Dressing for the Lord

by David W. Cloud

From David Cloud - To our knowledge, this is the most extensive study on the Christians dress in print. There was a time, just a few years ago, when a message like the one contained in this book was heard from fundamentalist and independent Baptist pulpits across the world, but that is no longer the case. All too often, any kind of preaching about clothing has become an oddity, an embarrassment, or a type of legalism. The resistance of the rock & roll culture to such preaching is so pervasive that many pastors have decided to ignore the matter of dress, thus the battle is lost simply because the ground is abandoned. Yet if ever there ever were a time when preachers need to warn their people about clothing issues, it is today. Modern society is drenched with indecency. A Vogue fashion show would make ancient Corinth blush. To lay a solid Bible foundation for modesty, we give a careful exegesis of about 25 key Bible passages from Genesis to 1 John, and from these Scriptures we develop Bible principles that can be applied to any nation or culture.

Genres: Christian

203 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Olivia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a phenomenal read on modesty. But you definitely must read it with an open heart. David Cloud shows modest from an Old Testament and New Testament point of view. He also gives a clear show of how men think when it comes to immodest dressing. Also, at the end there is question and answers, and men reply to a survey Bro. Cloud sent out about different clothing on women. This read encouraged me to dress modestly, not because I was nescarrily brought up that way, but to dress for the Lord and bring attention to him, not myself. God wants women to be feminine and godly in their attire.

Recommended ages: 14/15+

[Ifeoluwa Shobande · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you David W. Cloud for this insight about how the word of God teaches about dressing in the Lord.

[Peter Pinyol]

Interesting and needed book about Christian Modesty, although I cannot agree with everything He said. I Spoke with the author David Cloud, about some of those topics and he responded with a gracious spirit. I encorege to read it with an open mind and keep what is good.

[Magicalnature · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is disgusting. It actually claims that back in the day there was MUCH less RAPE because women dressed modestly, implying that women are at fault for men's evil desires. It tells you over and over that men can't help themselves "because God made them that way" and women should bear the weight of making sure men don't sin. He's constantly talking about how he sexualizes women in a way that feels almost creepy. At one point he says that there was an attractive woman in Home Depot and he couldn't help but follow her trying to get glimpses at her and implying that it was her fault because of the attire she was in.

He thinks that women should only be allowed to wear baggy floor-length dresses even if they find them uncomfortable or do hard labor jobs like working with heavy machinery. Pants are never acceptable because they are too "sexy" and force men to look at women's rear ends and vaginas. At one point he is talking about how frustrating it is for him that even Christian woman refuses to give up wearing pants and that many of these women are overweight and have had three or more children and how, although he himself is overweight, they should be embarrassed with themselves for making people look at them BECAUSE THEY ARE WEARING PANTS. So there you have it he himself is fat but he thinks it's ok to fat-shame women who have had multiple children because it's disgusting that they are wearing the exact same thing he is wearing himself. I could go on about this book and how it cherry-picks Bible verses and has so many double standards. It's really just a book to make it easier for men to blame someone else for their own problems and to keep women quiet and "shamefaced"

[Nikki · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love how the book starts each point out with Scripture. I think the author does a good job of exegesis rather than eisegesis. This book also dove into the history of women's clothing apparel and Scriptural principles to back the clothing choices of our foremothers. I also really enjoyed the surveys and the answers to the questions both from men and women on the topic. I feel that it really did help enlighten the reader to the subject and helped me personally to see how the issue is important even today. The quote "Clothing is a language" resonated with me deeply and I think that is very true. What do we first notice of someone? For most, it is how they present themselves and their manner of dress. This book is not a list of "Do's and Don'ts" but of practical advice and wisdom, especially as it pertains to how it affects the men in our lives as women and our perspective of our relationship with God as women. Very highly recommend.