Propriety, Not Antiquity
At the Christian college where I earned my Bachelor’s degree there is a dress code for all regular classes and chapel. For men, this entails a shirt and tie, with dress slacks; for women, a knee-length skirt with a modest blouse or a knee-length dress. Upon arrival, freshmen often question the reasons for a dress code, considering it either stodgy or arbitrarily constricting. However, if one takes the time to honestly inquire about...
Intentional Integrity: Ten Life Strategies for Wholeness from the Book of Job (Dr. Garnett Reid)
“‘Don’t the Bible say we must love everybody?’ ’O, the Bible! To be sure, it says a great many things; but, then, nobody thinks of doing them,’” responds Henrique to young Eva in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s highly influential novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin [1]. Unfortunately in contemporary times, an ambiguous dichotomy has been drawn between theology and practical Christian living. Though there is obvious knowledge of theological issues...
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