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How is head covering going today?
Head covering is a biblical tradition that has existed in the church since the beginning. For centuries it represented the different callings of Christian men and Christian women. That was the purpose of the tradition. And then, approximately 1950 years later, it went out of fashion. If you ask most people in churches today why it is no longer practiced, the vast majority will not really be able to tell you. “It was a cultural thing,” they’ll say, despite the fact that over almost 2000 years the church has existed in many different cultures and places and still kept the custom. The truth is, of course, it is a cultural…
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Living like the King – Luke 17-49
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The coming Messiah has come – Luke 5:33-6:5
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The sick and the sinners – Luke 5:1-32
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Talking about temptation – Luke 4:1-13
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1 Corinthians 11:16 – The Churches of God.
If anyone wants to be contentious about this, we have no other practice–nor do the churches of God. (1 Corinthians 11:16) After giving in-depth reasons for the tradition of covering and uncovering from verse 1 to verse 15, Paul ends with this sentence. There are two things to note. 1. The word “other”. The word “other” in the NIV, NLT, NASB, CSB, NET and many other translations is actually incorrect. The ESV, KJV, and NKJV translate the Greek word τοιαύτην correctly as “such”. That creates an apparent problem. When Paul says, “we have no such practice”, it appears that Paul is reneging on his 15-verse exposition of the head covering…
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1 Corinthians 11:13-15 – Natural Covering.
1 Corinthians 11:13-15 13 Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14 Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him, 15 but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering. **My apologies in advance: Usually Christian men preserve women’s modesty by “covering” references to womanly body parts, i.e. speaking indirectly. On this occasion, however, I will need to be a bit more direct, in places embarrassingly so.** Let’s see if I can make this short and sharp.…
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1 Corinthians 11:13 – Returning to the main point.
Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? (1 Corinthians 11:13) The main point: This verse supports the position that the head covering tradition is for church meetings. After the aside in 1 Corinthians 11:11-12, Paul restates the main point of the passage, i.e. a woman should wear a covering on her head when she prays. Yet, this time, Paul reduced the parameters of head covering. No longer is Paul talking about covering or uncovering when praying and prophesying, he now speaks only of praying. A synecdoche, you say? Of course. Paul is not now denying that women should cover (and…
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1 Corinthians 11:11-12 – We Rely on Each Other, Ah Ha.
And we rely on each other, ah-ha,From one human to another, ah-ha. Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb Sung by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton (Lyrics approximate only). So, this is what Paul has said so far (paraphrased of course): Women should wear a head covering. Women should wear a head covering. Women should wear a head covering. Women should wear a head covering. And then we come to verses 11-12. In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. For as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God. And the streamers and…
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1 Corinthians 11:10 – What does “because of the angels” mean?
“It is for this reason that a woman ought to have authority over her own head, because of the angels.”(1 Corinthians 11:10 NIV Bible) What’s that stuff about the angels? I’d like to suggest that head covering is a sign of the authority of man over woman to remind the church of God’s created purposes for man and woman in the face of spiritual attack from fallen angels. Here are my reasons: Paul rarely, if ever, drops ideas into his writing out of the blue. Instead, he moves from one idea to another, even if the particular meaning is not 100% clear (e.g. 1 Corinthians 15:29). Therefore, it seems likely…
