Reeva, I included it because that is the example that the apostle
Paul gave. Nope, today's Christians don't do it.
earlier, Reeva Parry, wrote:
>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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