Comments on: Wearing Hats in Worship! Big Deal?

By: Chaney

Chaney — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:17:56 +0000

Interesting topic. From a biblical perspective, men are required to remove their head gear before entering the sanctuary, regardless of where the service is being held. Simple respect. Not hard to do and it really needs no explanation as to why its done other than the Lord commands that we do so. Gayle, I appreciate your response but if you read 1 Corinthians 11:4-7, women are commanded to wear covers on their heads and men are commanded not to. Thank you for using us (servicemen and women) as an example but during my 20 years of service, we soldiers had to wear covers inside on many occassions so we aren’t good examples to support your position. Soldiers under arms, which is all of us, soldiers in ceremonies, soldiers on guard, soldiers working in the dining facilites, and many more.

By: Gayle Haynes

Gayle Haynes — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:36:03 +0000

Women wear hats all the time. What happened to equality? Military personael do not wear head covering indoors. And on and on. Culture and respect and custom and what people will think. Some things are better not made into a religious bone to chew.

By: Russell Martin

Russell Martin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:42:55 +0000

James, thanks for your comment.

By: james

james — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:37:45 +0000

Wearing hats infront of congregation for me is a big deal. Especially when you are leading the congregation. If it is not a big deal then how/ what do we feel if a pastor himself is worshiping with hat on? Leaders should always be an example & not an stumbling block. Consider the unbelievers or first timers’ comments.

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Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:14:01 +0000

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By: Russell Martin

Russell Martin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:52:42 +0000

make sure and check out the facebook thread… though I don’t know how to link to a specific thread… it has over 35 comments now…

By: Russell Martin

Russell Martin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:51:44 +0000

Thanks for your comment… Through all the comments the one thing that is coming out is the fact that it’s purely cultural. Which says to me we do it out of respect for other people. Which is not a bad thing at all.

By: Tim Schmoyer

Tim Schmoyer — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:32:20 +0000

I do both. I sometimes keep it on because I know my worship goes right through my hat (it’s not blocking anything spiritual from getting through, ya know?) but other times I remove it just because it’s not worth the conversation later about the youth pastor being disrespectful.

IMO, it’s purely cultural. In fact, Jews were expected to cover their heads when entering the Temple from what I understand.

But ultimately I wonder why people nit pick over this and let it distract us from WORSHIP! Who cares whether someone’s wearing a hat — focus on God and worship. The heart’s attitude in worship is important to Jesus than the hat issue, I’m sure.

By: Jason Huffman

Jason Huffman — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:46:05 +0000

Great post Russell. I’ve often struggled with where we draw the line between freedom in worship and being a stumbling block for others. Thanks for sharing this and for getting feedback from folks before your post. I loves seeing people’s responses.