Super Bowl party at church

[Salty]

That is also why I think the Super Bowl should be done on a Saturday and remove the Sunday church vs Super Bowl politics. Why? Because that does remove the politics in Sundays.

I am a huge football fan myself. And that I think the Super Bowl should always be played on Saturdays. More people off IMHO. And it is the day before church. Let Sundays be about God and God alone.

On the other hand, Sat evening should be reserved for preparing for the Lord's Day.

How often do we have activities( especially - church) that last into late Sat eveining, then we are tired for Sunday morning.

 

[dcorbett]

Half naked girls, beer commercials......

You are a Broncos fan and obviously watch the NFL at home with the cheer leaders and beer. If it's not ok to be viewed in a church building then why it is ok to be viewed in your home? Honestly, I don't see how you can justify this dichotomy. If it's not good enough to be viewed in church then it shouldn't be good enough to be viewed in my home either.

Like I said, I stopped letting football interrupt my service to God. I go to Sunday school at 10, church is over approx 12:15-12:30 - I go back to music rehearsals at 4:15, and I don't get home from evening services until after 7. - No football in there. It's the LORD'S DAY when I don't have to answer 911 calls.

 

[rbell]

Like I said, I stopped letting football interrupt my service to God. I go to Sunday school at 10, church is over approx 12:15-12:30 - I go back to music rehearsals at 4:15, and I don't get home from evening services until after 7. - No football in there. It's the LORD'S DAY when I don't have to answer 911 calls.

Yeah, but you're a Bronco's fan...that interruption isn't that big of a deal...

















The above sarcasm was brought to you commercial-free by rbell. :laugh:

 

[dcorbett]

Yep, I am a broncos fan.....LOL

I like DHK's description in the legalism thread.....go read it. He is RIGHT ON.

 

[dcorbett]

Can we get an official list of dos and don'ts?

No tattoos
KJVO
No Superbowl fellowship
No hair touching the ears for a man
Women must be stay at home moms
Women's hair must not be bobbed... (that term killls me.. sounds sooo old)
No CCM or P&W
NO Bill Gaither style southern gospel
Must attend 3 services a week
Pray 3 times a day facing mecca.. OH.. wait.. wrong cult
No facial hair on men
No facial hair on women! LOL
Women must wear dresses at church...or
Women must wear dresses all the time...
Or women must wear not only dresses but a head covering
Women are allowed to put their hair up and look like it is short hair as long as it is in a bun and circles their head 3 times in reference to the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Coulottes are OK.. just don't call them short pants.
No shorts..
No mixed swimming
No dancing..
No card playing
No eating in a place that sells alcohol
no buying gas at a place that sells alcohol
no buying groceries at a store that buys alcohol
no using the bathroom at a bar...
Must spit when you preach...
And a real good preacher can hit people 5 pews back with his spittle.
Must say "Amen, hallelujah, praise God" when you find the syrup you are looking for at the grocery store.
No picking up a friend that is walking if they have a sixpack
No having friends that are sinners
No eating with sinners.
Must sing Just as I am at least once during a service
if that is not possible.. must sing Amazing Grace.. (and not the Chris Tomlin version... see previous P&W rule"
Must stand and testify at a testimony service
Must sing the doxology after the offering
Must baptize in running water...
No playing sports
No watching sports
No mowing the lawn on a Sunday
No shirtless guys
No wearing shorts if you are a guy.
Must wear a tie to church
Must wear a suit to church
Must wear a Tux to shirt
No wearing a zoot suit to church
Must read 'Sword of the Lord" right after reading Bible
Must follow Hyles
Women must do everything their man says
Women can't talk in church
Women can't testify in church
Women can't sing in church
Women can't participate in church business meetings (seriously saw this as a kid)
Must sing out of red hymnal
Bible cover must only be red or black (heard a preacher preach this 10 yrs ago)
No tv in the home
No computer in the home
No cellphone
All Bibles must be on printed pages.. no digital formats
No TV in churches.
No tape deck in churches
No DVD players in churches
No musical instruments or
ONLY a piano or organ in church
Drums are from satanic black cultures... so no drums
No piercings
Only one piercing in the ear
Must wear a wedding ring if married (so the preacher won't be hitting on married women)
Must not wear jewelry
Must not fix hair
No buttons
No zippers
no electicity! Ok.. going Amish!
No associating with other churches that don't agree 100%
Must be IFB
No associating with people who associate with people who associate with people
who associate with people that rented a movie from Blockbuster
No going to a "moviehouse" or "Moving picture show"
No watching movies on TV
No renting movies
Only hymns are to be sung
All sermons must be 40 minutes long
The preacher must say "ah" after every sylable
The preacher must walk on backs of pews (saw this as a child too)
No foodstamps in the offering plate.. (Ok.. just threw that one in as a funnY)
Must sing Blest be the tie that binds.. after communion
Communion must be done in the evening
Only little squares of bread are to be taken for communion
Welches is the only juice acceptable unless Deacon Jones makes his own. LOL

OK... enough for now...

I truly pity you, Tim....you have some awful skeletons in your closet.
More than half of these things are not even talked about in my church, much less practiced.

I will pray for you since you ridicule and laugh at people who fight and struggle with worldliness.

