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[S1E5] Thorny questions about modesty as place-keeping
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[S1E5] Thorny questions about modesty as place-keeping

If modesty is fundamentally about knowing and keeping our place, then certain thorny questions naturally arise. In this episode, we consider five of them:

  1. Is upward mobility immodest?

  2. Are naked babies immodest?

  3. What if you need to wear something immodest?

  4. What if you’re biblically modest, but culturally immodest?

  5. Must our dress be distinctively gendered?

And here’s the article mentioned in the episode, which may help you to fit modesty into a larger covenantal and cultural context:

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Why life without covenant = clown world
One useful way to think about covenant is to view it as the promissory or executive framework for love. Love, in turn, is conceived in Scripture as onetogetherness between people—as exemplified in the Godhead. This kind of love in the created world entails certain hierarchies and behaviors. Covenant describes the structure of these…
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