Is It For Us Today?

This is perhaps the most difficult of the questions put before us.  It’s one thing to talk about what happened it times past.  It’s another to discuss what it was, when it should be worn, and the importance of wearing it to Paul and the original readers. But what should be done with this passage [...]

The Clear Instruction

Of the command of Paul to the believers in Corinth there can be no doubt.  The men were to refrain from wearing a covering on their head, because their head was Christ.  They were the glory of God. The women were to wear a covering.  They were the glory of man, and needed to veil [...]

Blog Carnival for October 23rd 2010

Welcome to the Carnival of Modesty for October 23rd 2010: Dressing For His Glory – Modesty makes a conscious choice to be a representative for Christ in the area of dress. Instead of advertising for Hollister, your Volleyball team, or your body, you are making a point of “advertising” the gospel as it plays out [...]

Stripped Them Naked Of Their Clothing

In the ancient world there was much shame associated with nakedness.  There was original shame, like with Adam and Eve, but the idea that someone should see your inner garments or your nakedness meant heaps of shame. That’s why the charge leveled against Job in Job 22:6 is so painful: For thou hast taken a [...]

It’s Really About Nakedness

Whenever there’s a discussion about modesty and the Bible, there are a few key passages that are always brought up.  We talk about causing brother’s to stumble.  We discuss Peter’s comment about the inner woman vs. the outer woman, but I think that we forget that modesty is about what we’re covering, and the Levitical [...]

Coat of Many Colors

Joseph, son of Jacob, was an interesting characters.  We are never given a clear picture of where the man sinned, and yet we know of the great trials that he went through. So, by now you’re probably wondering what this has to do with modesty! In Genesis 37:3 we read that Joseph was highly favored [...]

Protecting Their Father’s Dignity

The next time that we see clothing mentioned in the Bible occurs after the Flood.  In Genesis 9:20ff, Noah has witnessed the destruction of the population of the entire world.  Everything that was not on the Ark was destroyed, and even though God promised to repopulate the Earth through him, and even though much was [...]

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