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“Modesty” and the Gospel: A Word From Your SSA Sister In Christ

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  "Modesty" and the Gospel:  A Word From Your SSA Sister In Christ by Jennifer Moodie  2/14/22        Last week, a pastor had a post go viral on the topic of modesty. And social media lost it's mind. Again. This topic isn't new. And every time it comes up, it triggers me a little bit.     Many people responded to the post and wrote much clearer and thorough posts than I could hope to, and I will link some of them here, because I think they are worth sharing. But something that bothers me every time this comes up is that when some of us we say we don't think "modesty" and "women, men need you to dress a certain way to help guard them from lust" should be in the same sentence, so many jump to "So, you think women can be naked and men shouldn't notice?" That isn't what is being said. That is jumping to extremes to prove a point that is missing the point of the real point trying to be made. And it just muddies the waters.     A bi