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Can you see the orange dot? That’s the size of the hyper-fundamentalist group I (Natalie) grew up in compared to the num...
10/19/2026

Can you see the orange dot? That’s the size of the hyper-fundamentalist group I (Natalie) grew up in compared to the number of broadly Protestant/non-denom Christians.

And to be clear, there are many genuine believers who wouldn’t be included under the “Protestant” label, but if we tried to represent them too, the dot would no longer be visible.

40,000 is the estimate used for Independent Trinitarian Holiness Pentecostals (a very generous approximate for a group that doesn’t count or keep records)

750,000,000 is the estimate used here for broadly Protestant Christians

That’s 1 in 18,750

So, when I was a teenager, if you had put me in a crowd of 18,750 people who believed the gospel (1 Cor 15:1–8) and had placed their faith in Christ, I would’ve wandered around for months, searching for someone who followed our exact dress code, and conducting interviews to make sure God had led them into our doctrine and churches, before I could confidently report back that I had found someone who was “really saved.”

Along the way, I probably would’ve run into a Conservative Holiness Christian or someone else who was dressed the part, but as soon as I realized they didn’t speak in tongues or fellowship our churches, I would’ve moved on.

People like that were “good people,” in my Holiness Pentecostal mind, but they were the kind of people you befriend and try to “bring into the full light.”

The tragic thing is, in this hypothetical situation, I would be surrounded by thousands and thousands of genuine believers and be completely blind to recognizing them.

Yet, in reality, that’s not far off to how we lived our lives. The weights that we added to the gospel made us unable to recognize true believers, even if they had the fruit of the Spirit, obeyed Christ’s commands, and had other fruit of true conversion.

Imagine all the missed opportunities for
fellowship,
missions,
outreach,
and serving our communities.

Hyper fundamentalism isn’t harmless. Cultish mentalities and extra-biblical rules always end up distorting the gospel and hindering kingdom work.

May we all do better to recognize fellow believers according to the litmus tests of God’s Word, rather than the length of their sleeves or the name on their church door. How encouraging to realize the Body of Christ goes beyond our four walls!

“Upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”

– Matthew 16:18

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Read more on this topic in Nathan’s article, “How Big is the Church?” linked in the comments.

I didn’t miss out on much by being forbidden from wearing pants. Sure, I missed out on some things—like being able to cl...
10/16/2026

I didn’t miss out on much by being forbidden from wearing pants.

Sure, I missed out on some things—like being able to climb a tree, play on a playset, ride a bike, or even swing on a swing without constant fear of indecency. But overall, I adapted to exclusively skirts/dresses, and still enjoyed many play-filled years (albeit with some humiliating incidents).

I also didn’t miss out on much by being forbidden from wearing jewelry and makeup. After all, who needs a plastic necklace when you have a cowgirl bandana?

And as I got older, I didn’t miss out on anything by never experiencing what it’s like to be intoxicated or high or promiscuous.

While the God-will-reveal-your-spouse purity culture was damaging, I would take it any day over the brokenness I’ve observed in the wake of discarding a biblical sexual ethic.

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So, why complain about hyper fundamentalism? Why not just be thankful for the good parts of my upbringing, wear pants, and move on?

Because I missed out on things that were a lot more important.

• I missed out on sharing the gospel with the lost; I was too busy explaining why my hair was so long

• I missed out on getting to see how big the Body of Christ is; I was so sure that only our tiny
movement was going to heaven

• I missed out on learning to study Scripture in context; I was only taught how to twist verses to prooftext our rules

• I missed out on being discipled to apply biblical principles for myself; it was all about conforming to the group

• I missed out on being taught to ask hard questions and think critically; I learned to smile and comply

• I missed out on having a safety net of biblical accountability; we had a broken system of some people being shunned and others being covered for

• I missed out on expository sermons, small groups, Bible studies, unity with local churches of other denominations, serving our community, community outreach… Instead, we were always chasing an emotional high and calling it “revival”

• I missed out on an unconditionally loving community I could be 100% real with; instead, I was walking on eggshells and always trying to earn approval through appearances

• I missed out on resting in God’s grace; salvation felt like running a hamster wheel—just hoping I’d done enough

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I can’t begin to say how grateful I am that I’m no longer missing out. Now I’m wearing pants while playing with my kids, AND I’m doing so with full assurance that my salvation is in Christ and He’s able to keep me (Jude 1:24–25).

