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Mike gives an extended reading and defense of 1 Corinthians 11 on head coverings, arguing the text is about role differentiation within a framework of equal personal value, not about female inferiority, and that charging God with sexism reflects moral overreach toward the Creator.

Live Q&A With Mike Winger 00:54:25 – 01:01:40

Response to viewer asking about 1 Corinthians 11 and the charge that the Bible is sexist

Mike takes the most conservative reading of the passage to show it still does not amount to sexism. Key argument: the head-covering hierarchy (God-Christ-husband-wife) parallels the intra-Trinitarian relationship (Father over Christ); calling the wife-husband structure sexist requires calling Christ inferior to the Father, which is blasphemy. He distinguishes role from value: equal in image of God and in Christ (Galatians 3:28), different in role. He reads through verses 4-11, notes the counter-balance in v. 11-12 (man born of woman, all from God), and argues modern hypersensitivity is what labels God’s structure as sexist. He explicitly avoids reading Islamic veiling practices into the passage.

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