The gospel is the 'sine qua non' of Christianity. That is, it is the thing without which there is no Christianity. We can be wrong about a lot of different biblical truths and still be inside the covenant community, but the gospel is not one of them. Get the gospel wrong and we lose everything.

The gospel is all-encompassing. Not that the gospel is all that is needed, but it is the glue which binds everything together, the thread which weaves together all other doctrines, the doctrine upon which the church stands or falls.

God desires to be revered and obeyed, which means that within the church God desires all things be done decently and in order.

The Church belongs to God. Therefore, God has the right to determine what we can and cannot do in church. And within corporate worship, gender roles matter to God.

When the body of Christ comes together for corporate worship, we are to be a reflection of the God we worship—order, peace, and reverence.

Humans are born sinful and become actual transgressors once they violate God's law.

All the troubles and problems the Corinthian church was having come down to this—they simply did not know God's Word.