The Tale of Two Orders

Rev. David Boisclair, pastor at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Overland, MO, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study 1 Corinthians 11:2-16.

St. Paul commends the Corinthians for remembering him and maintaining the things he had handed down to them. As he turns to address the matter of head coverings, he lays out the primary theological principle: the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. Such headship is a good gift from God, and those practices concerning head coverings that confess the truth are to be used, while those practices that deny the truth have no place. St. Paul teaches both concerning the order of creation, in which God has given differently to men and women, and the order of redemption, in which God gives the same to all in Christ.

“Nothing But Christ Crucified” is a series on Sharper Iron that goes through the epistle of 1 Corinthians. In response to correspondence from the Christians in Corinth and reports about matters arising in the congregation, St. Paul writes to address various matters of Christian faith and life. Throughout it all, he directs our attention to the power and wisdom of God for our salvation: Christ crucified.