If we look to what was considered at the time to be of the devil in the entertainment industry; namely the Beatles sadly it puts to shame the egos of those who are in what I often call the Christian Music Industry. At the inception; no doubt there was a spirit of rebellion in their souls but they came forth wearing suits and ties; bringing a very modest boxed lunch to eat (imagine that today) and keeping their lyrics family friendly for the most part. Of course time went on and they became more hippie in appearance (forgot to mention earlier cropped haircuts); more demonic in the implications of their lyrics and finally were involved in Eastern mysticism showing pictures of all sorts of nefarious characters on their album cover (I'll leave it nameless once again) where famous dictators and a couple Satanists were featured as they got into their LSD phase. As is common among musicians in particular all four members were divorced and remarried while their spouse was alive; in McCartneys case his first wife died and his second he divorced which is allowed Biblically.
In the same light female "Pastors" often are along with others in the Megachurch world divorced and remarried. I hold personally to the belief that if a spouse is alive remarriage isn't permissible; but whatever one espouses as to the meaning of Matthew 5 and 19 in such matters clearly many do this for unscriptural reasons; those other than a cheating spouse if we take that as the meaning of those verses. As a sidenote I heard an interesting comment the other day; that a church hosts a marriage ceremony but never a divorce. Interesting concept...
At any rate; the concept of "filthy lucre" is in Titus 1:11 and THREE other places in scripture. That word isn't used today but it has the proper nasty implications in KJV. Women preachers and often musicians that are scantily clothed are more often than not scanty in any scriptural meat for their flock.
If we look to what was considered at the time to be of the devil in the entertainment industry; namely the Beatles sadly it puts to shame the egos of those who are in what I often call the Christian Music Industry. At the inception; no doubt there was a spirit of rebellion in their souls but they came forth wearing suits and ties; bringing a very modest boxed lunch to eat (imagine that today) and keeping their lyrics family friendly for the most part. Of course time went on and they became more hippie in appearance (forgot to mention earlier cropped haircuts); more demonic in the implications of their lyrics and finally were involved in Eastern mysticism showing pictures of all sorts of nefarious characters on their album cover (I'll leave it nameless once again) where famous dictators and a couple Satanists were featured as they got into their LSD phase. As is common among musicians in particular all four members were divorced and remarried while their spouse was alive; in McCartneys case his first wife died and his second he divorced which is allowed Biblically.
In the same light female "Pastors" often are along with others in the Megachurch world divorced and remarried. I hold personally to the belief that if a spouse is alive remarriage isn't permissible; but whatever one espouses as to the meaning of Matthew 5 and 19 in such matters clearly many do this for unscriptural reasons; those other than a cheating spouse if we take that as the meaning of those verses. As a sidenote I heard an interesting comment the other day; that a church hosts a marriage ceremony but never a divorce. Interesting concept...
At any rate; the concept of "filthy lucre" is in Titus 1:11 and THREE other places in scripture. That word isn't used today but it has the proper nasty implications in KJV. Women preachers and often musicians that are scantily clothed are more often than not scanty in any scriptural meat for their flock.
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