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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

To Monk or Not To Monk....

I was on a message board at RelevantMagazine.com, and I was reading a post about the "Desert Fathers" (Read more about them here.) I looked it over, and while the monks that lived in the desert were certainly amazing, and they certainly had some excellent teaching, I take issue with the whole concept of "monastacism"While certainly some people are called to be celibate (to not have sex) and some are called to avoid certain other things like alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, etc.,

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2 Comments:

Amen brother.
Blogger Justin, at 12:58 PM  
Josh, I love you man. The title is killing me! You clearly communicate the the heart of Open Arms and Christianity!
Blogger Pastor Mike, at 6:32 PM  

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