If you’re still entrenched in fear-filled hyper fundamentalism, you’re missing out, friend.

And if you’ve left hyper fundamentalism only to embrace the emptiness of secular deconstruction, you’re still missing out.

There’s so much richness and beauty to be found in the biblical gospel and all its good fruit.

Don’t miss out.

10/15/2026

Does 1 Peter 3:3 forbid Christians from wearing jewelry? The Holiness Handbook, and many other hyper-fundamentalist publications, say that it does. Let’s look at the context:

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“1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

2 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.

3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:

6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.”

1 Peter 3:1–6

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This passage is talking about wives winning unbelieving husbands to the Lord through their respect and character. Peter says (paraphrasing), “you’re not going to win your husbands to God by looking great, you’re going to win them by humility and respect.” Peter isn’t talking about separation from the world here, he’s addressing how a wife can win her husband. He says don’t focus on the outward, focus on the inward.

But is he saying that it is wrong to wear gold or braid “plait” your hair? He gives us a big clue when he lumps them together with “putting on of apparel.” Is he saying it’s wrong to put on clothes? Not likely. It’s more likely that he’s saying “don’t focus on your clothes, focus on your heart.” If you use this verse as an argument against wearing jewelry, you must agree that it is an argument against wearing clothes as well.

Here’s another clue. He references the holy women of old and refers to Sarah, in particular, as an example of a respectful wife. So let’s see if any of the holy women of old wore gold, in addition to their clothes and their respectful spirit.

If he thinks Sarah is a holy woman, don’t you think that her mild-mannered daughter-in-law, Rebekah, would also qualify? Here are some snippets from where Abraham sent his trusted servant to find Rebekah in Genesis 24.

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“And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not. And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;…

And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well. And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well…

[the servant retelling his story] And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also. And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.”

Genesis 24: 21–22, 29–30, 46–47

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Here is a holy woman of old, who demonstrates deep respect for her husband-to-be throughout the story. If you read the whole passage, you will see that she is clearly modeling the attitude Peter is encouraging. And she does so, while wearing golden jewelry, given to her by Abraham, through his servant.

The passage mentions the jewelry three times, so we don’t miss that it is given and worn as a symbol of Abraham’s (and Isaac’s) lavish love, not as a symbol of Rebekah’s pride.

—Nathan

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Read Nathan’s full response, including where he discusses 1 Tim 2:9, in his article “Jewelry on Trial.” Link in the comments.

Would Jesus be welcome at your church? Would He be welcome on the platform?
10/13/2026

Would Jesus be welcome at your church? Would He be welcome on the platform?

10/09/2026

You’ll never find one Bible verse that says Christians will be set apart from the world (different from unbelievers) by the way we dress.

You’ll find quite a few saying Christians will be different by the way we love.

Matthew 5:43–48 | Luke 6:27–35 | John 13:35
1 John 3:10–24 | 1 John 4:7–21

10/08/2026

“You have a dress code at your job, so why complain when your church has one?”

Church is not a business; it’s the Body of Christ.

A pastor is not a CEO; he’s an undershepherd entrusted with teaching God’s Word.

If the dress code can’t be taught from Scripture, it shouldn’t be taught.

Because unlike practical dress codes that end when you clock out (e.g. uniforms to help identify employees), hyper-fundamentalist dress codes are 24/7, “Here’s how you must always live” (not just at a church service).

If any group or person think they have the right to dictate a permanent dress code to you that’s not from Scripture, watch out—that’s dangerously authoritarian.

10/07/2026

Are “platform standards” biblical?

When cross-examining teaching on Holiness standards, the strictest dress codes are often defended with,

“But that’s their platform standard! You have to have a higher standard for leadership.”

