Should Christians Keep Up With The Latest Styles?

As most of our popular culture, everything is always changing. What is in while we are teenagers will be ancient in 10 years. The same goes for the wardrobes of women. I think that the clothing options have had a positive progression because of the acceptance of female sexuality. In the early 1920s women were extremely modest by showing little to know skin in their daily lives. Women were expected to be made up all of the time and that is something that I couldn’t even imagine. Being a Marian girl, there is nothing I love more than throwing my hair up every morning with no makeup. As you move into the 60s and 70s women began wearing skirts, dresses, and girdles. YUCK. There is nothing wrong with a more modest look, the problem I have with clothing is that even when mothers were cleaning the house they were expected to be in dresses or other types of uncomfortable, but nice looking clothing. It has been cool to see how slowly skirts have gotten shorter and more skin is being shown, but the central issue is the mindset of seeing women as sexual object rather than a person. Although in our time no type of clothing is surprising, there is still a sense of judgement from men and even older women when you wear something that makes your look like a “slut”. It saddens me that people really can’t look past what you are wearing. I hope the future for women is going to be

The prominent reason behind the various overdone school rules regarding dress is the loose power that administrators have been given. They have been “reserve[d] the right to determine if a clothing item or accessory is appropriate for school” (Carroll High School Student Handbook 2010-2011 18). The officials at school are using their own personal opinions to judge the students’ dress. Since styles change as time goes on, the generation in control and the

In my experience at first progressive Baptist Church I was very much out of my comfort zone because not only did I not feel as welcomed but it was a little awkward because of all the looks I was receiving. I felt I was not dressed as they were and felt as if I didn't fit in and right away I just didn't feel appropriate with my attire. While I was there I actually had people wanting to shake hands and asking me questions about me coming and there was one man who just stared at me and so it was uncomfortable and didn't know how to react. While I was there I started to notice that there is a little difference from the church I go to and the music was way different as well, everyone will talk back with amen or thank you Jesus. The difference

In Mark chapter 7, we find the story of Jesus and His Disciples eating, and they are approached by the Pharisees. The Pharisees goal always was to find fault in Jesus. They Pharisees were more concerned about their cleanliness, than of being in the presence of the Messiah. The Pharisees asked Jesus why He and His disciples were not following traditions. They kept try to trip Jesus by saying His disciples were not eating right and that they fail to follow other traditions. In this story Jesus shares with them that God and the kingdom of heaven, cares more about what is on the inside, than what is on the outside. Sadly, todays reality is that many care more about the outward appearance, rather than whats on the inside. Society is quick to judge a man by his appearance than by what is on the inside. Martin Luther King rebuts society when he said, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” (King, 1963). Even though it was almost two thousand years later when Martin Luther gave this speech, we have made little progress.

The people in my culture are expected to dress neat and clean. It doesn't have to be the latest style, but clean and neat is appropriate. Those who do dress in the latest style seem to command more respect from the others. Those who don't dress in accordance with these rules are not ostracized but pitied.

Dress codes exist for a reason. Sometimes it is for safety reasons but sometimes it’s just about what the employers or clients are willing to accept. If a certain look or appearance might make a client uncomfortable then the company will decide that such an appearance is inappropriate or might pose an unnecessary risk for that company.

These examples lead me to conclude that Church Administration has not changed. In fact it cannot change because it is based biblically on the foundation of the bible. Dr. Robertson noted that we need to not only “read” our history but we should “talk” about our history. Doing this allows us to address issues that may have happened before and not address them for the first time. If we begin to change the way we administer God’s church we no longer become God’s church we are then just an

My church is a very conservative Christian church, women are allowed only to wear skirts and dresses, jeans and pant are for men only; my friends on the other hand don’t attend church at all, there influences derive from popular music videos and movies who showcase women in provocative clothing. Because of the drastic difference on both parties, often times I feel pressured over what I wear and stress my appearance for the sake of acceptance. Men’s appearance is never stressed like that of a woman, for example, in “Harrison Bergeron” the ballerinas in the story were forced to wear a mask in order to hide their beautiful faces however, the men did not have to wear a mask to hide their “handsome” faces, it was only referred to women. Many times I wish to rebel authority like that of the handicap general, she obviously does not apply to the rules she forces upon others, but the realization is there are no rules, society just brainwashes the public into believing there are in order for the public to follow what is expected. Just like how the general leads its

I did mine on smoking due to all the negative effects it has on people and even more importantly the fact of secondhand smoke. I needed the skills I learned from Dr. King’s letter from Birmingham jail for this. By reading his letter, I was able to learn that there are three different kinds of appeals one can use to argue your beliefs. Pathos refers to using an emotional appeal, Logos to using a logical appeal and Ethos to using an authoritative appeal. By using all three we can see how the different appeals work hand in hand to cover multiple sides of an argument.

The dress code, in today’s times, is seen as strict. The men are expected to wear collared-shirts, no shorts or jeans. The women must wear dresses at least to the knee. If one breaks the dress code, they won’t be ostracized or anything of that nature. I have heard the preacher preach on how men and women should dress, I would imagine that it made some people feel awkward. In order to become a member of the church, one must be baptized by immersion. It’s usually done in a river or lake nearby. On Sunday’s Sunday school starts around 9:45, there’s a dismissal at 10:50 and the Sunday service starts at 11 o’clock. We go back to church for the 6 o’clock pm service and again on Wednesday at 7:30 pm. There are separate prayer meetings for men and women before the Sunday service and an altar call after every service. Members are expected to give a 10% tithe to the church each Sunday. The Bible is the King James Version and we follow the Ten Commandments. No decisions are made without being brought before the congregation at a business meeting. Also, one doesn’t ask for a church role, the pastor will assign them or be voted in. If asked, the pastor might not consider

In church, does it ever seem to you a kind of game? Hypocritical. Be humble, they say, yet people come in their best clothes. Give penance, yet as they close their eyes and kneel, they compare who is better dressed, the beauty of someone else’s wife, the sway of her hips, they think of anything but prayers.

Topic: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, calling upon man to build up the Kingdom of God

Everyone follows the current fashion. People just want to fit in and be cool. In this generation, others make fun of the kind of shoes you have and what you wear. Therefore it makes us feel that we need to be like others and dress like others in order to be

The church now a day has changed drastically from how churches functioned then. I would say there has been a big change in speech. The church has seemed to focus mainly on personal problems such as Depression, Mental Illnesses, and addiction. Which Is still very important to our current world. But some social issues it has strayed away from that are serious problems. Such as gender orientation and identity. This is a complex issue but even if Christianity disagrees it must be shown more love and caring too. Because it seems that most people in this category has strayed from the church

Christianity has been facing many obstacles from all the non religious world views. There has been a lot of contemporary influence in this modern churches and Christian gatherings as they try to fit in and accommodate the changing world views. Due to all this influences, everything about Christianity is being questioned especially on issues of sex, divorce, marriage and birth control. There has also been a rise in non denominational churches started by individuals or a group of people with no ties or relationships to already established churches