Cigars and God

Originally Posted by csbrewfisher

That's a gret story James, thanks for sharing it. There's a lot of believers on this board, and we have the freedom to enjoy our cigars and drinks in good conscience and moderation to the glory of God.

BTW, I shoved my pastor down the slope.

Well said

Nice!
I'm always sorry to hear a story like Warren's. I have always attended
Baptist churches and have run into things like that on occasion.

i was barred from entering seminary once because my first wife divorced
me. Some folks jokingly refer to them as "cemetary"
We've since found a nice little church where folks are pretty slow to judge.
Yes it is good to see so many believers here.

[kgoings]

Originally Posted by BlackDog

I'm not allowed to join the church my family goes to because I drink. It's a Baptist church that is adamantly "non-drinking." I still attend fairly regularly, but I'm not allowed to become an "official" member. If it were up to me alone, we'd go to a different church. But my kids are pretty wrapped up in the youth program, and my wife is happy there, so I can't see disrupting everyone else in the family. I've tried addressing that the Bible says "be sober", it doesn't say, "don't drink", but I didn't make any headway with that arguement.

Yea, I for the most part like Baptist church. I had my own motocross ministry and it was doing very well. I was attending a Baptist church and I wanted to help out with the high school kids, there were a lot of them and my good friend was the youth pastor...but the adult to kid ratio wasn't very good (needed more adults) I offered to help and the head deacon ask me if I drank (he knew I did) and I said yes. He said they would have to decline my offer. I asked him why, and he said cause I drank. And then I asked him if that was one of their man made laws of if he could point out a place in the Bible that said NOT to drink. His reply was 'we choose to abstain from alcohol'

[Jimbo14]

Everytime I pray I thank God for cigars - Its funny but I seriously do

[longknocker]

I think the point is we are "Christians", and not Baptists, Catholics, Episcopalians, etc. What matters is our own personal relationship with "The Lord". Thanks for the Thread!

[trader1974]

Thanks for sharing your story and good luck with your new church!

[kgoings]

Originally Posted by longknocker

I think the point is we are "Christians", and not Baptists, Catholics, Episcopalians, etc. What matters is our own personal relationship with "The Lord". Thanks for the Thread!

True True

Thanks for this post James. I hope you like your new church home.

[jonharky]

I grew up in a southern baptist church and there is no way I would ever meet with my old pastor for a drink and a smoke

Thats an awesome story nevertheless...