Biblical head coverings

I’ll preface this post with a statement that it contains my personal convictions. A conviction is like an opinion, but with the added weight of Scriptural support and motivation toward heart …

What the Bible Says About Head Coverings

Soon after discovering head covering, I went to the internet for more information. Almost immediately I found K.P. Yohannan's free e-book, Head Coverings. I devoured it and many articles by Jeremy, the founder of the Head Covering Movement. But while KP and Jeremy are great at explaining the doctrinal whys of head covering, I was kinda on my own when it came to the hows of head covering. Enter YouTube. The one-stop-DIY-video shop where you can figure out how to take off your car's bumper…

(a guest post by my husband) 1Cor 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. 1Cor 11:4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. 1Cor 11:5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. 1Cor 11:6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a…

Modesty according to one biblical lexicon is "the state of being appropriate for display". This is propriety in clothing where our "unpresentable parts are [covered], which our more presentable parts do not require" (1 Cor 12:23-24). It is a command of Scripture to dress modestly (1 TIm 2:9-10).

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Keisha Castle-Hughes as Mary in "The Nativity Story"

In this video we introduce the topic of Christian head covering as taught in the Bible (1 Corinthians 11:2-16). We explore various reasons why this topic is important and why we must take it seriously.

I began covering in the Fall of 2012, and the journey has been amazing. Where I’m standing now isn’t the same place I started, as I can see when looking back on the past nine years. Head covering has taught me some important life lessons. And right now, I bet I already know what you’re thinking: I’m about to say that head covering helped me learn to be a more submissive wife. Though that is certainly true (and I will be coming back to that in a moment), there are actually some other ways…

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