Question: Shouldn’t [Christian schools] set high standards? Should not churches also set high ...

Question: The November 2000 issue of The Berean Call, “The Call To Discipleship,” was exceptionally good.... Having said that, I am a bit nonplussed by a statement you make in the January 2001 issue...[in which] you seem to be suggesting that Christian schools are following pet traditions having no basis in the Bible when they have dress codes which give guidelines in the realm of decency, modesty, and morality. Shouldn’t they set high standards? Should not churches also set high standards for youth in the area of godliness in attire?

Response: You misunderstood me. I am not opposed to dress codes for Christian schools (and secular schools could benefit from them also). I simply objected to “tradition” becoming the rule. If what you or your school or church follow is due to tradition, then it could not be based upon the Bible, could it? If you follow the Bible, then you don’t need tradition. My complaint was against traditions that take the place of the Bible and become their own standard of worship, spirituality, morality, or godliness. It is good for a Christian school to have a dress code that is based upon, as you put it, “decency, modesty, and morality” according to God’s Word and the conscience God has given us.