Quote:
Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson
What is the logic behind SOME Apostolic Pastors who preach against the youth in their congregations taking part in the following extra-curricular school activities:
Organized school sports (basketball, baseball, field hockey, etc...);
Theatre Arts (plays, musicals, etc...);
Attending Junior and Senior Prom.
Respectfully,
JMD
|
JD - as someone who did all of the above, (except attending Prom), I believe I can speak from personal experience.
I played a lot of sports growing up. Baseball, Basketball, Football and Track.
I was good, so it was fun. Winning was fun.
There are some good things I learned from sports, such as teamwork, leadership and hard work (equals results).
However, when I got into HS that all changed.
Due to the negative influences sports had at that time, I almost lost my way and I still live with the scars from those times.
Now, I still love sports. I fight that fight every day. It has grown easier as I have become disgusted with every sport that has now officially endorsed unrighteousness and basically painted Bible-believing Christians as illiterate, uneducated bigots.
When I see my old baseball coach, he always tells me that I could have made it in MLB. And he knew what he was talking about. Three other boys from that neighborhood did make it. One of them killed himself after a stellar career. However, he could not shake the drug addiction the career brought. The others suffer from the usual multiple marriages and addiction issues. Another boy from the hood made it in the NFL. Now he is battling cancer, probably brought on by the roids he took.
One thing that I am very Godly proud of is that my two boys (who were athletically gifted, also) do not have the love for sports that I do. They love to play basketball, but to them, it is not life or death.
But, I did not let them play organized sports growing up.
It comes down to this question, regarding sports for me.
Have you ever seen someone who said playing sports helped their walk with God?
Nope.
That is the bottom line for me.
Now to other school activities.
Musicals, plays, band, etc... - I cannot speak to these as well as I did to Sports.
Maybe someone else can.
As to Prom.
I had enough sense to listen to my pastor on this, as least.
I never went.
But, I have friends who still have to deal with the issues that started at the after Prom parties.
Threaded Mode
