ここのコミュニティーの人たちは本当にすばらしいです。非常に多くのユダヤ人クリスチャンの方々が、イエス様に信仰を持ったゆえに、家族から絶縁されています。また洗礼式を行なうのも覚悟が要ります。というのも、うちの教会で洗礼式が行われるという情報が流れると、オーソドックス・ジュー(正統派ユダヤ教徒)の人々が教会に暴動を働きかけてくるからです。(なぜなら、一人のユダヤ人がバプテスマを受けるということは、ユダヤ人であることから離反すること(de-Jewed)を意味するからです。)このように自分が、クリスチャンという[イスラエルにおいては]少数派の一員であるという体験は、周りの文化ではなく、意識的に自分の信仰を実践し生きていくということを学ぶ上で大きな励みになっています。 Read more
The following article is a part of our re-blog series where we seek to give exposure to those who are writing interesting pieces on Complementarianism and head covering. We are not the author.
Dear brothers and sisters, today, I’d like to share my joy with you regarding the Christian Head Covering in 1 Corinthians 11. A few weeks ago, a Japanese brother wrote to my blog, saying that by reading the HCM articles, he was convicted that the Christian Headcovering is applicable for today (though he was not sure, at that time, that this command should be applied to ALL Christian women or not.)
Then, this evening, this same brother wrote to me and said as follows: I made a small leaflet regarding my personal conviction of the woman’s headcovering practice and distributed it to my wife and several other sisters in the church today.
Wow! Isn’t he brave? Isn’t he like a 21st century “samurai”? Yeah, I think he is! Not only this brother, but I’ve also witnessed other courageous and valiant complementarian brothers who stand firm on the Bible doctrine.
And I strongly believe that there must be many other potential “samurai” brothers in the churches across the globe whom the world is waiting for their emergence! We need more brothers like him who dare to testify the Bible truth gently and fearlessly.
As regards to the recent phenomenon called the “feminization of the church”, the Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood said as follows;
Walk into the average evangelical church in America, and you will likely sing lyrics such as “I want my life to be a love song for you, Jesus” and “I want to fall in love with you.”
Then you might hear a sermon encouraging Christians to be “intimate” with Jesus and attend a “care group” where everyone is expected to share their feelings.
Such tactics might appeal to women, but they are at least partially unbiblical and push men away from Christianity, according to Randy Stinson, executive director of The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) and assistant professor of gender and family studies at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS).
“Where are the men in our churches today?” Stinson said in a lecture sponsored by the SBTS theology school council March 29. “We have a crisis going on in the local church. Number one, men aren’t coming. And number two, when they are coming, they’ve [sic] marginalized, they’re being passive, they’re being pushed to the side.”
I believe that the recovery of the practice of the headcovering will reinforce and further the Biblical masculinity and femininity. And it must be one of the strongest testimonies of the 21st century Christian churches to the gender-confused world that God exists and that there is a creation order of men and women which reflects His infinite wisdom and beauty!
A Very Useful Little Book on the History of the Church’s Response to First Corinthians 11:2-16 (Hidden Glory) “… other defenders of the head covering have been going ahead on the subject…The best thing to happen recently is a booklet of quotes down through history on the head covering passage, Headcovering Throughout Christian History, that fills in the historical picture.”
FALL || WINTER Collection… (Garlands of Grace) On October 1st, Garlands of Grace unveiled their Fall/Winter 2014 line of head coverings. Be sure to check them out.
How To Keep A Tichel From Sliding Off Your Head! (Hannah’s Headcoverings) “It’s a problem that faces most women who wear headcoverings…struggling to keep it on…eventually I discovered a few tips for keeping it on!”
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