2 - 16 Head Coverings
Should women cover their hair in church? It's not really clear: "Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of a man. For this reason a woman ought to have (a symbol of) authority on her head, because of the angels" (9 - 10). My notes state that this can be interpreted either way.
This just goes show how seriously we should take the worship service. I don't know about head coverings, but I tend to be more conservative about behaving in the church and the sanctuary. There should be a sacred place to take refuge from the world and all its secular trappings. This brings us to the Lord's Supper.
17 - 34 The Lord's Supper
Paul starts talking about abuses of the Lord's Supper. Apparently people were going there to feast and hog all the food so others go hungry. (This would be hard to do nowadays when one gets a pinch of bread and a shot of wine or grape juice). In lines 23 to 26 Paul tells how to institute the Lord's Supper (and my church quotes these lines). Paul then warns of taking the supper unworthily, advising that Christians to "Examine yourselves, and only then eat of the bread and drink from the cup. For all who eat and drink without discerning the body, eat and drink judgement against themselves." (28 - 29). Again, it is easy to forget the meaning of the Lord's Supper. I might even make a habit of examining my sins before the Lord's Supper (which we have on the first Sunday of the month).
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Crowns - neat - I never thought about those hats that way. Also, I never thought about the taking OFF of hats that way either!
In college, we had the Lord's Supper every Sunday too (a small church). It was interesting how it seemed to mean to me even though we did it more often.
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