T-Bone said:
I do condemn any act of abuse...and I have no problem correcting an out of control pastor who thinks he has the right to run people's lives. So you think the pastor is the final authority on the acceptable length of people's hair. Clearly, you are a biblical illiterate, and you don't believe the Bible as you say. That you think it is appropriate for the pastor to "shame" the foster parents once again speaks that you think abuse is some sort of spirit gift or calling. I wouldn't let this pastor, or you for that matter teach my bird dog, much less the precious souls that belong to God in the church I serve.
Oh BTW, probably wasting my time in asking this....but could you tell me what a Christian looks like?
Clearly, you don't condemn acts of abuse, such as what was happening to that boy whereby the legal guardians allowed him to be disgraced by long hair! And, no, pastor is not an authority on hair length--the Bible is! Christians, including the pastors, are commanded to enforce that Biblical mandate, at least in Christian settings. Your statements against Biblical lifestyle only show that you belong to a cultural church, and not a true Christian church.
So what does a Christian look like? Graceful and modest, a man looks like a man, dresses in man's close, doesn't have the disgraceful long hair. A woman looks like a woman, with long hair, wearing modest woman's clothes, not pants and not clothes that expose nakedness.