"HOLY HOOTERS" Or " How low can you go?"

Sounds like it is the sensationalist news media calling it "Holy Hooters" and not the pastor. Maybe comments should be directed more towards the news than the pastor?

I don't care for the choice of venue. Then again, did Jonah care for the choice of Venue the Lord gave him? If the Lord calls to you to go and witness in the middle of Nineveh (or Hooters) you go if you truly wish to follow him. In every age the Lord brings his word to people in the most unlikely of places, because the Lord is much wiser than we are about knowing where his message will be received.

So while I would urge caution that the Lord's people aren't overly sullied by the news agencies of this world; one saved soul is worth all the dirt and grime a news agency can cover us with, is it not?

To tell the truth when I first read this thread's title, the first thing that came to mind was "Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts that nursed you!" and thinking "What a profane way to say it..."

Sensationalist? Yes.

Peace!
-Steve-o

Pray4Isrel said:

I think there's a fine line between reaching out to the lost and actually participating in their immoral behavior.
Yeshua seemed to do this pretty well

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Absolutely. This has more potential to affect the righteous than the lost. Should you set up shop outside, or get a table near the "action?"

Hey everyone,

I love you all, and thought I might express my opinion in the spirit of fellowship.

I am not a fan of Hooters. However, having worked in a restaurant that decided to go toward sex appeal, I think I might have a glimpse of where these girls are coming from. I also know how others look at them. When they walk past guys they drool, and many of these girls think that is a good thing – they are getting attention, which can kind of feel like love if you’ve been missing it. When they walk past girls they often get sneers and looks of condescension, especially among us “conservative” types. They often think that we just think we are too good for them, or are mixed up and think that we are jealous of the attention they are getting, and therefore seek it more. Their world is so different from ours, and their perspectives reflect this. How do we reach these people? Do we walk up to them and throw them a shirt before speaking to them? That sure won’t make them feel as though we love them just the way they are. But G-d does. I remember watching a documentary on people who came to Yeshua from a life in homosexuality. They stated repeatedly that it wasn’t those who looked down at them or held up signs, “Gays Will Go to Hell”, or something like that, it was when they felt the love of Yeshua reach them were they were, in the gutter, where no one else would touch them that brought them out of sinfulness into H-s goodness.

Who did Yeshua hang out with? I just don’t think we should draw lines that Yeshua himself didn’t seem to draw.

Those are just my thoughts.

I believe the morality of it is strictly between God and the study group/pastor.

If they're not doing the greatest thing, God can still use it for his purposes. Like he uses all imperfect people. Sometimes we have stupid ideas but somehow he turns it to good.

I don't believe in judging others in what they are called, or feel called to do. I am hurt that so many others feel the right to do so. If you really want to understand or even rebuke, perhaps speaking to this pastor would be a better option. He has no way to state his point of view on here, all we know is what the article said. Please look at how you are speaking and understand that this man may have prayed before starting this, may have doubts of his own, may even wonder if what he is doing is right. Or, he may be completely confident in what he is doing, he may be wrong, he may be doing this with the wrong motives. The point is, we don't know. We don't know because we haven't spoken to him. We haven't heard what he thinks. I have trouble condoning, or condemning his effort without actally hearing what he has to say.

Actually I seem to remember distinctly that Yeshua met a prostitute at a local drinking establishment John 4:6-27 In fact much of Yeshua's life was religious people critizing him and gossiping about him because he went to the sinners to save them from sin... rather than waiting for them to come to him.

Perhaps the book of Jonah?

But perhaps most telling for me is Joshua 2. One of the best faith statements comes from a non-Jewish prostitute when Jewish spies went and stayed in her "brothel".

One thing about the Bible is that the Lord "stoops to conquer". He meets us where we are, not where we should be.

and as followers we are called not follow to the worlds ways, however this does not mean we're called to leave it or be "out of this world", rather we're called to be "Not of this World", but very much in it.