Or, “But that’s their platform standard! The pastor can make whatever rules he wants for his platform—just like a business owner.”

Is this true? Let’s discuss.

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First, what is a platform standard?

For those who aren’t familiar, it’s a set of rules specifically for the people who step up on the platform during a church service. Mentioning “platform” in “platform standards” is just a way to distinguish the people coming to the front and serving in a public manner, and thus, representing the church to some extent (singing, testifying, playing an instrument, etc.).

There are two broad types of platform standards: moral and practical.

1. Moral: these are the timeless standards that are based in Scripture—they have a moral reason.

• Because they pertain to right and wrong, moral platform standards should be followed 24/7.
• Ideally, every attendee in the church is following these standards, but they’re a must for anyone representing the church. It is hoped that the rest of the congregation will follow the example of the people on the platform.
• The moral reason for them is based in Scripture and can be biblically defended.

2. Practical: these are the standards limited to specific people in a specific place and time—they have a practical reason.

• For example, there may be a rule that choir members should wear choir robes. Non-choir members sitting in the pews are not expected to wear choir robes, and no one’s trying to pressure them to do so. Furthermore, no choir members are expected to wear their choir robes at home.

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When businesses have their employees wear uniforms, it’s most similar to a practical “standard.” After all, McDonald’s employees aren’t going to lose their jobs if they don’t sleep in golden-arches pajamas at home. And no one wants customers to be wearing McDonald’s uniforms, so there’s certainly no attempt to pressure them into it. The purpose of work uniforms is also practical: uniforms bring a sense of sameness and help customers identify employees when they’re on the clock.

Interestingly enough, a standard that is practical in a secular workplace may be moral in a church context.

Example 1: A rule against beards—firefighters must shave their beards in order for their masks to seal.

Example 2: A rule against women wearing their hair down—food service workers must wear their hair up to keep hair from falling in food.

Both of these standards are also in some hyper-fundamentalist churches, but in those churches they’re removed from any practical reason and are instead moral issues (some hyper fundamentalists claim that beards are a sign of rebellion and that wearing hair down leads to vanity).

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So when a pastor or leadership team enforces a dress standard for the platform, which type of standard is it? Moral or practical?

That depends. These questions may assist in making a determination:

1. Are the people who are held to this standard expected to follow it all the time/nearly all the time (not just on the platform)?

2. Is there hope that the people on the platform will influence the rest of the congregation to also follow this standard?

3. Is there a practical reason for this standard?

Yes, yes, no = more likely a moral standard
No, no, yes = more likely a practical standard

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Holiness dress standards that are enforced as platform standards aren’t of the practical variety—they’re treated like moral standards instead. They are the “higher standard” that the rest of the congregation is hoped to follow.

Is this biblical? That depends.

• Does the Bible teach that long sleeves are a “higher standard” than short sleeves?
• Does the Bible teach that being clean shaven is a “higher standard” than having a beard?
• Or are these matters of Christian liberty (morally neutral) with no relation to spiritual maturity?

In order to be biblical about moral platform standards, you have to teach what the Bible teaches and define spiritual maturity the same way the Bible defines it. You can’t possibly create a “higher standard” than the one God has given us in His Word.

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Did the New Testament church have platform standards?

Not quite. The closest comparison would be qualifications for leadership roles, especially the detailed lists for elders and deacons. Some qualifications were more role-specific, like being “apt to teach” (1 Tim 3:2), but others appear across both roles, making them more like the modern platform standard.

Here are a few examples of qualifications that appear multiple times and for more than one role:

• Must be blameless (1 Tim 3:2, 10; Titus 1:6–7)
• Must not be greedy (1 Tim 3:3, 8; Titus 1:7)
• Must not be given to much w**e (1 Tim 3:3, 8; Titus 1:7)
• Must have a good reputation, especially with unbelievers (Acts 6:3, 1 Tim 3:7)

The way this differs from a modern platform standard is that we don’t see these types of standards for singers, musicians, etc., but that’s because such roles likely weren’t established. NT churches didn’t exactly have a designated person to “take up testimonies” either, everything looked different.

