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LoveMyCountry wrote:
My wife and I both open carry. At church we conceal. Why? Because our message of liberty and defense of life is less important than a message of Eternal Life and we don't want to distract anybody from hearing it.
LoveMyCountry
My wife and I do the same for the same reason. I’m no Bible scholar by any means, but here is some food for thought for those wondering about carrying in church:
A man is worse than a infidel if he does not provide for the needs of his family (I Timothy 5:8), in my view the family of God is your family
Jesus told his followers to sell their coat and buy a sword if they didn’t have one (Luke 22:36 - 38)
Jesus told Peter to put his sword away after he cut off the ear of a servant when he (Jesus) was arrested. Jesus didn’t condemning him for having it (Matthew 26:52)
During the American Revolution, some of the preachers were often refereed to as those black robed instigators (or something like that) by the Brits. After services, the congregation (those that were members of the militia) and the preacher (many were officers in the militia) would go outside after service with their arms and drill or fight. Where do you think "Give 'em Watts boys, give'em Watts,came from. Thank God they didn’t have the so-called rev. Jackson and Sharpton back then.
My father (who became a preacher after WW II) always kept a .32 semi-auto in his inside coat pocket. He was one of the few preachers in West Virginia and later in Virginia that allowed blacks in a "white" church. Back in the 50s and 60s, he had more than one run in with KKK. There was more than once the church received threats if he performed a wedding for a black couple. Pop would have his trusty .32 and a double barrel under the pulpit, half of the congregation would show up armed to make sure nobody interfered.
Deacons of Rev. King also served as his armed bodyguards
Now we have terrorist groups thatbelieve that anyreligion but theirs should be wiped outand criminals coming into our churches just to murder people. If the preacherhas a problem with my having the means of defending myself, my family and the church, they can have my blessings and I’m going somewhere else.
