Headship and Glory: A Creational Paradigm
Paul addresses male headship in worship because it is fundamental that men embrace their roles as men—in the home, in the church, and in the world.
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American and European societies in our time are confused about what it means to be human, and this is nowhere more obvious than in the area of sexuality. Not only are sex outside of marriage and homosexual marriage approved of, but men and women identify as they see fit; they are self-creators of their own realities and roles. Christians must return to their source of authority and consider carefully the Bible’s ground rules within the Church for the nature of men and women.
The result is confusion about what it means to be human. Men are increasingly renouncing their traditional place of headship, choosing perpetual singleness - growing older without growing up. Women, confused about their place in society, assume more masculine roles. Children in cultures of sexual instability grow up in absurdity and are robbed of examples of normal human behavior. The result is an unsustainable mess.
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