Comments on: Passage of the Day - 1 Corinthians 11

By: christy

christy — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:41:12 +0000

Yes, that definitely helps, I didn’t know that. There’s another similar situation that always made me wonder…how about this one, I’d be surprised if any Christian church adhered to this one…

“As in all the congregations of the saints, 34women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says. 35If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.” 1Corinthians 14:34-35

By: Ben Snyder

Ben Snyder — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:53:31 +0000

Christy,

The comments about head coverings were cultural in the sense they were dealing with married women who were not worshiping with their “wedding hats” on - or in our day it would be similar to not wearing your wedding ring. To not wear a head covering was to insinuate one was “available” and thus very disrespectful to the husband and ultimately to God. One of the cardinal rules in understanding scripture is - what does this text say to the original hearers. Which means understanding the “cultural” understandings, norms, values, etc will help then apply the text our day. Hope this helps.

By: Christy

Christy — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:38:55 +0000

Hi Ben! I was hoping you’d be out here today (yesterday)…as I read this bells were going off in my head. I know this isn’t the angle you went with it, but I’m just wondering a bit more about this head-covering thing…I have found myself in situations where I’ve had to defend the agnostic’s claim that Christians “pick and choose” what we want to believe out of the bible. And I must say, it’s been a difficult corner to be in. How can we read these passages and just dismiss it as somthing “cultural”? Paul sounds just ADAMANT about this.

Thanks for listening!