Whatever roles there were in a NT church service, what would apply to the believers who filled them is church discipline. Any member who continued in sin without repentance would be confronted, and if they still didn’t repent, they would be disfellowshipped and treated as an unbeliever (Matt 18:15–17; 1 Cor 5:1–13). So, instead of having certain moral standards only for members who help in the church service, perhaps there was a higher moral standard for all members in the NT Church.

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Are your church’s platform standards similar to the Bible’s qualifications for leadership roles? If so, then they may have biblical precedent.

Or is your church holding the people serving on the platform to the “higher” standard of no short sleeves, no beards, and no wedding ring, etc. seven days a week? If so, that’s not higher—that’s just way out in left field.

And sadly, unbiblical platform standards will come with the consequences of:

• confusing the congregation,
• burdening the people serving in church services,
• artificially limiting who’s allowed to serve,
• and giving people a pretense of spiritual maturity who—according to actual biblical standards—don’t belong anywhere near positions of influence

By all means, let’s have high, moral standards for people in positions of influence in our churches. But if they’re going to be “higher” standards, they have to be biblical ones. May the congregation be able to follow the example of leaders as the leaders follow Christ (1 Cor 11:1).

10/03/2026

If discipleship isn’t fully compatible with man-made rules, how do we train disciples without the rules?

Many of the things that are done in Holiness circles are already beneficial to discipleship. Preaching, prayer, Sunday school, and fellowship are all fine things. However, there are a a few critical components which must be added.

1) Modeling Effective Study of Scripture

Teach the whole Bible. Preach large passages of Scripture, not just on two words in one verse. Preach through the whole Bible deliberately, book by book, in addition to topical sermons. Teach through the whole Bible in Sunday school and Bible studies. The Bible commands us to preach “the whole counsel of God” (Acts 20:27). It is not enough to just talk about pet topics.

Focus Bible teaching on the “how we learned this” not just the “what we learned.” Being a disciple of Christ is like learning math. In the study of history, it may suffice to learn the facts. In the study of math, facts are relevant but not sufficient. If I tell you that in 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue, very well, you know the fact. If I tell you that in the equation -0.25x + 1.3 = -0.55x – 0.2, x equals -5, I haven’t told you much. You still don’t know how to solve the problem, and the odds that you will run cross this exact problem again are slim to none. Training disciples does involve teaching absolute truth (1+1=2, your own righteousness is not sufficient to save you), but it also involves teaching problem solving principles, biblical interpretation principles, and many other general principles.

Don’t treat any one person’s opinion like it is absolute. Encourage civil disagreement about non-essentials of the faith (anything not explicit in Scripture). A preacher can do this by acknowledging that not everyone interprets a passage the way he does, and by explaining the alternate interpretation, even if he doesn’t quite agree with it (I’m not talking about a heretical alternate interpretation, but a reasonable one). A teacher can encourage discussion in a class or after a class. Unlike in math, many times the answers to life’s problems are not universally applicable, and a bit of healthy discussion can help us learn more than if all disagreement is silenced. A Bible study with a high degree of guided interaction (50%+ discussion) can be very helpful in teaching people how to read their Bible independently.

2) Modeling Spiritual Disciplines

Emphasize spiritual disciplines. Bible reading, Bible study, prayer, fasting, meditation, service, giving, worship, fellowship, and evangelism are all drills that God gave us to make us stronger, heartier Christians. There has to be an emphasis on these disciplines from the pulpit as well as in corporate church practice. New Christians should soon learn what these things are and be challenged to apply them to their lives. The church should provide plenty of opportunities for community service, meaningful conversations with believers, evangelistic outreach, and Bible study. The things learned in church can then be applied in private.

3) Encouraging Universal Accountability

Build systems for personal accountability—for everyone. This includes both mentor-mentee relationships, as well as deliberate peer relationships for everyone. Such a relationship involves multiple meetings a month where spiritual topics are discussed not only in general, but also in specific regard to each other’s lives. Accountability isn’t just about keeping people from sin, it’s also about building good habits in the spiritual disciplines listed above. However, it also provides a great forum for confessing sin, and the church has to teach that confessing your sins in the right way is not only healthy, but required to please God (James 5:16). Discipleship involves one on one investment at all levels of spiritual growth. Sunday school is great, but it is no substitute for mentorship.

