Written by Remember when you were young and had to dress up in those itchy, uncomfortable clothes to go to church? When you got back home, you couldn’t get to you room fast enough to change into a comfortable pair of jeans and a t-shirt. When we asked why we had to “dress up” for church, we were always given the same answer: “We have to give our best for God.” Well, I certainly agree that we should give our best for God, but I really don’t see how that is relevant to the clothes we wear to the Sunday assembly. And there are a lot of unanswered questions: If I own a tuxedo, should I wear that every Sunday? Should women wear their wedding gowns? Why does this only apply to Sunday morning, and not Sunday evening and Wednesday evening?
Well, Tim Archer has presented a good, Biblical argument for NOT dressing up for church. Read it HERE and see what you think. If you want, you can come back here and discuss it.
I had never heard that point of view, I like it!
I like it, too!
I’m an advocate of simply being ourselves when we meet together as believers. If you like to dress up, then dress up. If you’re a casual person, then dress casual. And let’s stop worrying about how we dress and move on to more important things!
Thanks, Jeff, for sending people my way. I do need to emphasize that these thoughts came from Glenn Pemberton… I’m not that original!
Grace and peace,
Tim Archer
I have always had a big distain for “dressing up” for church. What it really does is make worship some place you go (and leave), it sets apart the less fortunate, it teaches our children the wrong things and, bottom line, it makes a mockery of true worship.
During the summer I wear shorts, sandals and a golf shirt.
Oh, don’t get me started on tying a piece of cloth, tightly, around your neck and that’s supposed to be more dressed up than someone else…
Great thoughts….although I know breaking out of tradition is very hard. However, once free I would never go back. I want everyone to feel welcomed and comfortable in our assembly…and not to worry about being dressed up enough to come.
Well thought out concept.