The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum The Lord's Supper/Communion practices

Actually I do believe in a "dress code", although I only alluded to it in my other post. I believe that when we go to the house of God to come before Almighty God, we should dress accordingly. What does this mean? To me it means we are to dress ourselves with the best clothes we own, which have been given to us by His providence. We are not going to the beach, a party, a baseball game, a love in, etc. Thus we should not put on those items which are normally associated with those affairs. It does "irk" me to visit a church in the suburbs and see people dressed in t-shirts and sandals, women in shorts and halter tops, children in bathing suits and the pastor in jeans.

On the other side of things, such as that church I referred to, women were forbidden to wear slacks of any kind even in the dead of winter when it is freezing cold. Pastor's wives are strictly forbidden to wear shorts at any time.

I do believe in "modesty of apparel", but that is a relative term and I don't believe there is a Scriptural warrant to put forth a definitive set of rules as to what is and what is not "modest". It seems to me that good old "common sense" would dictate against much that is in vogue these days. But, how about a little "respect" if nothing else, being afforded the "King"? Although it might not be prudent to say so, (I'll say it anyway ) but it is true that one's views about God will surely dictate how one presents himself/herself for worship.