Comments on: Is Boys Wearing Skirts Really a Biblical Issue?

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:24:31 +0000

Amen, Craig. Agreed.

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:16:07 +0000

I’d say by no means are the dresses themselves unbiblical but rather the acts of sin that may often accompany them, which Scripture clearly spells out. Cultural norms come and go, but God’s definition of sin is unchanging.

By: Mark Cone

Mark Cone — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:06:32 +0000

I find it interesting that in Dr. Mohler’s response about the New York Times article he spends a good deal of time talking or alluding too aesthetics. He makes mention of boys wearing skinny jeans and girls wearing tuxedos that leads me to believe that, even though this has serious implications, he is responding with an opinion. Trying to frame his personal aesthetic preference with the Bible, and if we are honest I bet he would have something to say about how you or I dress. If we can separate ourselves from the aesthetics of the situation and focus on the reason or the heart of the individual for doing so, we can then see what the biblical and social implications are. We unfortunately have created a society that does not affirm or allow boys and men to be what God made them, so lets first teach the Gospel creating Godly men who are men, and then we can attack the aesthetics.

And you are correct he is not a nut.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:33:42 +0000

He’s not a nut. He’s the President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He’s a good guy, but I think he missed it a little on this one.

The question we should really be asking, and that I think Dr. Mohler would have done better by addressing, is exactly what you bring up, Mark: Are these teenage boys still exhibiting masculinity or are they blurring the gender lines in their conduct?

I’d bet the answer is yes they are blurring gender lines in conduct, and in that sense it’s very much a Biblical issue.

By: Mark Cone

Mark Cone — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:24:59 +0000

All I know is that if I was to wear a skirt or heck a wedding gown you would still know that I am a man. And I would still act like a man, there are attributes that are inherent in boy’s and girl’s that have nothing to do with how you dress. Now I have to research this guy, but he sounds like a nut.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:13:33 +0000

I agree that you don’t have the legs for a skirt.

While it may be true that the church hypersexualizes things, don’t you think that is because we live in a hypersexualized culture that lends itself to striking hard against that culture?

Where do you begin to draw the line on what is accommodating culture and what is clearly unbiblical?

It seems to me that the motivations of the heart behind such dress is more important than the clothing itself.

By: David

David — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:30:09 +0000

I’m inclined to think that the church hyper sexualizes a lot of things, a teenager wearing a skirt is a decent example.
Our culture is not somehow the penultimate example of what makes a man, a man and a woman, a woman. So just because our culture says that guys don’t normally wear skirts it doesn’t mean than you dishonor God by doing so.
What about kilts? Those were sportswear, that’s pretty masculine.

To be honest, I’m not sure I’ve got the legs for such fashion.