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Old 02-04-2008, 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by tdowns007 View Post
This is one of those, where, it seems to me, the creeds have it right, the scripture says it, and we don't need images of Christ. But, I'm not going to go after somebody else, and I have not ripped out the images from the one or two Kids bibles I have that have them. I just explain, to my daughter, the concept, and say, I don't like to dwell on them, because they are a fake image. But, I'm not a STRONG holder to this belief.

For those of you that are STRONG holders to the belief, and believe it's a sin to have the image, how do you "put-up" with it being on your church walls, etc.

I mean, I visited, a small Reformed church, and like many of you, they have to rent from a church, so no fault of their own, and the images on the wall, were supposed to be depicting Christ.

For me, it bothered me a bit, but I don't take a hard stance against others on this issue. For those of you, that DO take a hard stance against others, how do you rationalize, having them where you worship?

I'm not trying to cause problems, I'm just wondering, how one who STRONGLY holds this position, can be around those sinful images during service? Is it worth their removal every service? Changing locations?

Once again, def. not judgmental, we do what we can in this fallen world. Just wondering?
On the question of portraits of Swede, a.k.a. Jimmy the Shepherd visibly on display in borrowed venues, two examples of dealing with it.

1) One of our congregations regularly met in a borrowed church building that had a huge portrait of Swede visible in the sanctuary. We very carefully took it down prior to services, stowed it in the adjacent office, and returned it to its place following services.

2) During a Presbytery conference we used a chapel on the grounds for services on the Lord's Day. Here again, there was a visible portrait of Swede, this time in the foyer. It was a small one, and we merely draped a cloth over it for the duration of our time using the building.

Yes, in both cases, it was worth it.
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