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Podcast: Parish Presbyterian Church
Episode: 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 Authority, Headship, and Glory
Description: Here at the beginning of 1 Corinthians 11, Paul's letter begins to focus on some specific controversies in the Corinthian church that may seem rather puzzling in our 21st century context. But as in the earlier portion of the book, often the issue at hand isn't the root issue at all. Perhaps Paul isn't concerned so much with headgear and hairstyles as he is with authority: "the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God" (1 Corinthians 11:3). Many of our hymns this morning declare the authority of God. We...