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Very true. I'm not going to get into detail and I don't want to look back, but it's really a "no brainer".

Kids think it is so funny and everyone is laughing and happy, but it's actually not that way when you are on the inside.

I did get to meet Tommy Lee Jones. That's about it. :D

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Timmy,
We are epistles read of ALL men.

Not trying to be cantankerous, BUT if anyone posting has never been a bartender, then they really have no idea what the guy is getting into. So, most comments on the subject, for the inexperienced, are moot, IMO. :D

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I know what the standard response would be, and in this case, I don't think I'd do it.

However, a few years ago when we were in the greater New Orleans area, trying to rebuild a church, the only job I could find was as a Warehouse Manager for the local Budweiser distributor, lol.

I took the job, because I had to feed my family. My wife told me I should get business cards with "I preach for the King of Kings, but work for the King of Beers!"

Again, I would not advocate doing what your friend is thinking of doing, tho.

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For the record, I have tended bar. Yes, there can be some ugliness to deal with, but in my experience, it's rare. YMMV, of course, but most of the time, people are just being people, like anywhere else. And, of course, if one feels that any alcohol intake is sin (and one is entitled to one's opinion!), one should consider a job like this carefully. But also consider, if you aren't serving them, someone else will.

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What effect would working as a bartender have on one's personal testimony or witness ?
This would be something this brother would need to consider.

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I wonder what you mean by ugliness? A mean drunk? I'm not talking about that at all. I'm also not going to elaborate. I'm out of the discussion.

Cheers! :toofunny

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Yes, mean drunks and the like. I guess you're of the opinion that alcohol in any quantity is wrong, and now I seem to recall that from an old thread. That's fine. Still, this decision is between the man who needs a job and God.

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I'm not prepared to believe, that anyone could get that desperate and God not come through with something that will supply the need while not ruining a person's reputation as a godly man. I just don't see it any other way.

I've had desperate times in my life, and I have never had to resort to desperate measures.

I remember trying to make a business work. I was kneeling at my bed going through my briefcase. I began to pray and asked God to help me make this venture work. I was at a dead end with it. He spoke to me, "You trust the world more to supply your needs than you do me."

I closed the briefcase, locked it, and slid it under the bed. I said, "Okay, God. I quit! I trust in you from here on out."

He has never not provided in the most awesome and spectacular ways.

Going the route of a bartender speaks, to me, of desperation outside of faith and trust in God's provision. I just can't see it any other way.

I think the guy should put God to the test and watch Him perform. It's a matter of simple faith. "God, this isn't going to look good. I don't know what else to do. I need a miracle from you." That's it. It always has worked for me. :santathumb

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AMEN,and reeks of temptation.

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What about the thought of a Christian Bartender reaching a lost world?