A focus on the Word, spiritual disciplines, and authentic relationships is a great way make good disciples and it is ultimately modeled on the very personal methods that Jesus used to disciple his own followers. Discipleship is messy, time consuming, and the only way to build effective Christians. This method stands in stark contrast to teaching rules, which rely on constant focus on narrow parts of the Bible, questionable (and yet non discussable) interpretations, and a focus on how holy we already are, rather than on how far we have to go together.

When churches employ these principles, believers are thoroughly equipped for every good work. They have an independent relationship with God and do not wish to displease him. They have practiced evangelism and service in church events, so they know how to initiate those projects in their own life. With coaching from their mentors and peers, they set up wise boundaries in their own lives. They may stumble occasionally (Proverbs 24:16), but with good coaching, they won’t live in silent shame, they will learn from their mistakes and be less likely to make them again. This is a far more mature and resilient believer than any system of rules will ever create.

—Nathan

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Full article linked in the comments

10/02/2026

Why can’t discipleship be done concurrently with teaching people extra rules to help keep them from sin? Why is it a problem to teach people all of the above traits, while also teaching them that the Bible says jewelry is wrong, they should never watch a Pixar movie, and skirts must extend 11 inches past the knee? Can’t we blend discipleship with a system of pre-ordained ‘guardrails’ against sin preached from the pulpit?

The problem with that strategy is two-fold.

First, time competition tends to de-prioritize good discipleship in favor of teaching rules. Imagine that we taught new converts that they had to live like the Amish—plain clothes and no technology. Such a teaching would necessarily consume a lot of pulpit, Sunday school, and one-on-one time. When people are new to Christ, they would spend much time asking ‘why can’t I have electricity?’ in addition to ‘do I really have to love my enemies?’ All time spent teaching, admonishing, and reminding people to live the Amish life would probably amount to half or more of all the Bible teaching. And of course, given that all of that teaching is not biblical, it would be time wasted and result in longer maturation times for new believers.

Second, and more importantly, the method employed to teach people a list of extra biblical rules directly undermines the discipleship process. It does this in many ways, too numerous to list here, but I will provide some highlights.

a) It undermines a personal relationship with God through prayer by layering a lot of things on God that he never said. The new believer now has to deal not only with the difficult things that God said—like that anger in your heart is comparable to murder—they also have to deal with difficult things that God never said, like why they can’t listen to their favorite genre of music with Christian messaging, they have to listen to it in the Southern Gospel style.

b) It undermines their ability to interpret Scripture because the method employed to teach extra-biblical rules has to be an appeal to authority or bad Bible interpretation. For example, if we teach that tattoos are sin because of a single verse in the Mosaic law, then we teach an awful method for reading the Old Testament at the same time—which can lead to many other incorrect beliefs. If we teach tattoos are sin because they are associated with evil, then we teach another distinctly unbiblical principle which will be sure to confuse our disciple in other areas of life. If we teach our disciples that tattoos are wrong because the preacher said so, then we are teaching them a third unbiblical rule which makes a better cult follower than Jesus follower.

c) It causes them to be less able to deal with sin in their own lives by making healthy guardrails for their own situations, because they are too busy applying the guardrails designed for someone else. There is a very appropriate role for personal convictions and safeguards in Christian life. But when new believers apply other people’s convictions in an effort to please God, they fail to learn how to form their own, customized to their own weaknesses and strengths.

d) It undermines their ability to witness to unbelievers effectively, because they spend more time explaining their new appearance standards than they do explaining how Jesus changed their heart. The conversation goes to the outward expressions which are not as biblically grounded and stays away from the heart of the Gospel.

You can see that teaching man-made rules is in direct conflict with teaching people how to be independent, mature disciples. No wonder that if they fall away from Holiness teaching, they often fall hard. They weren’t trained to do the basic things that Christians should know how to do.

