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>>>>> "Anthony" == Anthony Lawson <alawson@preferred.com> writes:

    Anthony> To go beyond
    Anthony> God's revealed will (His Word), is to preach man made
    Anthony> doctrines.  Just because something is a preachers pet
    Anthony> peave is no reason to impose it on a local church.  Our
    Anthony> view should be "in essentials unity, in non-essentials
    Anthony> liberty, in all things love". We as pentecostals know
    Anthony> what the Bible teaches.  Things such as modesty of dress,
    Anthony> and having the love of Jesus in us are Biblical.

Yes, but the concept is modesty is left as only an undefined term in
the scriptures.  Without pastoral teaching beyond the details
expounded in the Bible, you have opened the door to cultural
relativism in the definition of what constitutes modesty.  While this
in itself may be OK, many metropolitan area churches in the US are
very multi-cultural.  Which culture should be allowed to define
modesty?  I say it is the culture of the *CHURCH*, as led by the
pastor.

What do *YOU* say?

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