Old Time Pentecostal Holiness Standards

[StillStanding]

Originally Posted by TJJJ

You joking, CC1, or serious?

What does riding horses have to do with gambling? The bay mare I have is now used for a pleasure horse. Riding a horse for pleasure is no different than fishing for pleasure or riding a bike for pleasure.

Now, are you really serious or joking?

Tjjj

How about attending a football game for pleasure? Watching TV for pleasure? Playing golf for pleasure?

[*AQuietPlace*]

Originally Posted by Jeffrey

Where are the photos of Ethel Goss with short hair and pearls (that we've heard about). Anyone have a copy of the photo? Was it in her book Winds of God?

I couldn't find it with a search, but I think either Sam or Pel posted it.

[StillStanding]

Originally Posted by pelathais

I remember that all of the board games in the student lounge at Bible school had the dice removed and everyone had to use a spinner.

Also, Druids are said to have used human knuckles as dice. You don't want to be like the Druids, do you? Next, you be letting your kids go out on Halloween to collect candy and worshiping Satan. What's next, Christmas trees? (Jeremiah 10:1-5).

I'll never forget being at my pastor's home after I became the music director of a church right out of bible school. The pastor's son and I got out a board game and started playing using the dice. The son had a worried look on his face when the pastor drove up in the driveway. I didn't think anything of it and continued.

When the pastor walked in and saw what we were doing, he came over to the table and grabbed the dice out of my hand! "You should be using a spinner!"

I made the mistake of asking him why!

He told me that there are a few families in the city that the church is trying to reach and that they have gambling problems. If they were to peek in the front window and see us throwing dice, the demons of gambling would overtake them and they might start a killing spree or something! (Note: I over exaggerated! )

My smartelic response was "If I see someone peeking in the window, I'm calling the police!"

The pastor's son laughed and got in trouble along with me!

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by Mr. Steinway

I'll never forget being at my pastor's home after I became the music director of a church right out of bible school. The pastor's son and I got out a board game and started playing using the dice. The son had a worried look on his face when the pastor drove up in the driveway. I didn't think anything of it and continued.

When the pastor walked in and saw what we were doing, he came over to the table and grabbed the dice out of my hand! "You should be using a spinner!"

I made the mistake of asking him why!

He told me that there are a few families in the city that the church is trying to reach and that they have gambling problems. If they were to peek in the front window and see us throwing dice, the demons of gambling would overtake them and they might start a killing spree or something! (Note: I over exaggerated! )

My smartelic response was "If I see someone peeking in the window, I'm calling the police!"

The pastor's son laughed and got in trouble along with me!

Just be glad they weren't reaching people with eating disorders!

[HeavenlyOne]

Originally Posted by Timmy

Just be glad they weren't reaching people with eating disorders!

This is the funniest post I've read in a long time!!!

[Margies3]

Originally Posted by CC1

True Pentecostals do not believe in owning or riding horses.

Don't tell Cindy that! She's already unhappy that her hubby bought a HORSE and not a pony. LOL

[RandyWayne]

I've heard the "what if someone sees me through the window" many times over the years and thought the same thing, that there are bigger problems then what I am doing if they are spying on me.

[freeatlast]

Originally Posted by Sherri

We were Pentecostal and were always allowed to play dice games. Yahtzee was my favorite! But our Baptist friends in Wyoming couldn't use dice; they had to get spinners for their games. I never understood the difference.

We were not allowed to use dice or playing cards or shoot pool or go bowling or roller skating.

We could however go ice skating, as long as the girls would wear a dress OVER the pants they wore to keep from freezing.

My thought, if you really believe pants on a women is an abomination as we were told HOW does putting a dress OVER them UNABOMINATE them???

ALL holiness standards have so many inconsistency's in their applications it's just ridiculous.

One of my early pastors told me that the bible said a man must be clean shaven. I just don't get it, how some preachers will lie about scripture to try and prove what they think it ought to say.

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by freeatlast

We were not allowed to use dice or playing cards or shoot pool or go bowling or roller skating.

We could however go ice skating, as long as the girls would wear a dress OVER the pants they wore to keep from freezing.

My thought, if you really believe pants on a women is an abomination as we were told HOW does putting a dress OVER them UNABOMINATE them???

ALL holiness standards have so many inconsistency's in their applications it's just ridiculous.

One of my early pastors told me that the bible said a man must be clean shaven. I just don't get it, how some preachers will lie about scripture to try and prove what they think it ought to say.

We used to go downhill skiing and the girls had good old blue denim over their snow pants.

[freeatlast]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

We used to go downhill skiing and the girls had good old blue denim over their snow pants.

you di mean blue denim SKIRTS, don't you?