Alia

@seekjustice 😀

Even though we go to a Baptist church most of the circles we move in include very traditional reformed Calvanist(ic) type churches, so that might explain some of it.  Another explanation could be that we live very near “Amish Country” which is what we call Lancaster Pennsylvania and areas surrounding it.  Did you know of the l…[Read more]

@sarah-anson

Why thank you. Its been on my mind a bit so I thought I’d discuss it.

@Rochellaine

Well, I guess if her husband just sees it as part of who she is, he’s less likely to want her to stop wearing it, so it sounds very effective to me 😛

No. No one at the church I go to wear any sort of covering and off the top of my head I can’t think of anyone else I know who would. I have some acquaintances who are devout Catholics…[Read more]

@seekjustice Yes, that makes sense. 🙂  Here’s a funny story with a similar sort of idea:

I have an unmarried friend who wears headcoverings constantly, not just in church.  We were talking about it one day, and how the Bible says a woman should wear a head covering to show that she is in submission to her husband, and we told her how we b…[Read more]

@rochellaine

I remember that sort of thing happening to me lately but I can’t remember why now. There was some reason I wanted to jump up and keep correcting the preacher 🙂

@rochellaine

Like I said, until I started reading the Bible for myself (rather than someone reading the Bible to me) I’d never heard the idea of wearing a headcovering. Since I was five I’ve attended a Baptist church and the issue was never addressed. In fact, today was really the first time I ever thought about it in depth. I personally don’t…[Read more]

@seekjustice

I think a lot of Western culture has lost the original meanings of many parts of both the New and Old testaments just because we have such a limited understanding of Eastern culture.

I completely agree!!  Actually, we’ve had that problem a few times with some sermons where we just wanted to yell at the pastor, “we know you’re trying…[Read more]

@skredder Oh my word I’m so sorry! I think I figured out the problem, but then I started beta reading Seekjustice’s book (which has a deadline I’m trying super hard to meet). I really wanna finish it; but would it be okay if I finish reading Seekjustice’s then hop right to yours? (since there’s a deadline).

@seekjustice

…so let’s see if I can do a really short post about the headcovering thing.

Quick (hopefully) answer is: We believe the headcovering referenced there is a literal headcovering, not the hair, and that the hair is used as a symbol, but an additional headcovering is what is expected by the chapter.  From the context, we think that…[Read more]

@rochellaine

I like discussing controversial topics. 🙂 Especially the ones people skirt around for fear of offending someone. 😛

Yep, I understand what you’re talking about. I think a lot of Western culture has lost the original meanings of many parts of both the New and Old testaments just because we have such a limited understanding of…[Read more]

@seekjustice Oh, to clarify, in the last post I said I don’t think God’s commandments change depending on the culture you live in.  I do, however, know that they are often understood differently depending on the culture.  I also believe that, as it says in Romans 14, what is a sin for some may not be a sin for others since even with a literal i…[Read more]

@seekjustice Ooh, not afraid of controversial subjects, are we? 😛

So, I don’t believe commandments change with cultures.  I think you’re remembering that I said we understand some parts of the Bible in a different way because of the Middle Eastern background, but what I meant was that we understand some of the things in the Bible which are…[Read more]

@rochellaine

Well, I know he was a minister of some kind but other than that I don’t really know anything about him, except that C S. Lewis liked him and his writing a lot. There was one book of his that I decided to steer clear of because of the fact that it dealt with Adam’s supposed first wife. However, since the books of his I’ve read don’t…[Read more]

@seekjustice Haha, so that’s why you listed him as a fantasy/allegory author.  I’ve read about ten or twelve of his romance novels. 😛

But anyway, my mom had read them as a teenager, so when I ran out of books in the library, and I was about fifteen or sixteen, she said I was old enough to read them.  There wasn’t much “mush” in them, as they w…[Read more]

@rochellaine

I’ve read The Princess and the Goblins, The Princess and Curdie and The Light Princess, I know I read another book many years ago but I forget what it was. I’ve never been able to find any of his other ones.

@seekjustice Basically, I was going to ask, How much have you read of George MacDonald?  I know you’ve read The Princess and the Goblins. 😉

@rochellaine

I didn’t really think I had done anything 🙂

However, I am very curious to know what you wanted to talk about.

@seekjustice Oh, I am so sorry!  That is awful.  Yes, I will pray.

@seekjustice You’re probably not up anymore, but I just wanted to say… “Whoops!” 😛  Sorry, I didn’t mean to imply you’d said anything I disagreed with in your last post.  I’m pretty sure we agree on the topic.  (I said “inspired” by your post, not “incited” by the post! 😉 😛 )

Anyway, whenever you get this, I hope you’re reassured that th…[Read more]

@seekjustice oh that’s terrible! I will be praying for strength and comfort for all the people affected by this.