I started this, even though I'm yet to seriously begin the study on this, because of issues such as head coverings (Chapter 11), etc.
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Taken from my other entry:
The sermon touches on Paul's view on marriage, though not of his own "opinion", but as someone holding the office of an apostle. In Point II.A: Cannot serve two masters - Worldly marriage, the pastor said "Bad marriage is worse than no marriage [at all?]" [a quote apparently from Neil Clark Warren co-founder of eHarmony] to weigh in on how being single is better, despite that there's nothing wrong but good in the blessing of marriage. Perhaps in reference to 1 Corinthians 7:1,7-8,26,28,33-35,38 (...does better...),40.
Me: The quote is a fun play with words especially it being obvious even from a worldly sense, but one can also say "bad singleness is worse than being married" though not likely to be as popular as the former quote because this one is at a more spiritual level and a more serious effect in the relationship with God. Bad singleness leads to an unhealthy view of women, of genders, and thus unto the Creator of genders essentially. So, the quote itself though interesting, is moot if it is not clarified (i.e. only focusing on sexual aspects, etc.). The only reason Paul gave to imply being single as better than marriage is simply less distraction (v.35). And only those who recognize this distraction in a full zeal to serve God is considered truly called by God to make themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake (Matthew 19:12), to marry oneself into the fellowship of God's children as father, mother, son, daughter, such as Paul. This blessed singleness is certainly not being complacent in the Lord, doing less than a zealous married couple. There seems to be a common erroneous American fundamentalist (any other cultures as well) Christian view on marriage being identical to sex or sexual relationship, as if in marriage one must have sex, though it's presumed. Such view itself is perhaps why Paul (along with other reasons that equate quality from above with from beneath) came up with 1 Corinthians 7, contrary to this shallow view of these Christians, to break away from the wrong conception of marriage. Sex is not a required, nor should it be the only component in marriage. So there is no such thing as I am not interested in the opposite sex. Such is the beginning of a bad singleness view.
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v.5-6 On Head Covering. Per Stephen Tong (Q&A #38 in 教会·教牧·服事), Head Covering is just a representation of submission, being submissive. I would add that therefore it's not about fashion or a mysterious purpose, any interpretation in those directions leads to idolatry.
38、请问姐妹在敬拜的时候需要蒙头吗？
答：蒙头的意思就是要顺服，而有头发盖头也可能是蒙头的一种方式之一。公会如卫理公会、长老会都没有蒙头的习惯，而弟兄会、福音堂、聚会所就有蒙头的习惯。所以，有的人解释蒙头就是把一块布盖在头上，有一些人就用纱网蒙在头上。到底蒙头的意思是什么？真正的意义就是表示顺服。有人问：“为天使的原故，女人要顺从。”，这是什么意思？我发现一个可能性：我们不要像夏娃，夏娃因为不顺从就堕落在跌倒的天使的计谋里。“你们要存庄重虔诚的心，免得如同始祖夏娃，你旧的始祖，她受迷惑，就上了魔鬼的当。”所以那些不顺服的天使，成为 使人被误导的原因；而顺从的天使成为我们顺从的榜样。
and another:
2、关于假基督徒怎么看法？
答：我们许多时候都爱讲魔鬼工作，魔鬼工作，有时候魔鬼做一半我们自己做一半，我们自己不认一天到晚认魔鬼，这个不大对。教会里面产生仇敌，我请你注意我所讲的的是那个思想的，或者以行为出卖主的失去本份的那一方面的仇敌。我们不要把弟兄当作仇敌，也不要把仇敌当作弟兄。这个请你先弄清楚。那么教会里面的仇敌，你注意看可能从圣经所提到的事情来看，主耶稣说让麦子同稗子同样在麦田里面，不要先薅出来。等到耶稣基督再来的时候，再把他拔出来。主许可那些假基督徒在教会中间，不但二十世纪有，就在初世纪的中间保罗就提到了假弟兄的危险，假使徒的危险；也就是要你知道有假的人。那么你说唐先生讲了教会里面有假的人，这个人就是，那个人就是；这个不一定，因为我们不知道哪一个是哪一个不是，那么我们从信仰可以知道，从那些没有真正把神的恩典在行为上显明出来的人我们有时候可以知道，但是这个不是绝对的。但是呢，在信仰上有一些相对性的差异，我们不要把它分的太大，甚至把它当作仇敌。比如有的教会要蒙头，有的教会不蒙头，那么蒙头的教会就说不蒙头的教会都是假先知，那不蒙头的就认为你们蒙头的都是太过陷于字句，字句叫人死。那么这样就变成仇敌，那就不必要了，因为那个不是最重要的。最重要是绝对性的真理，有它一定的范围。还有什么问题吗？
Another of Tong's response to head covering:
...还有另外一个例子，圣经说女人要蒙头。所以有的教会就给每一个女孩子一祷告，一听道，就盖一块布。后来外邦人看，奇怪这些女人跟男人不一样，头上盖一块白布做什么。后来为了不太现露就变成一块黑布。后来黑布还不方便用黑碗。因为圣经说女人要蒙头吗。圣经的教训，所以蒙头，一定要做，因为圣经的教训。既然教训，一定要做。有的教会说不，为什么不呢？因为保罗只有对哥林多教会讲，没有对以弗所、加拉太、腓立比其他的教会讲。所以如果要蒙头到哥林多去才蒙。那后来有人查出来了，为什么在哥林多的教会要蒙头呢？因为那边好的女人都是把头蒙起来的。那么那些比较时髦、比较野、比较淫乱放纵习惯的人他们都不蒙头。所以保罗说你们要蒙头，给人认出你们是好女人。但是又有一句话说这是为了顺服权柄的缘故。所以有一些基督徒呢，他就从某一节圣经找到，这是绝对的，那是相对的。
整个次序是清楚的，但是当亚当犯罪时，次序开始颠倒了。夏娃本应当听上帝的话，她却去听蛇的话，就开始犯罪了。
我们对罪不要用行为的角度看，应当从位份与次序的角度看。当位份与次序不守本份时．这就叫“罪”。天使犯罪是因为不守本份，夏娃犯罪是因为颠倒次序，也是本位的失去，这叫堕落。堕落有二种，一种叫“向下堕落”，另一种叫“向上堕落”。如何向上堕落？当撒旦说，“我要与至善同等”，离开本位要向上就堕落了。不当上而上，不当下而下，都是堕落。凡不守本位，离开一点点，就是堕落了。