Posts Tagged ‘dancing’
My daughter’s school is insisting that she take a class that includes provocative dancing
Question: Brother Hamilton, I pray you and your family are well. I have a concern about a class my daughter is taking in high school. There is provocative dancing that I don’t think it’s appropriate for her and our Christian beliefs. I addressed my concerns to the counselor in order to change her class to…
Read MoreCan I dance with my wife at home? Can I have naked pictures of my wife?
Question: Good day sir. May God continue to bless you for the good work you are doing. Please kindly help me out with these questions: As a Christian, is it wrong to ask my wife to send me naked photos of her when I am not nearby? I know that Christians do not use instruments…
Read MoreImplicitly Forbidden
by Jeff S. Smith Why do preachers often condemn things that are not even found in the Bible? Where do you ever read about gambling or pornography in your Bible? And where is dancing ever expressly forbidden? Obviously, in explicit (fully revealed) terms, these are not forbidden: there is no “Thou shalt not …” regarding…
Read MoreI’ve taught my wife the truth about dancing, but she won’t accept it. What else can I do?
Question: Well, I am married and the only problem we have is that she goes to another church that’s not a church of Christ. To be honest it not really the church that we’re clashing on, even though that’s wrong as well. It’s the dancing that she does that she still commits to doing. Every…
Read MoreHow do I teach my fiance that dancing in worship, instrumental music, and women preachers are a big deal if you want to please God?
Question: I’m getting my fiance to come to a church of Christ from being a Baptist. She had decided to study with me and learn the Word together, but it seems still a little hard to do so. For one, her mother is always in her ear and to be honest she would be mad…
Read MoreShould I let my son be in a play that contains a short waltz?
Question: Hello, I am a mom with a particular problem: my son wants to be a part of a play and in it, he would be waltzing for a few seconds. He is a 17-year-old with an aim to preach. He has been raised in the Scriptures all of his life, and we are so…
Read MoreIs street dancing or salsa dancing biblically acceptable?
Question: Please can you tell me (so that I may pass onto my son who will not listen to me) if you think street dancing is biblical? I said it is of the world, but he needs a biblical answer before he listens. Also salsa dancing. Answer: It is very easy to make rules without…
Read MoreWould it be wrong to major in dance?
Question: Hello. I’ve danced since I was young. I mean artful dance like ballet, lyrical, contemporary, and such. I’ve been a Christian since the age of 12. I am not in college, but I wanted to ask would a major in dance be bad? Is it a sin? Answer: See: “Dancing in the Bible” to…
Read MoreWhat do you think about Christians watching cheerleaders at games?
Question: I read your article on dancing, and I was hopeful that you would have a complete sermon covering this topic. Our class, last night, was on Christian Strategies for Social Life. Yes, pretty much dancing was discouraged. But, and I knew it was coming, football games and cheerleading was not an issue. It was…
Read MoreIsn’t Jeremiah a poor source to argue about the inappropriateness of speedos?
Question: I came across Preaching Like Jeremiah while researching Jeremiah. There’s a lot of good stuff here, thanks. However, I was amused that you invoked Jeremiah to defend your apparent stance against speedos; considering the dirty underwear incident at the beginning Jeremiah 13. I’m now wondering if there’s a page on your site that invokes David to…
Read MoreIs liturgical dancing wrong?
Question: I have a friend that goes to a church and she is a liturgical dancer. I read all your articles on dancing and understand the views. She told me that it was her calling to dance to the Lord. Is liturgical dancing wrong? Answer: The New Testament does not contain a commandment, an example,…
Read MoreIs it a sin for church members to watch TV shows like “Dancing with the Stars?”
Question: Is it a sin for church members to watch tv shows like “Dancing with the Stars?” Answer: I have never seen the show referenced, but then I rarely watch television, so I’ll address the problem of watching dancing. One of the problems with many dances is that they are designed to excite lust both…
Read MoreThe Moral Danger of the Modern Dance
by Frank Walton Biblical Insights, Vol. 6, No. 6, June 2006. “Dancing” can be defined simply as “the rhythmic movement of the body to music” (II Samuel 6:16; Luke 15:25; Ecclesiastes 3:4). The Ryrie Study Bible notes on religious dancing in Psalms 149:3: “In the Old Testament, whirling motion done by a single individual or by a…
Read MoreHow can dances at a wedding reception be bad?
Question: Hi, I am a young man who is going to be getting married. I would have loved to use the preacher at my congregation (a church of Christ) but he gave me a pamphlet of his “Do’s and Don’ts.” Two things that he made clear of were no alcohol at the reception and no…
Read MoreWhich women were considered liturgical dancers?
Question: Concerning liturgical dancing, who were the women in the Bible that were considered the dancers? Answer: The word “dancer” does not appear in the Bible. There are occasional mentions of women dancing, but there is no indication that it had any fixed part of worship. The article Dancing in the Bible contains a fairly…
Read MoreBut It Is the Biggest Event of the School Year!
by Greg Litmer in That Ye May Grow Thereby It comes every year. You walk through the mall and see that J.C. Penney’s, Sears, and Macy’s have rack after rack of formals for sale, and the tuxedo rental shops are advertising special deals. Before too long a lot of young Christians across the land are going…
Read MoreDancing
I. It is difficult to be a Christian A. We live in a world that says it follows the Bible, but doesn’t care what the Bible says B. As result we face many temptations and those we know don’t recognize the sins. II. What do we do? A. Live like a hermit or monk? Withdraw from all contact with others?…
Read MoreShall We Dance?
Text: Romans 6:1-2 I. Dancing covers a broad range of action A. It can be rhythmic movement in time to music B. It can be movement that expresses feelings, such as joy or enthusiasm C. It can be complex movements designed to create emotions in another person II. Dancing in the Bible A. We can find approved examples of dancing…
Read MoreDancing in the Bible
by Jeffrey W. Hamilton We will divide the discussion of dancing in the Bible into two sections. The first section will include those Scriptures where dancing is spoken of in a favorable setting. The second section is where dancing is associated with wickedness. We will note the things that are similar within each section and…
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