Welcome to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace.

My name is Kristen and my name is Katie.

And we want to spend a few minutes a day with you walking through the New Testament, one chapter at a time.

This year we will fix our gaze upon Christ so that we may know Him, not only with our minds, but with our hearts.

Together we will learn that who Jesus is changes everything.

Hey friends, welcome back to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace. My name is Katie, and together we are walking

through the New Testament in a year. Currently, we are studying First Corinthians, and today, we will be in

1st Corinthians 11. As always, you can follow along with the Behold

studies in the Daily Grace Co-shop or with the reading plans linked in the show notes.

Today and in the next few chapters, Paul will continue to address a few issues sparking division

within the Corinthian Church. In Chapter 11, Paul will address issues that have risen up within

gatherings of the church, head coverings on women in the have risen up within gatherings of the church,

head coverings on women in the church, and the abuse of the Lord's Supper.

Then in chapters 12 through 14, Paul will address spiritual gifts.

As we get into Chapter 11 and discuss head coverings, it's important to know that this is a highly debated topic.

Great theologians and scholars come to different conclusions on what Paul is saying here. So if you read today's chapters

and feel confused, join the club. This chapter is even more difficult from our modern perspective.

If you were to look around your church on a Sunday morning, it's not likely you see a room full of women with covered heads. It's not the standard in today's time. But in the first century church, women covering their head in public was a normal practice. In fact, Paul says that this is customary of the early church in general in verse 16. Again, scholars debate what exactly is going on here,

but it seems that women in Corinth were perhaps taking their Christian liberty to mean that they

can defy cultural norms and remove their head coverings in worship services. But this expression

of freedom could be misinterpreted because a lack of head

covering in the first century was associated with sexual availability. New believers would see a

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