Boosters and booze a
thousand times nooo!! By DR. KNOX
HERNDON
Pastor
I
hope you read the article on the front page of
The Citizen newspaper Wednesday, Aug. 25,
entitled, Boosters + Beer = Big
Bucks. In this article it laid out the
expenses and funds needed to support the high
school sports teams and the difficulty in raising
funds, which I'm sure is very true.
I
am the pastor of a small but growing church and I
also know the need for funds for land and
buildings and the difficulty in raising funds.
My
parents taught me when I was very young that you
never shake hands with the devil and get a good
deal. I was also taught that you never do right
by doing wrong and you never do wrong by doing
right!
I
want the very best for our high schools and
certainly for our sports teams. In fact, I have
two of my children that attend Fayette High
School. I feel parents need to take a stand at
every junction every time where moral and ethical
issues are at stake in relation to our children.
Many
will disagree with this next statement, but I
would rather see a smaller funded sports program
and less flashy uniforms and even older equipment
and even less trips taken by our teams then to
drop down to the level of selling alcohol in the
name of our children's sports programs.
Don't
think our children aren't watching us as parents
each and every day. It speaks a far louder
message as to how we live then what we say to our
children. How in the remotest sense could we sell
beer in the name of the children and their
sports programs and then tell them it's
wrong to drink the stuff? It doesn't take a
rocket scientist to figure that this does not
pass too many logic tests.
Some
churches fall into the same pit with the
get a crowd at any cost mentality and
become entertainment centers for all to feel
good. There is not a shred of denial of
self and the picking up of one's cross and
carrying it anywhere!
Remember
when Satan was tempting Jesus while he was in the
desert for 40 days and 40 nights? He said to
Jesus, Jump off the temple and your angels
will carry you down to safety. Is it worth
it to see the sinless Son of God do tricks for
Satan and the world?
A
thousand times no to the sale of beer or any
other socially accepted drug, especially when
wrapped in the "we're doing it for the
kids mentality.
Folks,
we don't have too many morals and ideals left
that haven't been trampled upon by this kind of
thinking. The end does not justify the means.
Rise
up and register your faith.
[Please
note: Our church has moved to the American Legion
Log Cabin in Fayetteville!)
[Dr. Knox Herndon
is the pastor of His House Community Church (SBC)
and a substitute school teacher in the Fayette
County school system, and a former Army chaplain.
The church is currently meeting in the American
Legion Log Cabin across from the fountain on the
Square in Fayetteville.
Prayer line is
770-719-2365; e-mail to Khern2365@aol.com.]
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