JESUS dressed anyway? Do you think HE dressed up fine? I SHOULD SAY
> NOT!!
>
> LOVE IN HIS RADIANT PRESENCE,
>
> purple Mari
>
>
>
> At 09:50 AM 4/30/2007, you wrote:
>>Another thought. I have heard people who don't go to church at all say
>>"God is everywhere. I can worship him just as easily at home because he
>>is everywhere. So why should I go to church at all." I think this is
>>because they have fallen out with their church and rather than either
>>going to that church and worshiping God there, or taking time to iron out
>>the difficulties found there, or going to another more compatible church
>>altogether they use God's omnipresence as an excuse not to go at all.
>>Dressing down may be a few steps above that, and may well lead to that
>>kind of thinking.
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 8:44 AM
>>Subject: Re: Churchianity Today
>>
>>
>>>Angel,
>>>Very well said.Kathy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>At 09:03 PM 4/29/2007, you wrote:
>>>>I was disappointed to discover in my church those who go dress casually
>>>>as well. I use to force my son to ware a suit. He told me once of all
>>>>his school friends who attended he was the only one wearing a suit.
>>>>What is this world coming to when what we ware to obtain a job interview
>>>>is better than what we wear to worship the Lord of our lives, the one
>>>>who gave his life for us that we might not parish. I can fully well
>>>>understand the person who truly has no better to ware, but I say these
>>>>individuals are rare. Even at our lowest we can go to the salvation
>>>>army or to good will and find something suitable. We don't go to church
>>>>for our own comfort, rather we go to worship. Worship means stepping
>>>>out of our comfort zone and showing others our Lord means enough to ware
>>>>our very best. If our heart doesn't reflect this sentiment than our
>>>>Lord knows this and we humans aren't to judge. I continued to force my
>>>>son to ware a suit which displeased him constantly.
>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 4:03 PM
>>>>Subject: Re: Churchianity Today
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Kathy,
>>>>>
>>>>>I prefer wearing my suit to church every time. I need to lose about 8
>>>>>to 10
>>>>>more pounds before it will fit again. I learned that in bible college.
>>>>>Every guy had to wear a suit and tie and I never minded it. I was at
>>>>>my
>>>>>son's church down in Castle Rock, a rich, or well to do, bedroom
>>>>>community,
>>>>>25 miles south of Denver. this was a big mega type church with 3 or 4
>>>>>services per day. I wore a suit. My son said, out of the 300 in the
>>>>>service we happened to attend, of the three, I was the only person
>>>>>wearing a
>>>>>suit. I said, "What about the pastoor. He wears a suit doesn't he?"
>>>>>My
>>>>>son said, "No. In fact, he looked like he was wearing slacks and
>>>>>literlly
>>>>>a t shirt today.
>>>>>
>>>>>I wore suits when I was eight years old to church.
>>>>>
>>>>>Phil.
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