 

[webdog]

I truly pity you, Tim....you have some awful skeletons in your closet.
More than half of these things are not even talked about in my church, much less practiced.

I will pray for you since you ridicule and laugh at people who fight and struggle with worldliness.

What you deem "worldliness" is NOT the biblical definition of worldliness!

 

[paul wassona]

Is your church having a Super bowl party?

Why or why not?

One SS class is, but it will be over before 6pm service.

 

[baptistteacher]

Just an observation - I notice that no one checked the " Yes, but just so the members wiil attend Sun. Eve. service" option.

 

[paul wassona]

Actually the age group in the SS class have many members in the choir and practice is at 4:30. I will have to conclude the pastor and the choir leader must be either attending the SB party or they will be watching it on the tube.

I personally think Sunday afternoon is a time for family and rest until those things to honor God start back up, including choir practice:type:

 

[donnA]

I truly pity you, Tim....you have some awful skeletons in your closet.
More than half of these things are not even talked about in my church, much less practiced.

I will pray for you since you ridicule and laugh at people who fight and struggle with worldliness.

We've had most of this list named here at one time or another, and in the local legalistic churches, most of this list, (expect the silly meant for humor ones, and a few others) are quit common, and they are serious about it too, to them many on this list prove a person is not a christian, or at best a fallen one, backslidden, needs to return to God, kick you out until you do.

 

[donnA]

Half naked girls, beer commercials......

You are a Broncos fan and obviously watch the NFL at home with the cheer leaders and beer. If it's not ok to be viewed in a church building then why it is ok to be viewed in your home? Honestly, I don't see how you can justify this dichotomy. If it's not good enough to be viewed in church then it shouldn't be good enough to be viewed in my home either.

agreed. half namked girls, beer and other stuff shown in football, ok for home, but not church if theres no service anyay, smells like legalism, or at best hypocritical.

 

[dcorbett]

agreed. half namked girls, beer and other stuff shown in football, ok for home, but not church if theres no service anyay, smells like legalism, or at best hypocritical.

namked??

Legalism - I didn't say a single word about the status of anyone's salvation. You keep insisting I am legalistic, and I have yet to point a finger at you. Why does it upset you so much that I don't agree with you?

How much like the world do you want your church to be?
Show football, have rock bands, light shows, set up a snack bar....and pretty soon, no one will know it's a church. If that is the goal, sounds like several around here are well on their way.

Christians (in this case, Baptists) are supposed to be seperate from the world. And that, my dear friends, IS SCRIPTURAL.

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing;..." II Cor. 6:17

 

[dcorbett]

out of 44 responses to the poll that started this thread, only 7 said yes.

That ought to tell you something, by the way.

 

[webdog]

out of 44 responses to the poll that started this thread, only 7 said yes.

That ought to tell you something, by the way.

Yes...that legalism is alive and well amongst baptists.

 

[dcorbett]

Yes...that legalism is alive and well amongst baptists.

You don't know the definition of legalism.

 

[webdog]

You don't know the definition of legalism.

I know it quite well, and apparently you do as well.

 

[dcorbett]

DHK said:

Again, legalism is about salvation. If said person is "imposing their 'laws' on everyone else..." and telling them that if they don't adhere to these laws then they are not saved, then that is legalism.

There, the best definition of legalism I have found in any thread on this board. And that is NOT the criteria used in this discussion, so this is NOT about legalism. Nobody said anything about anybody's salvation. Most Baptists still adhere to certain standards that make them distinctly Baptists and conservative. THAT'S why most people voted against showing football in their church.

 

[sag38]

I like D4K but he is not the final authority on the definition of legalism. Many of us are using the word legalist as defiling someone who places extra Biblical standards on people and equate them to holy living. But, if you don't like the word legaist then let's use "Christian snob." That describes what many of us are talking about to the "t." Christian snobs place extra Biblical commands or standards on others. They judge other Chrisitans by these standards. Personally, it stinks to high heaven.

 

[paul wassona]

I like D4K but he is not the final authority on the definition of legalism. Many of us are using the word legalist as defiling someone who places extra Biblical standards on people and equate them to holy living. But, if you don't like the word legaist then let's use "Christian snob." That describes what many of us are talking about to the "t." Christian snobs place extra Biblical commands or standards on others. They judge other Chrisitans by these standards. Personally, it stinks to high heaven.

So you use what people say to judge them by your definition of a legalist. When they are asked questions like this and you take their answers and force everyone with whom you disagree into that group? I truly worry about people who do not know how to set apart the holy from the profane. As churches become entertainment centers people flock to them until the entertaining stops. But what happens is they keep going off into it and it becomes less and less like a church.

 

[tinytim]

You don't know the definition of legalism.

Well since you only know ONE definition of the word, let me help you by introducing you to other VALID definitions from Webster-merriam, and American Heritage...

Click here to read the post I made on the thread Legalism

Get your head out of the sand, and look around. Your definition is not the ONLY meaning of the word. I would say Websters, Merriam, and American Heritage are valid sources, wouldn't you?

And when we say you are practicing legalism, it has nothing to do with your salvation.. There is no doubt in my mind that you are saved, and love Jesus, but it is your strict adherence to rules that allows you to feel superior to your brothers and sisters in Christ.