Dave Bernard addresses beards

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by Michlow

But what gives you the right to make arbitrary rules, that you have already admitted are not biblical, and use them as criteria by which you deny others membership in the local body and more importantly communion?

I am the pastor that gives me that right. I have the oversight here and I am responsible for the leadership of this local assembly. I will give an account NO ONE else.(Heb. 13:17)