60 gengwall,

Now, for full disclosure, I don’t necessarily buy the “head”=”source” argument either. That is best left for another time. Suffice it to say that “head” definately does not mean “authority”, “ruler”, or any other hierearchical position and Paul’s writings coupled with Jesus’ example confirm this truth…

Again, my point is not that “headship” can be ignored, it is just that complimentarians are looking in all the wrong places to find examples of it. They never look to Jesus, and that is why they stumble.

The term “head” is going to be defined by the context. In 1 Cor. 11, for example, the context of “head” is that one person comes from another. The woman is made from the man, and the man is made by God who was the ultimate physical source of life. I agree that “head” cannot mean “ruler of” since that meaning is not in the context and we have been told that one person is not to rule over another in the body of Christ.