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Originally Posted by John Atkinson
Sometimes pastors may make a rule like this to protect new converts from overzealous saints who think it is their mission to dress everyone right.
There is nothing more appealing than for someone who is just beginning a relationship with the Lord to be bombarded by well meaning but deluded people trying to "line them up".
I don't mean this in a spring it on them later way either. I think if people are allowed space to grow and taught scriptural principles they will get to a place where they make changes without much prodding at all.
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Great post John, I agree completely in a general sense of Christian conduct. I am just becoming more and more suspicious of the concept of apostolic standards, how they are vetted and taught and the deception behind their true meaning and intent.