Comments on Music and Rings

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At 02:58 PM 8/7/96 GMT, you wrote:
>On Wed, 7 Aug 1996 10:22:18 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:
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>In fact, the UPCI teaching concerning holiness is very balanced and
>biblical.  As a matter of fact, if one believes that the spiritual
>awareness of the people around them is so underdeveloped that they
>actually belive they are in the midst of a sea of deceived hypocrites,
>then it is a very dire situation indeed.

UPCI teaching concerning holiness, but how many individual churches are
teaching that balance?  
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>Now, I have know people who have drifted into casual conformity, and
>actually thinking that sin an be hidden, but these are not common in a
>spiritual church.

Unfortunately, no matter how spiritual the church, you are always going to
have people who try and hide their sin by their outside appearance.  And
people may get away with their appearance from other people, but only God
truly knows the condition of a person's heart. 
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>>And, just from my personal experience, you go to any UPC conference, and it
>>looks more like a fashion show, than a place to get together and worship the
>>Lord.  And its not only the women who are doing it.  I know some men who are
>>just as bad as women, if not more, on what they spend on their appearance.
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>May I say that I do not appreciate the use of freedom to make such
>generalizations concerning good men and women of God?

You are right, I should not have made such a general statement.....I will
say it a bit differently.....some(not all) look more like they are going to
a fashion show than to worship the Lord.
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>My personal opinion ? I happen to believe that God's people in this
>USA at this time of history should look GOOD and they shoul stand out
>in a crowd with more than the sometimes imagined "spiritual glow". We
>do NOT use facial makeup (paint) and juewlery to accomplish this as is
>the manner of the harlot spirit in this world and in the world's
>religions. However, lively and attractive modest dress is VERY
>IMPORTANT (not to one's salvation, but to witness that God did NOT
>make us beggars or puritains or amish wierdos).
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I dont believe I said that Christians should not dress nicely...But I do
believe there is a line you can cross from looking nice and being excessive
in your dress.....does a person really need to spend 2 hours doing their
hair?  I think when you spend more time on your personal appearance than you
do working on your heart and your spiritual self, there is a problem.  And
unfortunately, it is becoming more common to see women wearing makeup and
jewelry in churches today. But then, that has to do with a person's personal
convictions.

Amish weirdos???????  I think the Amish are very much to be admired for
their stances.  I dont think I could live the life they have chosen, could you?


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>And, I have come to realize after many years of not caring what I
>dressed like (as I was your quintessential "free thinker" and hippie,
>until I came into the light of Pentecost), that dress IS important and
>one SHOULD care what they look like. God does, by the way.
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Yes, dress is important, and a person should care about what they look like,
but at what cost?