IBC Declined To Sing With Madonna/Super Bowl

[Sweet Pea]

Originally Posted by Ferd

Wouldnt have been me Sweet Pea. I grew up in a UPCI church. But I also played basketball for my school and little league baseball and we made trips to houston to watch the Astros play. I got to see Nolon Ryan pitch as a kid....

We had television all those years too. it wasnt a big deal. Still isnt.

And I have long said, that this attempt to avoid everything like the plague creates immature Christians anyway.

You teach people right and wrong. You teach people to listen to the voice of God in their own lives and you make sure they understand doctrinally that Santification isnt about not having a television but it is about what you feed your mind. (as one example).

mature christians that have TVs dont watch things that are bad for their minds and their spirits. immature christians never grasp that. they wont watch Food network but they will read a smutty romance novel and feel they are holy. its crazy.

I wont even get started on sports etc.....


I will say I am happy to see so many christians on AFF staking out the position that singing at the Super Bowl might be a good thing but singing with Madonna would certainly NOT be such a good thing.

Ferd, you were a blessed child and young man!!!! I was raised UPCI also, and had the good fortune to have parents who allowed us to participate in some of the activities you mentioned (as well as some other activities). But I know MANY who were not given that privilege, it was "of the world", "sin" and "against our religion" - and alot of those people are not living for God now. My parents taught me to NEVER say something was "against my religion" - I was taught that I needed to have a conviction or a preference to do or not do those things. As I got older, I was allowed to work on my own to determine certain things (class rings, trimming the dead ends of my hair, etc) There is a balance to be taught - sounds like your parents had that balance!!!

How can we be salt and light to the world and win them to Jesus, if we totally isolate ourselves? I will say, there is a certain standard that I hold for myself, and there are certain things I prefer, but I have learned to not major in the minors.