My all time favorite recommendation for challenging our perception of how we dress is this booklet: Christian Modesty, The Public Undressing of America offered by Chapel Library. If you'd like to peruse their free PDF library or order free materials, click this link.
All I can say is WOW! Every woman should hear and heed the message presented in the link above, seriously. He emphasizes that he is NOT infringing upon Christian liberty - and he's not. It is time for the women of God to stand up to the culture and its 'norms' and take back ground that has been lost, or worse given away.
In case you can't view, here are the 10 things which are magnets for a man's eyes:
1. Dresses/skirts with lengthy slits - the higher the slit, the more the man's eyes travel.
2. Dresses/skirts which hug the buttocks - likened to how a prostitute shows her wares (my interpretation).
3. Upper garments which emphasize the breasts - no need to give an anatomy lesson.
4. Unbuttoned, low necklines, blouses that show cleavage.
5. Sleeveless blouses with LARGE armholes which allow undergarments to be shown.
6. Low rise skirts or pants.
7. See through garments - wear a camisole.
8. Skirt/dresses that are too short. If you have to shimmy to pull your garment down to sit, or give a birds eye view of your undergarments, it is TOO short.
9. Slacks, pants, jeans which hug the buttocks.
10. Bare midriff or back. If you raise your arms and show some winter white - ditch the blouse/shirt.
Ladies, when we come together to worship God, it should be a safe haven for all. Our menfolk are so overwhelmed and inundated with flesh and skin every day, everywhere. We need to give them at least one safe haven.
He quotes Richard Baxter: "And though it be their sin and vanity that is the cause, it is nevertheless your sin to be the unnecessary occasion . . . You must not lay a stumbling-block in their way, nor blow up the fire of their lust . . . You must walk among sinful persons, as you would do with a candle among straw or gunpowder; or else you may see the flame which you did not foresee, when it is too late to quench it."
My perception of his final admonition? You now have the information, prayerfully seek God and headship (or a mature Christian woman's) input as to whether your attire might cause a brother to stumble. What is more important? Our vanity? Blending with the culture? OR rather glorifying God and serving Him with a pure heart?
Another site worth viewing: Does God Really Care What I Wear?
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