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From Nathan’s article, “Replacing Rules with Discipleship.” Link to full article in the comments.

10/01/2026

“We even have worldly greeters at the door. I usually have a set, half of them are conservative and half of them are worldly. Okay. And the conservatives usually back out last minute. It's a lot of work to stand at the door and be friendly to people, isn't it?”

“Short sleeves and—that stuff’s not going to be on my platform. Nobody has a question what kind of church we are, but it's full of worldly people.”

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Last week, at IHC’s “School of the Prophets,” James Plank (General Secretary of the InterChurch Holiness Convention) taught Holiness ministers what to do with “worldly people” in their churches.

Based on specific examples James Plank provided, it seems that “worldly people” are genuine believers who wear short sleeves, own a television, trim the ends of their hair, don’t shave, wear a wedding ring, etc.

In order to help the worldly people stay in your church, Plank says that it’s important to give them a job. They can’t participate much in a church service, but “They can come early, turn on the lights and the air conditioning.”

This ranking system demonstrates that just because a hyper-fundamentalist church has attendees who do not follow Holiness standards does not mean the church truly “fellowships the difference.” Having people in the pews who wear short sleeves does not prove that a church views sleeve length as a matter of Christian liberty. If it were genuine Christian liberty, the short-sleeved Christians would be treated as equals in Christ, not classified as “worldly” and relegated to turning on the AC.

James Plank is very clear that his goal is always to change the “worldly people” to make them “Holiness people.” He says:

“I want all of my new converts to come to the altar, get saved, come back to the next service, get sanctified. Now throw out their television, throw out, the ladies, throw out their slacks and just become Holiness people like they used to. But America is not like it used to be. And it's going to take a little more time.”

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James Plank prefers to not have to preach Holiness standards (“hard things”). Instead, he recommends mandating Holiness standards for the leadership team, and having them influence the congregation by example.

“You don't have to preach so many hard things from the pulpit if the people that are in charge are living how they ought to live. So, you know, I don't want short sleeves on my pastoral staff. I don't want short skirts. I don't want, you know, I want them to get up in the morning and shave… I don't even want them going to Gaither concerts with people from our church. I tell them, you know, if that's something you do, do it, but don't make a splash about it. Don't put it on Facebook. Just do what you do. I'm not trying to govern every part of your life, but when it comes to you as a pastor and a pastor's wife, I'm not interested in you promoting to our people anything except old fashioned Holiness, as clear as we can be.”

From this wording, there’s no doubt that abstaining from beards and Gaither singings is what James Plank believes it means to be “living how they ought to live,” and that this is his understanding of “old fashioned Holiness.”

A little later, he shared how he brought young people on staff who didn’t already follow his exact standards. He told them to change. He did this, “because I felt like God wanted me to give them a chance, give them an opportunity, and they were worthy of investment.” The youth immediately adopted his standards because, “They're wanting to do what God wants to do.” This last line shows how highly James Plank regards his dress codes.

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All of the above makes two things very clear:

1. In a hyper fundamentalist church, Christian liberty is often an illusion.

Just because a man is not asked to leave the church over his beard does not mean he is viewed as an equal in Christ. Instead, he may be viewed as a project—an immature Christian who needs extra attention until he matures enough to shave. Not all leaders use harshness to get people to comply with their dress code, some use conditional friendliness.

2. In a hyper fundamentalist church, spiritual growth is believed to be directly correlated to strict dress codes.

The Christians with short sleeves are viewed as being worldly and immature. The Christians with long sleeves are viewed as having grown and matured, especially if they were raised such that “they never even thought about the length of a sleeve.”

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This version of Christianity is a distracted Christianity at best. A tremendous amount of focus, time, and attention is wasted on tactics to get other believers to conform to extra-biblical dress codes. Words like “Holiness” and “worldliness” are hijacked and given unbiblical meanings. The ability to recognize Christlike maturity and to look for the fruit of the Spirit is lost. Biblical discernment is replaced by measuring sleeve length—and, oh, the consequences that can come as a result of this single mistake.

Full session linked in the comments.

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