Yet More Thoughts on Modesty

November 20, 2007

Joe,

Two comments in response to your last post:

1. I once heard John MacArthur say, ‘I could go on,’ and then go on to say, ‘Which means that I can’t think of anything more to say!’ I think half of your posts conclude with, ‘I could say more about this,’ which, if MacArthur is right, means you don’t have anything more to say!

2. I think you are a bit hasty in saying that guys don’t need to worry about this whole matter of dress too much. Yes, it is more of an issue for women protecting men. But it is just plain wrong for men to think that the way they conduct themselves does not have an effect on women. One time a young woman asked me, ‘Why is it ok for a guy to take off the top layer of his shirt and expose his stomach, but if a girl does it it’s immodest?’ For this young woman it was a temptation, one that men are ignorant of just as many Christian women are ignorant of how their clothing affects men. Along these lines, why can a man walk around the beach without his shirt on? If the answer is, ‘Because that’s what all the guys do, it’s no big deal,’ then we are being just as naive as the girls who Piper is primarily addressing in his audio clip.

All that to say that we as men should not be too quick to assume that little things that we take for granted have no effect on the women around us.

Larry

Posted by Larry | Filed Under Random Musings, Seeking Him 

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