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PotOnWheel
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| Posted 2/15/2002 6:30 PM (GMT -6) |   | | A have an anonymous friend who has ghost written for most of the Evangelical publishing houses. She related a story that once at a meeting in a local restaurant, the waiter asked about drinks. Everybody said nothing. FINALLY the most statesmanly old man present, turned to the waiter and said, "No, we don't drink in front of each other." | | Back to Top | | |
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might-be-don
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| Posted 2/16/2002 2:19 AM (GMT -6) | | quote:
Everybody said nothing. FINALLY the most statesmanly old man present, turned to the waiter and said, "No, we don't drink in front of each other."
Reminds me of a story that Jimmy Swaggert once told... He was in a restaurant and the waitress asked them if they wanted drinks. He proceeded to rip her up one side and down the other. I suppose he could have just politely said no.
peace and love, don
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might-be-don
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| Posted 2/19/2002 8:08 AM (GMT -6) | | beachgirl,
I think I found the place, but we'll have to move to the UK.
Holy Joe's
This group meet The Bag 'O' Nails, Buckingham Palace Rd, Victoria on a weekday evening. Most meetings are discussion evenings, where an issue is introduced and discussed. A bar is on hand so you can enjoy your pint while you contribute and think about the topic. On the fourth week of the month the meeting takes a form of worship.
Holy Joe's meet on Tuesday evenings in the The Bag 'O' Nails, Buckingham Palace Rd, Victoria at 8pm.
peace and love, don
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beachgirl
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| Posted 2/19/2002 8:50 AM (GMT -6) | | i think i could handle living in the UK. sometimes the bands are better...the beer better....could things just be better there?
*dreaming of holy joe's*
"Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done..." C.S. Lewis
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Orpheus42
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| Posted 3/16/2002 6:22 AM (GMT -6) | | Too bad you live 8 hours to the east of me 
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If I could find someone that shared my love for newcastle and had a quick wit and in love with Jesus....well, it would be "on" so to speak. 
"Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done..." C.S. Lewis
God loves us exactly the way we are, but He loves us far too much to leave us that way. --- Leighton Ford | | Back to Top | | |
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Orpheus42
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| Posted 3/16/2002 6:30 AM (GMT -6) | | Errr... 8 hours to the east when I'm at home, that is *LOL*
A most interesting question for me was the one about signing a moral code to go to a school that doesn't permit its students to drink while they are studying there. While I don't think drinking is wrong, and I have been known to partake of a pint of Guinness or Newcastle Brown (sometimes one of each! along with my dinner, I don't necessarily think it would hurt my opinion of the school too much. I can live without drinking for a couple of years if I feel that God is leading me to a school that requires such a statement (Bethel requires such a statement, does it not?). I understand that should I sign such a statement I would be bound to abide by it, and I can live with that. Jesus IS more important than beer, you know.
Actually, I personally would argue that it is not even morally wrong to get drunk (the action of getting drunk in itself) unless it becomes a habitual thing. I can pursue that line of reasoning further, but won't unless provoked... heh heh
Just my insignificant thoughts on the matter
Peace, Love, and Jesus Christ,
Jason
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