Comments on: Preaching Against Obscure Things

By: Paul Best

Paul Best — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:35:58 +0000

Philip Yancey, in his book “What’s So Amazing About Grace” points out that the Church he grew up in was so busy preaching about rock music, dancing, social drinking and the length of hair on men, and measuring the length of skirts on women that they didn’t have time to even look at the injustices around them. That same church sent vast amounts of money to support missionaries in Africa, but would not let am African-American in through the doors of the Church Building ….

By: Easterlily241

Easterlily241 — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:53:56 +0000

ooh I want to dig out my college rulebook and reread the clothing rules: there were some hilariously dated ones in there…

By: Aaron M.

Aaron M. — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:33:22 +0000

Hilarious! Apparently I have read the same rule books you have.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:49:06 +0000

In the late 90′s early 00′s I attended a fundy high school and it always amused me how out of date and obscure the chapel messages were. Nobody needed to dissuade us from listening to Michael Jackson but it was done on a regular basis. Also there was Tupac Shakur (pronounced by the speaker as Two Pack Shaker) and Notorious B.I.G. (pronounced Big). I also had no idea who Marilyn Manson was until my bible teacher tried to convince us to stop listening to his music.

Also, the ruling against popular trends was somewhat of a challenge for us. It was quite exciting to have a special rule/ announcement in your honor. If your actions necessitated a new rule it meant that the school officials deemed you popular enough to start a trend. These rules were destined to stay in the school handbook for years to come as evidenced by the fact that we were told annually that young men were not allowed to wear chambray shirts as these were considered ‘work clothes”.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:40:24 +0000

In the mid-90′s I heard one Pastor mention pagers in a sermon, as something some teens would wear, and he’s comment, “It’s for sin…”, leaving us to imagine what that sin might be – either a Girlfriend or drugs.
He also once commented on the super-baggy pants kids wore back then (any some may still do, I guess), on how they almost dropped down to the knees, but to be fair, even Alicia Silverstone make a similar comment in “Clueless” (uh-oh, I mentioned a Hollywood film

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:30:56 +0000

Is that your leg Darrell? When did you start wearing jeans?

By: ClearlyCrystal79

ClearlyCrystal79 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:11:55 +0000

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By: 1611girl

1611girl — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:13:32 +0000

according to Wikipedia, pegged pants were a style back in the 80s and 90s, started by a guy on a tv show. It’s just funny that someone would preach against it, because it was obviously a dorky thing that went out of style anyway.

By: Roda86

Roda86 — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:48:17 +0000

I grew up in the late 70′s and early 80′s. None of us knew what they meant by pegged pants. I finally asked my mom–she knew, she had worn them in the 50′s.

By: Piper

Piper — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:00:30 +0000

Wait. So is THAT what pegged pants are?! LOL!