Preachers in Robes?

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In a message dated 97-07-29 04:02:52 EDT, you write:

<< I agree with Sis Donna on this one.  Robes are too flashy, too *prideful*.
  Actually, it puts me in the mind of Catholic *churches*... >>

Me:

Now, I'm really confused:
It's OK for holiness preachers to *look like the world*:

Shave because McDonalds employees do,

Wear a conservative business suit and tie , be clean shaven, have a short
conservative haircut ( a man that could sit in almost any business meeting I
have ever attended)

BUT, it's not OK to wear a minister's robe, because it *looks too much like
church*.

As far as the pride issue, I couldn't agree more:
Consider the pride in the following statement:

"you won't see me taking off any of *my* robes, no 
matter *how many*  people don't like the way it looks."

WOW, what an attitude!!!!


OOPS, sorry, ...I misquoted.
This actually read:

"you won't see me cutting off any of *my* glory, no 
matter *how many*  "bad hair" days I may have.

(Sorry Sis, *no accusation* of pride here... you just stated this better than
I ever could have). Its the same feeling when *some* people *unjustly* accuse
ministers of pride for wearing a robe in the pulpit, or accuse brothers with
mustaches of having pride.

Question: Did the "punctuation police" disappear?
Answer: No, they just turned into the "clothing cops".

One last comment. About five years ago, when we first moved to Bloomington,
IL, we attended an Apostolic Pentecostal (non-PAW) church. I only went to
Sunday School, since I worked full time, and taught evening classes in
Computer Electronics at the college. Sunday School stuck pretty close to the
(Word Aflame) books, and I always enjoyed it. But, my wife continually
complained that during any other service, *all* that the preacher taught was
outward appearance, hair, jewelry, clothes, televisions, etc, and *never
once* opened a Bible. I always felt she was exaggerating, and even told her
so. The posts I have been reading here lately motivated me to humbly give her
a long-overdue apology.

Pastor (I used to live in Illinois, but lately I've been in a state of
amazement) Joe