REAL Holiness

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On Thu, 3 Sep 1998 19:13:30 -0400 "Timothy Litteral" <brotim@gte.net>
writes:

>You:
>Hey, where do you preach?  I'd like to hear some of your sermons and I
>would even ignore the beard...
>
>Me:
>Only if you are thoroughly convinced that I am not in sin to wear it.  
>;-)

Believe it or not, when I first saw a man wearing a Beard in a
Pentecostal Church, it was Brother Tyler and there was some caution when
he first started attending Church.  I heard MANY a time "after he "gets
it" he will shave it off".  

Correct me if I'm wrong, Brother Tyler, but didn't you shave it off for a
period of time leaving just a mustache?

>I would of course ask for the Bible anyway.  I have overlooked some 
>pretty obvious things before (flames expected ;-)  I try to be quick to 
>listen yet slow to respond.
>
>Brother, I preach about anywhere I am.  I haven't "officially" had my 
>first sermon as a minister yet, but it isn't far off.  I attend the 
>Apostolic Christian Church of Christ in Columbus Ohio.  

I KNEW IT!  A Yankee.  I've heard all about them "Yankee Churches" down
here.

Out and out LIBERAL they are!!!  <G>

>Bishop Arden Dennis is the Pastor ("Pop" is a nickname the kids 
>at a school he used to teach gave him and it has stuck ;-).  

Now THAT is the image of a Pastor I would like to have...

>It is at 735 E. Gates St.  Our motto is "Church Where
>No One is a Stranger" and it isn't just a saying on a 
>plaque either.  

How CAN it be just a saying with a Pastor nicknamed "Pop"?

>We are what is called "Independent" but they and I came 
>from a PAW background.

Again, what is the DOCTRINAL differences between PAW, UPC & ALJC?

>I am a minister, but just became one so I am waiting on the papers
>(actually, I am the one who will print them up along with all the 
>other ordination papers since I am the church "Computer 
>Dude" ;-).  

I'm OUR Church's Computer Dude. Sometimes I am asked to fix things that
test my belief in miracles!  <G>
One brother came up to me with an XT that gave up the ghost several years
ago and he now wanted it "fixed" so he could get on the Internet.  I was
speechless, needless to say.  After explaining to him that it simply
wasn't possible outside of God's direct intervention, he asked me what to
do with it.  I gave him two suggestions:

1) He could use it as a boat anchor, or, if he really wanted to use it
somehow with a computer,

2) He could use it as an 8-bit monitor stand. :)

Right now, I am installing a BBS for my Church, so we can have somewhat
of a local ministry online.

>When I  get these I'll go to the State House and get a license since 
>I intend, Lord willing, to do this full time.  I'll let you know when I 
>am scheduled to preach.

Please do so.

>If you come to our church, I am easy to spot.  I will be the large (6' 
>1", 255 lbs) bald white man who will most likely shake your hand 
>and say "It was nice to have you here!  Why not make it a habit?" 

I don't WEAR habits...

>and MEAN it, just before I start to tell you something that the 
>Lord has shown me in the past week or
>during service and I start trying to relate it to all our lives.  ;-D
>
>Stop by...

If it t'weren't so far away, I surely would.  Hey, on your webpage, you
also ought to have access to some of your sermons once you start
preaching.  Digitize them from audio and then MP3 them, so they'll be
pretty small.

Just a thought...

Jerry Welch

www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/2810/

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