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.

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

right!

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?

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 [email protected] .]

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