To Cover or not to Cover
5 But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since that is one and the same as having her head shaved. 1 Corinthians 11:5 I cannot remember where I read this, but one of the benefits from learning under a Pastor that teaches expositionally vs topically is that you have greater growth as a believer. Why? Generally speaking, it is because pastors who preach topically will cherry pick Bible verses for a specific topic that they are already very comfortable with. The end result is a congregation that is shallow in certain Biblical books and doctrines and usually never surpass their own pastor’s knowledge. However, a pastor who preaches expositionally must wrestle with the text and will have his own biases and long-held beliefs challenged; he must be thoroughly consistent and wholly Biblically. The result is that you will have a congregation that grows with the pastor and is semper reformanda ( forever reforming ). In addition to the above poi...