Are Head Coverings Merely Cultural?

Welcome to our very first Q&A! Last month we asked our listeners to send in their questions relating to 1 Corinthians 11, which talks about headship within the Christian marriage and head coverings.

Today’s guest is Dr. Gregory Lockwood from Adelaide, South Australia. Dr. Lockwood is an emeritus professor who has worked at Concordia Theological Seminary at Fort Wayne, Indiana, as well as at the Australian Lutheran College in Adelaide. His commentary on 1 Corinthians was published by Concordia Publishing House in August, 2000 and has been distributed worldwide.

We hope that this episode will serve you in your own personal study of God’s Word on these topics.

COMMENTARIES

1 Corinthians Commentary by Dr. Gregory Lockwood

https://www.cph.org/1-corinthians-concordia-commentary

First Epistle to the Corinthians Commentary by Gordon Fee

https://reformers.com.au/products/9780802871367-nicnt-first-epistle-to-the-corinthians-fee-gordon-d

VIDEOS

Mike Winger - Women in Ministry Series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HQSlQLYQsE&list=PLZ3iRMLYFlHuBtpJlwi7F5JYw3N5pKyLC

BIBLE VERSES

Genesis 1:26-27 - God creates male and female in His image

Genesis 2:23 - Adam’s poetry to Eve

Exodus 20:3 - The First Commandment (of the Ten Commandments)

Psalm 19:5 - poetic metaphors of the sun

Proverbs 31:23 - A godly woman brings honour to her husband’s reputation

John 5:39 - The Old Testament testifies of Jesus Christ

John 10:30 - Jesus and the Father are one

John 13:15 - Jesus gives His disciples an example to follow

John 13 - Jesus washes his disciples feet at the Passover Feast

John 14:28 - The Father is greater than the Son

John 21:15-17 - Jesus instructs Peter to pastor His people

Acts 14:23 - Paul and Barnabas appoint elders in the church

Acts 17:18 - Paul debates the Greek philosophers

Acts 20 - Paul calls the pastors together

Romans 6 - Christians are dead to sin and alive in Christ

1 Corinthians 1:12 - divisions within the church at Corinth

1 Corinthians 6:12 - “all things are permissible for me” - a Greek Stoic belief

1 Corinthians 11:2-16 - Paul’s instructions to the church regarding male headship and head coverings

1 Corinthians 14:23 - when the church assembles together

1 Corinthians 14:34-35 - women are to abstain from judging prophetic words in the church assembly

1 Corinthians 15:32 - “let us eat and drink for tomorrow we die” - a Greek Stoic belief

Ephesians 5:22-33 - Paul’s instructions to husbands and wives

1 Thessalonians 2:20 - Paul calls the church “his glory”

1 Timothy 2:11-12 - women are not to have pastoral authority over men in the church assembly

James 1:15 - Warnings against letting your temptations grow and becoming sinful acts

James 3:17 - The characteristics of a wise Christian

1 Peter 3:1-5 Peter’s instructions to Christian wives and husbands

1 Peter 5:2 - Peter’s exhortation to the elders

OTHER RESOURCES MENTIONED

VI: Theses on the Office of the Ministry - 

Theses of Agreement of the Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand (LCANZ)

https://lca.box.net/shared/static/eu94q385nbnfae2lzs12.pdf

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

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