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Thursday, September 25, 2008

Lifeway Christian Stores pulling “girly” magazine from shelves

by PegNews wire

No, no. Lifeway Christian Stores didn't get duped into putting any issues of Playboy on their shelves, but you'd think with all the fuss there would at least be some nudity involved.

Lifeway, which has eight stores in DFW, recently pulled an issue of Gospel Today from its shelves because the issue's cover featured five female pastors from around the country. The Southern Baptist Convention owns Lifeway and believes that only men can be ordained ministers. For now, the abominable magazine can only be bought from behind the counter.

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Well, as long as you can still buy them. I guess it's good to keep that sort of thing out of sight of impressionable children. God forbid they grow up thinking that women are equal to men.

Pavel Lishin Verified

1 year, 1 month ago
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Ha, Ha, Ha, you crazy kids with your crazy religions.

Dallas Spohn Verified

1 year, 1 month ago
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"For now, the abominable magazine can only be bought from behind the counter."

With a brown paper wrapping?

These people crack me up.

viva_la_malcriada Anonymous

1 year, 1 month ago
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Sounds like Lifeway needs to do some bible readin'! Aint they never read Luke 9:49-50?

Travis Bush Verified

1 year, 1 month ago
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Sounds like they read too much of it, and nothing else.

Rick Yost Verified

1 year, 1 month ago
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Positively scandalous!! Can’t they keep their women in check???

I don't have my bible with me today - What does Luke have to say on the matter? Briefly.

jtmbls Anonymous

1 year, 1 month ago
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http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?...

Not sure how it applies here.

David Gouldin Staff

1 year, 1 month ago
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"And John answered and said, 'Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow with us.' And Jesus said to him, 'Do not forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us'." (Luke 9:49,50, NKJ)

BTW Rick, you are correct, but you gotta club em with their own tool, because the use of logic, reason and the concept of humanity have never worked.

Travis Bush Verified

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Nice. I would say that is very relevant. I'm just having a hard time thinking Jesus followed that up with "...Uh, unless it's a woman!"

jtmbls Anonymous

1 year, 1 month ago
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What's a bible? Never cracked the cover of one of those things...

AnnMarie Wilson Verified

1 year, 1 month ago
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It's one of those boring things you crack open when you're staying in a motel on a high school trip, and they lock you in.

Unless you're me and figure out how to escape.

Pavel Lishin Verified

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AnnMarie - its just something to make people feel better about themselves.

You can embrace it and memorize it to feel superior for being in touch with it or you can disdain it and belittle it to feel superior for being free of it.

One stop shopping for all your self-esteem needs.

Jason Rice Verified

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Like it or not, boring or not, we are all (believers and sinners alike) represented in it, in one way or another. Our culture and our politics are more and more intertwined with it. It has power behind it. Be aware of it.

You should read as much of it as you can manage just so you'll know why the stranger next to you is on their knees. It may affect your life one day as well- believe or not.

Rick Yost Verified

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It also really helps with all those "artsy" moments in sitcoms and psuedo-art house flicks.

Don't worry, you don't have to read it all, only as much as the film folks do, usually Genesis and some of Paul's letters and you're good for 80% of pop culture.

Jason Rice Verified

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I love your comment here so much. If a person truely wants to be affected by scripture you cannot help but find yourself there. But, it is most important, once you find yourself, to see others, not as 'sinners' as so many do, but to see them as Jesus did, as those who are deeply in need.

Robert Couchman Verified

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to be clear I was reffering to what Rick said somehow I missed that

Robert Couchman Verified

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"(believers and sinners alike)"

Shouldn't that be "believers and heathens alike"?

Pavel Lishin Verified

1 year, 1 month ago
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Pavel! Ya see! Nobody believes me, but I tell ya, Rick is secretly very very devout.

Jason Rice Verified

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Pavel Lishin Verified "(believers and sinners alike)"

Shouldn't that be "believers and heathens alike"?

No it should not be. Contrary to what Christains have falsly advertised Heathenism is a religion, it is a Pagan religion that does have a belief in a higher power. As do all Pagan paths. Christianity is a poor source of information when it comes to other paths.

zainypagan Anonymous

1 year, 1 month ago
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Heathenism - nope, never heard of it.

"Heathen" used to just meant "not Christian, Jewish or Islamic" where I'm from. I thought Paganism had become the catch-all for contemporary polytheisms and diest offshoots. Guess I need a new handbook. (If ya don't know the players...)

Thank goodness the fashion industry hasn't got hold of this. I'd never be able to keep up.

Jason Rice Verified

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I don't keep up because I don't care. Does that make me a sinner?

Scott Doyle Verified

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Scott, I think that makes you an Apatheist.

Jason Rice Verified

1 year, 1 month ago
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I prefer agnostic. But I'm sure that's considered a sin by most religious peeps.

Scott Doyle Verified

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You can't go wrong with plain ol' vanilla militant solipsism.

Well, I can't. You don't really exist, so you really can't "go" with anything.

Pavel Lishin Verified

1 year, 1 month ago
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The Force runs strong in my family. My father has it. I have it. And... my sister has it. Yes. It's you, Leia.

ch0 Anonymous

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::militant solipsism

Militant. And you'd be rebelling against.....

Jason Rice Verified

1 year, 1 month ago
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Jason Rice and Rick Yost in '08! Wonderfully stated gentelmen. God bless you all, and may you find the peace you seek.

metallicraig Anonymous

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Jason: against those who are misguided and think I'm wrong in my beliefs, of course.

Pavel Lishin Verified

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Well. this is tough. Usually, pop psych tells us "Change begins with us" but a solipsist ... well, so does the thing changing and ... well everything. Man. What would Deepak, say?