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Originally Posted by csbrewfisher:
That's a gret story James, thanks for sharing it. There's a lot of believers on this board, and we have the freedom to enjoy our cigars and drinks in good conscience and moderation to the glory of God.

BTW, I shoved my pastor down the slope.

Well said:-)
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Nice!
I'm always sorry to hear a story like Warren's. I have always attended
Baptist churches and have run into things like that on occasion.

i was barred from entering seminary once because my first wife divorced
me. Some folks jokingly refer to them as "cemetary"
We've since found a nice little church where folks are pretty slow to judge.
Yes it is good to see so many believers here.
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Originally Posted by BlackDog:
I'm not allowed to join the church my family goes to because I drink. It's a Baptist church that is adamantly "non-drinking." I still attend fairly regularly, but I'm not allowed to become an "official" member. If it were up to me alone, we'd go to a different church. But my kids are pretty wrapped up in the youth program, and my wife is happy there, so I can't see disrupting everyone else in the family. I've tried addressing that the Bible says "be sober", it doesn't say, "don't drink", but I didn't make any headway with that arguement.

Yea, I for the most part like Baptist church. I had my own motocross ministry and it was doing very well. I was attending a Baptist church and I wanted to help out with the high school kids, there were a lot of them and my good friend was the youth pastor...but the adult to kid ratio wasn't very good (needed more adults) I offered to help and the head deacon ask me if I drank (he knew I did) and I said yes. He said they would have to decline my offer. I asked him why, and he said cause I drank. And then I asked him if that was one of their man made laws of if he could point out a place in the Bible that said NOT to drink. His reply was 'we choose to abstain from alcohol'
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Everytime I pray I thank God for cigars - Its funny but I seriously do
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I think the point is we are "Christians", and not Baptists, Catholics, Episcopalians, etc. What matters is our own personal relationship with "The Lord". Thanks for the Thread!:-)
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Thanks for sharing your story and good luck with your new church!:-)
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Originally Posted by longknocker:
I think the point is we are "Christians", and not Baptists, Catholics, Episcopalians, etc. What matters is our own personal relationship with "The Lord". Thanks for the Thread!:-)

True True
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Thanks for this post James. I hope you like your new church home.
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I grew up in a southern baptist church and there is no way I would ever meet with my old pastor for a drink and a smoke

Thats an awesome story nevertheless...
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