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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