Pastors Leading the flock

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>At 04:37 PM 8/30/98 -0500, Sis Yohnk wrote:
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>>I'm not debating the reality of this experience but I hope we're not
>>lumping people who think T.V. watching isn't the best for the Christian
>>walk with judgmentalism.  Maybe you didn't mean this by your statement,
>>Bro. Nally, but I think that there are people of God who of the sincerity
>>of their own heart believe T.V. watching is not good for the kingdom of
>>God and are not just parroting others.  Surely it was the Holy Ghost
>>speaking to your pastor if he was being judgemental. I am just trying to
>>clarify that not all people who don't want T.V. are the way that was
>>presented in this case. (  Like not all pro-lifers bomb clinics.)  :  )
>
>Yeah... I wasn't saying anything about the subject of TV and TV watching
>other than my pastor (some 20+ years ago) was taught against it.  Back then,
>he forwarded the notion that if you had a TV, there's sin in your life....
>and you'll die and go to hell.  Along with the sin that TV would bring into
>your life, evidently he was also taught that the very presence of TV in a 
>person's home was enough to bring infirmity to the household.  He was *death*
>on TV's.  He went there to pray for a sick saint.  Saw the TV.  Got indignant
>about it.  Started to give her what fer.  After all, that's what he was told
>was the right thing to do.  But God had a different idea about the judgment
>he was pronouncing on that household.  God stopped him from continuing in
>giving her fits about her TV.  
>
>It was from that time on that he questioned the validity of what was coming
>down the pipe from the higher-ups in the organization.  If God was going to 
>come against him for what the organization and his pastor was telling him to
>do, what authority does that put his leaders and his organization?
>
>I dearly love my pastor and his family.  My pastor is one of the best 
>servants I've ever had.  I wouldn't trade him for a $1,000,000.00.  


Golly, I thought that this mail list wasn't for debate.  I thought it was
for Praise Reports and Prayer Requests????  Hmmmmm

Jeff Wescott