The Holiness Messenger Website Removes Guestbook

Those of you that attend Harvest Time Holiness Church, are aware of the short comment that I posted on The Holiness Messenger website, regarding the 2007 Valentines Day Banquet that took place in Illinois. To summarize, I posted a comment that the holiness people had no business celebrating a pagan holiday and that the photos of the teenagers on the website dressed in worldly attire, was presenting a message to the world that we are just like them. As a result of this comment, which I posted on the Guestbook section of the website, I received two emails. One was from the webmaster the Holiness Messenger website, defending the Valentines Day party, and the other was from a holiness pastor turned charismatic. The email from the charismatic pastor was typical of someone that no longer agrees with the holiness doctrine or in truth, a backslider. He said many things, but it was his insuation that any Holiness church that holds to the true standards of holiness was a cult. He advised me "Don't drink the Kool-aid" which is a reference to the tragic mass suicide that occured in the 1970's with Jim Jones and his followers, where the people, intentionally drank poisoned Kool-aid.


Since my post on the Holiness Messenger, many other people begin leaving comments that were negative towards the holiness movement, that spake of hipocracy and other things about our church that bothered them. I never meant for my comments to be against the holiness movement, but rather as a warning to others that the church is becoming too accepting of sin and as someone that has not been a Christian very long, I was very aware of worldly ways, styles, dressing, hairdos, etc. Whether or not my comments were the sparks of controversy on the website, I do not know, but as of today"s date, the Guestbook section of the website has been removed. The photos of the Valentines Day party are still up for all the world to see, but apparently the comments that poured in, were too objectionable for the site to allow them to stay posted.

I believe that The Holiness Messenger newsletter, which is published every month, and the website are not overseen by the same people. I have to wonder if the publisher and editor of the newsletter, Bro Ralph Cox is even aware of all the things on the website. I believe that those at the website have taken advantage of the elderly holiness people's lack of technology education, and the fact that many of the elders do not access the internet, so therefore are not aware of what is all on the website.


It is my prayer that those running the Holiness Messenger website will remove the photos of the Valentines Day party. These photos of these kids partying, sends a message to all of our youth that it is okay to look and play like the world. Is it any wonder why the youth is leaning more towards Hollywood and her celeberties instead of living a sanctified life through our Lord Jesus Christ? When A publication that is supposed to represent our movement can publish pictures of teenagers dressed up for prom and congregating as does the secular youth, this is surely confusing to our youth, when we try to teach them that the Lord commands us to be separated and we are to dress in modest apparel. The email I received from the webmaster at The Holiness Messenger stated that he attended the party and their was nothing ungodly about it. Not only does he not see the problem of celebrating a pagan holiday, but he took part in it and made sure the photos were posted on the world wide web for all other churches to see. This man has done a great disservice not only to the youth, but to the Holiness churches across the country.