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Bishop Riggen opens from 1 Corinthians 11, emphasizing that the chapter's true subject is submission to authority, beginning with Paul's call to imitate him as he imitates Christ. He stresses the chain of command: Christ is head of every man, man is head of woman, and God is head of Christ. Authority is not a license for men to rule arbitrarily; a man's authority must come from Christ, and he cannot command a woman to violate scripture. The Bishop then explains the importance of symbols in scripture, using Moses striking the rock as a warning: because the rock represented Christ, violating that symbol cost Moses entry into the Promised Land. He parallels this to New Testament communion, where disrespecting the bread and cup brings spiritual consequences, even sickness and death. Applying this to hair, he asserts that God ordained hair as the symbol of submission to authority. For a woman, long hair is her glory and covering, signifying her submission to her God-given authority; for a man, long hair is a shame because it dishonors his head, Christ. He refutes the idea that Jesus had long hair, stating scripture shows it was not. The Bishop connects Paul's teaching to Old Testament precedents where cutting a woman's hair represented shame, captivity, or immorality. The sermon’s spiritual purpose is to establish that hair length is not a cultural preference but a biblical symbol of divine order, and that honoring this symbol brings protection, while violating it invites spiritual danger.