Tribute to Carol Wever
I have been working for two weeks on my second post on 1 Corinthians 11:2-16, weighed down trying to sort it out and desiring to accurately communicate God’s truth. However this post will be a bit different from our usual exploration of scripture as it pertains to...
A Glaringly Difficult Passage and Some Indicators of Equality
1 Corinthians 11:2-16 2 Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold fast to the traditions just as I delivered them to you. 3 But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of...
Unity, Equality and Significance
Galatians 3:26 - 28 26 for through faith you are all sons of God in Christ Jesus. 27 For those of you who were baptized into Christ have been clothed with Christ. 28 There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male and female; since you are all one in Christ Jesus....
The Other Plumb Line: you guessed it – Different Roles in the Church
Acts 1:15-26 In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (the company of persons was in all about 120) and said, “Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to...
Plumb lines for the Church
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come! Colossians 3:9b -10 you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self. You are being renewed in knowledge...
Home Economics or Shop?
Last January I witnessed a conversation between one of my daughters and my 89 year-old father. My dad was telling some stories about his youth, and he brought up that when he went to high school, all female students were required to take home economics and all male...