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Why don't Baptists wear these
- Thread starter Salty
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When I was a young person, the pulpit uniform was a dark suit and tie. Now, a goodly portion of preachers dress informally. But most avoid short pants, and open shirts.
It is hard not to make accommodations with the cultural norms of your audience. Vulgar words are increasingly heard on TV.
When we look back before the civil war, we see some preachers teaching enslavement was not unchristian. Never mind do unto others as you would have done unto you.
If you were raised a Calvinist, you would be unlikely to attend services where its destructive heresies were exposed. It is one thing to see ourselves as "open minded, willing to alter our views due to new information," and quite another to admit to ourselves we were wrong and have hindered the ministry.
How many preachers admit to their past erroneous sermons.
In my lifetime of listening to sermons, just one...
It is hard not to make accommodations with the cultural norms of your audience. Vulgar words are increasingly heard on TV.
When we look back before the civil war, we see some preachers teaching enslavement was not unchristian. Never mind do unto others as you would have done unto you.
If you were raised a Calvinist, you would be unlikely to attend services where its destructive heresies were exposed. It is one thing to see ourselves as "open minded, willing to alter our views due to new information," and quite another to admit to ourselves we were wrong and have hindered the ministry.
How many preachers admit to their past erroneous sermons.
In my lifetime of listening to sermons, just one...
When I was a kid, my SBC pastor wore one for weddings, funerals, and Lords Supper.
Salty!
How about Frank Williams, the Executive Director of your Southern Baptist 'State Convention of New York', and his two Associate Pastors:
Next time I see him - I shall ask! (and yes, I have met him.) The BCNY is close to my home.
Yet another denial that the Doctrines of Disgrace are destructive heresies. But no response to the overwhelming evidence.
1) The lost seek God, thus total spiritual inability is a destructive heresy.
2) God chooses individuals for salvation through faith in the truth, thus individual unconditional election is a destructive heresy.
3) Christ died as a ransom for all, thus limited atonement is a destructive heresy.
4) People entering the kingdom were prevented from going in, this irresistible grace is a destructive heresy.
What does this have to do with the OP?
Nothing, of course. Just one more thread derailed by the chief Calvinism (snip)
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I try to wear each one and I know I am not the most popular but, I love our Lord and He loves me.
We did have choir robes.....
i Samuel 16:7. 'For man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.'
Having written that, I regret that so many Pastors today dress like yobs in the pulpit. If speakers want people to listen to them, I think they would do well to look resectable. Whenever I preach, I wear a collar and tie (yes, and trousers!), but I think I may be a dying breed.
When I first arrived in Germany - I went to the Air Force Chaplain.
At the time, a Chaplain had to wear his uniform.
If he chose to wear a civilian suit - then he was required to wear a pastoral robe.
Normally, Ch Rhoades would wear his military uniform to chapel but he would wear a "religious" scarf .
One day I asked him why he wore that scarf. He told me it was to cover his medals (& he had several),
so as not to make a distraction. I replied that if folks came to chapel to see his medals - then there was no
need for them to be there. I did tell him, I wasn't trying to be smart - but (esp as a Baptist) I saw no need for it.
The next Sunday at Chapel - Chaplain Rhoades was in his Air Force uniform without the "Religious" scarf!
At the time, a Chaplain had to wear his uniform.
If he chose to wear a civilian suit - then he was required to wear a pastoral robe.
Normally, Ch Rhoades would wear his military uniform to chapel but he would wear a "religious" scarf .
One day I asked him why he wore that scarf. He told me it was to cover his medals (& he had several),
so as not to make a distraction. I replied that if folks came to chapel to see his medals - then there was no
need for them to be there. I did tell him, I wasn't trying to be smart - but (esp as a Baptist) I saw no need for it.
The next Sunday at Chapel - Chaplain Rhoades was in his Air Force uniform without the "Religious" scarf!
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