Heads, Head-Coverings, Headaches

Heads, Head-Coverings, Headaches

1. A hard passage!
2. Interpreting hard passages
   • We always need to read in context
   • We need to practice wise "weighing"
   • We need to apply the "analogy of Scripture"
   • We need to pay attention to the "strong anchor" principle
3. Some clear context
   • Symptomatic problems with deeper issues
     • Division between parties that claim to follow Paul, Apollos, and Peter
     • A man living in sin with his stepmother
     • Members of the church suing each other
     • Whether or not to allow your virgin daughters to be married
     • Whether it's okay to eat food sacrificed in pagan temples
   • Known errors and sins in Corinth
   • Sensitivity to the scruples of others
   • Submission is an essential Christian quality
   • Creation as an essential fact
4. So then, in 1 Corinthians 11
5. So what?
   • First, we need to honour what God has created
   • Second, we need to pay attention to the signals we send
   • Finally, we all need to be good submitters