adornment

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On Tue, 18 Feb 1997 01:22:04 -0800 "James H. Cape" <jcape@bellsouth.net>
writes:
>I have a thought for all to ponder on. Jesus told about the prodigal
>son. After he had wasted his inheritance on riotous living, he
>came to himself and went home. What did the father say and do?
>One thing he did was put a RING on his finger. I didn't hear any 
>criticism from Jesus because the man put a ring on his son.
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Bro Cape, I think one of the reasons why you find alot of Apostolic
pastors/preachers talking against rings is not because of what Jesus
didn't say....I feel it is more about,
American excessiveness. We can't just have a car, we gotta have a 1997
Super-Duper Ooggle-Getter, That's loaded and has a (well displayed) price
of $49,999.99. Now I too like nice things and have been blessed with a
few nice things. 
But I think it's more related to us buying $7-10,000 rings and jewelry. 

Not to mention....I do doubt that *every single* word Jesus *ever*
preached was recorded. So that also leaves some reasonable
doubt.......AND.........

I could be wrong, but I don't think that Jesus was preaching about
*rings* in that story...He was talking about Love and Forgiveness. Not
Standards. Besides I wonder if there were any people in the crowd that
day that could even afford a ring. 

God Bless You
Andy (looking at my wedding ring now) Barnett 
adbarnett@juno.com