I hope I didn't imply that I thought it was just your impression. I just
wanted to know the circumstances. I guess you being the only "suit" there
must have been taken by them as a condemnation of their dress. Weird, huh?
Were they okay with the "tie-wearers?" If you were a Pharisee maybe the
"tie-wearers" were just Sadducees? Go figure.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pastor James Taylor" <pastorjt@...>
To: <pastorsforum@...>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: [PastorsForum] To Judge or not to Judge?


> > My question(s) is how did they know you were a Christian or a preacher?
> > Where were you when this happened? I mean, were you walking down the
> street
> > and a Christian biker gang saw you and pulled over and surrounded you
and
> > then started saying these things to you? I'm just curious at to what did
> > provoke these Christian bikers to "attack" you? Just because you were
> > wearing a suit? Makes me nervous about going to S&K next time. Also, how
> did
> > you know they were "biker Christians?"
> >
> I was at a "Quarterly meeting" some might call them "District
> Meetings"...the first one since my return to CA (Nobody knew me from
Adam..I
> only knew a couple of the Pastor's (that were in the Board meeting), none
of
> the "men").  It seems that one of the churches in our association has
> started a "Biker Ministry". I showed up to the Qtrly meeting  and went
into
> the men's fellowship. I was in a suit...the only one in a suit....I didn't
> say anything the whole time except when I was shaking hands, introducing
> myself and what church I pastored.... The whole "lesson" was on "Judge
not"
> etc. At the end, one of the Bikers lit off on me...again, unprovoked.."I
> don't care what you think about me, I don't think I have to wear a
> suit...You wouldn't let me in your church looking like this..." with
> everyone else Amen-ing him adding that only the Pharisees would wear a
suit
> and that Jesus would look like a Biker. Even after all that, I didn't say
a
> word...and a few of the "tie-wearers"/non bikers came up and apologized
> saying that it was crazy how they lit off on me...so you see, it wasn't
just
> my "impression" on what happened.
>
> In Him
>
> JT