Growing a Beard

[JM]

I've been thinking about growing my Amish style beard back, what do ya'll think?



Soul patch on the chin or...

 

[PuritanCovenanter]

Grow it back Jason. Grow it back. Rock on.

 

[JM]

Is that because you want me to cover my face by any means necessary? lol

 

[Barnpreacher]

JM,

I actually like the soul patch better. You look like you should be reading poetry at a coffee house in the bottom picture.

 

[brymaes]

Let it grow, man. Let it grow.

 

[Herald]

It's not a beard unless birds can nest.

 

[Nse007]

I'm in the same place...grow it out...there's something about having a beard in my estimation...

 

[JohnOwen007]

Well the mark of the medieval priest was that he was clean-shaven. That's why when Henry VIII died, Thomas Cranmer grew a beard, and was burnt at the stake with a nice long grey-beard. The Reformers (like Calvin, Bullinger, and Laski) had ripper beards. Go for it dude!

 

[Reformed Covenanter]

Well the mark of the medieval priest was that he was clean-shaven. That's why when Henry VIII died, Thomas Cranmer grew a beard, and was burnt at the stake with a nice long grey-beard. The Reformers (like Calvin, Bullinger, and Laski) had ripper beards. Go for it dude!

How interesting. John Owen et al did not follow their example.

 

[J. David Kear]

Soul Patch. But both look good.

 

[joeholland]

Go for it! Follow the advice of Clement of Alexandria:

“How womanly it is for one who is a man to comb himself and shave himself with a razor, for the sake of fine effect, and to arrange his hair at the mirror, shave his cheeks, pluck hairs out of them, and smooth them!…For God wished women to be smooth and to rejoice in their locks alone growing spontaneously, as a horse in his mane. But He adorned man like the lions, with a beard, and endowed him as an attribute of manhood, with a hairy chest–a sign of strength and rule.” 2.275

“This, then, is the mark of the man, the beard. By this, he is seen to be a man. It is older than Eve. It is the token of the superior nature….It is therefore unholy to desecrate the symbol of manhood, hairiness.” 2.276

“It is not lawful to pluck out the beard, man’s natural and noble adornment.” 2.277

 

[Reformed Covenanter]

I've been thinking about growing my Amish style beard back, what do ya'll think?



Soul patch on the chin or...

I suggest growing a moustache as well, otherwise the CSA supporters will think that you are trying to look like Abraham Lincoln.

 

[Backwoods Presbyterian]

Here is hoping the "Bearded Pastor" comes back into vogue in the next year.

Seriously are congregation still "weary" of Bearded-Pastors?

 

[Olivetan]

Sometimes soul patch sometimes the other one...

 

[Anton Bruckner]

You need to grow the whole thing.

yep, he has to grow the whole thing, he looks evil with the soul patch and the amish look.

 

[Blue Tick]

Amish style looks great!

 

[etexas]

JM,

I actually like the soul patch better. You look like you should be reading poetry at a coffee house in the bottom picture.

Groovy! I agree! Dig it.

 

[Quickened]

Beard all the way!

 

[Presbyterian Deacon]

Let it grow,
Let it grow,
Let it grow!!




-- Motion carried!

 

[Coram Deo]

I have seen these remarks before from Celement of Alexandria.. Very interesting... I wonder if another thread should be made to talk about these merits......

Go for it! Follow the advice of Clement of Alexandria:

“How womanly it is for one who is a man to comb himself and shave himself with a razor, for the sake of fine effect, and to arrange his hair at the mirror, shave his cheeks, pluck hairs out of them, and smooth them!…For God wished women to be smooth and to rejoice in their locks alone growing spontaneously, as a horse in his mane. But He adorned man like the lions, with a beard, and endowed him as an attribute of manhood, with a hairy chest–a sign of strength and rule.” 2.275

“This, then, is the mark of the man, the beard. By this, he is seen to be a man. It is older than Eve. It is the token of the superior nature….It is therefore unholy to desecrate the symbol of manhood, hairiness.” 2.276

“It is not lawful to pluck out the beard, man’s natural and noble adornment.” 2.277

 

[Dieter Schneider]

There is one (dis-)advantage to having a beard: People will see less of you!

 

[greenbaggins]

Here is hoping the "Bearded Pastor" comes back into vogue in the next year.

Seriously are congregation still "weary" of Bearded-Pastors?

I'm the first one in a long time for my two congregations.

 

[SRoper]

Go for the chinstrap beard.

 

[Backwoods Presbyterian]

Here is hoping the "Bearded Pastor" comes back into vogue in the next year.

Seriously are congregation still "weary" of Bearded-Pastors?

I'm the first one in a long time for my two congregations.

Any reason why "Beards" have fallen out of favor?

 

[greenbaggins]

Here is hoping the "Bearded Pastor" comes back into vogue in the next year.

Seriously are congregation still "weary" of Bearded-Pastors?

I'm the first one in a long time for my two congregations.

Any reason why "Beards" have fallen out of favor?

Our culture wants men to be more like women, and women to be more like men. They have effectively feminized women and masculinized women.

 

[greenbaggins]

Which is yet another reason why it is good to wear a beard (it is counter-cultural!).

 

[Backwoods Presbyterian]

Understand that... I may grow a beard for that reason alone now...

 

[Galatians220]

May a woman weigh in?

in my opinion, the beard (either one) looks good. It certainly doesn't violate Scripture (Clement's dissertation is very persuasive.) If you want it, and you keep it nicely trimmed, why shouldn't you have it?

(I admit to bias: my husband has had a beard for many years and I like it... But then, it isn't a matter of "whether your wife likes it" as to a man's having a beard, is it? )

 

[DavidGGraves]

I suggest the bear style of or

It may take longer, but it will make you distinguished look (or is that conspicuous?)

 

[Stephen L Smith]

There is one important point you folks have ignored. Bill Gothard strongly advises his followers not to grow a beard. They show a lack of humility. We must follow Gothard's advice without question