My previous “pastor” looked at my feet and said; “flip flops? Really?”
I smiled and replied; “Sandals! Jesus wore them!”
This, at the big screen, skin tight skinny jeans (with holes, by the hip-hop jumping “worship team”) and smoke machines. Music so loud that before you walk in there’s a basket with disposable foamy ear plugs and gun range quality full ear muffs. Topical teaching with vulgar humor, worldly motivational speech teachings and a little Jesus sprinkled in.
Jesus isn’t ashamed of me.
I recall a story that Chuck Swyndol told, which goes something like this;
One day, after church, a group of older ladies approached him and requested that he address the attire of the younger ladies, asking that they should wear pantyhose, or nylons. Chuck’s reply was; “Well ladies, fashions change with time. There once was a time when the only ladies who wore those were prostitutes”.
That ended that conversation and the matter was promptly closed.
Fashions vary by region. In Hawaii, business attire is a luau shirt, not a suit.
In Florida, flippies ARE shoes.
If I’m anywhere but the beach and I see men’s toes I don’t go back there. Natures way of saying stay away
As at the beach I am certain that Jesus’ sandals were area appropriate and that He kept His feet in witness appropriate condition