Just wait until people burst into flames because they wore jeans to church.

Somethings just need to be made fun of to show how truly busybody they are.

I don't worry about what others wear to church, but I do think the younger generation has deteriorated into a bunch of slobs. Wearing jeans, shorts, and baseball caps in church is inappropriate. I remember when women wore head covering and gloves to church. Men wore suits or a jacket and tie, Today you can hardly find a pregnant woman wearing a maternity dress.Styles? Paying good money for ripped jeans because they are in style. Our minister's wife is plastered with tattos.

It's not the jeans that will be their undoing. I've seen many a time where pastors doubt if half their congregations are truly converted. That may be being generous. But as my pastor says every Sunday...if you're not sure if you truly know the Lord, today is the best day to find out. There may not be a tomorrow.

Somethings I don't want to see and somethings I shouldn't see. I see big problems if ur a man and start sinning in your mind during a service. I bet more people bring their Bibles to church there for more than just covering their soul. I guess they didn't read the part in the Bible about dressing modestly....

I wear SONday best to church as does most of the congregation. But when someone comes in wearing less formal attire, I go out of my way to go over and welcome them and try to make them feel comfortable. We need to treat each other as Jesus would, no matter what anyone looks like.

I dress that way out of respect for Who I worship and because I feel (and perhaps behave) differently dressed in my SONday best.

An older cowboy took a job on a remote ranch
With no one close by it got lonely for him
He decided come the next Sunday he would go to church in the nearest small town
Come Saturday, he washed his jeans and denim shirt and took thread and a needle and patched the holes and nicks in them
He went in to church the next day and everyone there sat away from him
After the service the preacher was at the door and told the cowboy that he was glad to see him in church but he needed to respect God and wear better clothes when he went into the house of the Lord.
Come next Saturday and the old cowboy repeated the washing and patching and went to church the next day
People in the church still sat away from him
After the service the preacher once again met him at the door and told him he needed to wear a suit and tie or good slacks with a good shirt, coat and tie when he came to church to show respect for God
The week went by and the old cowboy repeated his routine and went in to church
Everyone sat away from him and again the preacher was there to meet him after the service. Once again the preacher confronted the old cowboy about the way he was dressed.

The old cowboy said " you know preacher I had a good talk with God this morning before I came in."
The preacher asked what he talked to God about ?
The old cowboy said " I told God about what you said as to how I should dress in order to respect and honor Him and he told me he didn't think he had been inside your church so I invited him to come with me this morning. "

^^^^^

I love that story!

I do like the cowboy story.

^^^^LOVE LOVE THIS^^^^, I preached a message a few sundays ago about following the Jesus of the Bible and not the Jesus of American/Western Church

Mark, you have moved up on my favorites list. Right next to Tony Evans. I wish you were closer to NC, I would love to know your thoughts on this latest church deconstruction movement. It has taken me a few years to realize the American Church has been getting stuff wrong. I had this great awakening at Campbell Divinity School. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, BTW your lures are pretty good too!

Follow on to know the Lord. That's something every Christian should strive for 24/7/365.

Growing up in a small rural ELCA church, nice jeans and a button up shirt were acceptable-some of the older folks wore suits. When id go my cousins MO synod church, everyone dressed up-mostly suits and dresses. I was comfortable in both. Ive been to one of the “new” churches where there is a band with guitars and the pastor wears a Hawaiian shirt and a few looked like they hadnt even showered recently. I was uncomfortable and will not return to that type of church.

TrapperTod,
Tony Evans is here at DTS quite often as he's one of the alums... and he is also one of my favorite preachers. Chuck Swindoll will be here speaking at the DTS "Preview Day" chapel later this morning and Chuck, like Tony, and all of us are taught foundationally; 2 Tim 4:1-3;

I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine.

The American church is part of a greater fallout from Europe that has largely emaciated the Gospel of Christ on that continent. Our academia has ALWAYS followed Europeans, most notably the well educated Germans. So here we are. God is in charge and there is a renewed revitalization of churches, one by one, occurring here in America but it's not merging gods as one. As many churches calling themselves Christian merge with the secular gods, a remnant of Godly Gospel Churches do remain.

We are confident God will work His Will always in that remnant.

And thanks for using our lures. Tuition here ain't cheap!

Blessings and continue to Preach Truth and Love Well,
Mark

A band with guitars?

Tambourines and cymbals are percussion.

Pianos and guitars are stringed instruments.

Get over yourselves.

No offense since I assume you play in the church band.... but I would be fine with churches having bands for special occasions like Christmas, Easter, summer festivals, youth camps, etc. But if an electrified band was part of the weekly service, I'd find a new church. For me, church should be solemn. Reverent. Anything outside an organ/piano would be too much for me.

Cmon Ang. I’m not religious and this song makes me wish I could sing

I bet you like this one too