Yes, the two are connected, as one quickly learns from Paul’s exhortation on the veiling of women in 1 Corinthians 11. The issue pops up via Britney Spear’s recent escapades regarding her own hair.
The Bayly Brothers Blog takes note of Britney Spears’ shaving her head, as reported at the BBC news site. In that story, [...]
Entries from February 2007
February 22, 2007
Hair and Worship
February 15, 2007
The Hand on the Cradle
Ever since I graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary 30 years ago, I get questions from those who ask me if they should attend the same school. For a long time, I would say “No,” because what they were seeking at DTS could be gotten far faster, far more efficiently, and for far less money at [...]
February 12, 2007
Next Stop is Toon Town
Parody and satire are age-old means for exposing the foibles of error, unless …
You see, parody and satire “work” mostly by exaggerating this or that element of the error or the ones who promote the error. But, what happens if the target of parody is already so “out there,” so overblown that there’s nothing left to [...]
February 9, 2007
Seminaries: Pro and Con
Commentary on the recent blogs concerning Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and the departure of a female professor of Hebrew from its theological faculty (see here and here below) surfaced issues relating to the purpose and value of seminaries as institutions for the training of pastors. The history of seminaries as institutions is too vast for a [...]
February 7, 2007
More Egalitarian Flummery
A commenter who styles himself “Stenides” left a comment under the blog “Compromised Complementarians Repent!” below. It raises issues that deserve more exposure than they would get buried in the comments. For completeness, here’s the entirety of the comment, followed by my additional comments:
Concerning Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s dismissal of Sheri Klouda from its theological [...]
February 3, 2007
Compromised Complementarians Repent!
On January 19, 2007, the Dallas Morning News reported what was already spreading merrily through the blogosphere. I could cite the facts from many such sources, but will confine my citations to this news source, which gave the central facts as these:
Conservative Southern Baptists are fighting again, this time over whether women should be able to [...]
