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In: Galatians, Mutualist • Egalitarian, N. T. Wright, Reviews

I’m reading N.T. Wright’s latest popular installment entitled Surprised by Scripture and chapter 4, “The Biblical Case for Ordaining Women” caught my attention. Having read his stance on this issue in other writings, I expected not to be “surprised.” Though I wasn’t “shocked, amazed, stupefied, or bewildered” (all synonyms ofRead More

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In: Bible, Church, Mutualist • Egalitarian, Reviews

I just finished reading through Craig Blomberg’s excellent Can We Still Believe the Bible?. It’s a tour de force that tackles topics such as the trustworthiness of our copies of the Bible instead of original manuscripts, canon of Scripture (both Old and New), King James Version controversies, inerrancy, historicity and genre,Read More

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In: Mutualist • Egalitarian

Dear Complementarian: If you embrace the theological position that God the Son is eternally (read “permanently”) subordinate to God the Father and then ground your belief that submission of the wife to the husband is permanently true because of this theological position, then what does this text mean? At theRead More

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In: Mutualist • Egalitarian, Phil Payne, Reviews

My 10-part summary and notes on Phil Payne’s Man and Woman, One in Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Study of Paul’s Letters. You may download all of the content listed below as a PDF file. DOWNLOAD Chapter 1 “Backgrounds to Paul’s Teaching regarding Man and Woman”, Chapter 2 “Women PaulRead More

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In: Bible, Church, Mutualist • Egalitarian

Recently I was talking with a dear friend and brother in Christ when the topic of church leadership was mentioned. In our discussion I recalled this passage from Mark 10:35-45, which reads: Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you toRead More

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In: Bible, Mutualist • Egalitarian

Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you. — Gen 3:16 You know the text. It’s a portion of God’s response to that tragic moment when Adam and Eve brought ruin and shame upon the whole human race by their disobedience. If you’ve run inRead More

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In: Christology, Mutualist • Egalitarian

Dear Complementarian: If you hold to the theological position that God the Son is eternally (read “permanently”) subordinate to God the Father and then ground your belief that submission of the wife to the husband is permanently true because of this theological position, then what does this text mean? AtRead More

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In: Culture, Mutualist • Egalitarian

Here’s a solid and balanced response to the sheer nonsense coming out of the extreme complementarian camp (yes, there are degrees of complementarianism). See also, Rachel Held Evans’s insanely sane treatment of the issues. Also, Matt Mikalatos jabs in “How Sesame Street is Undermining Biblical Values” “Strachan explains that thisRead More

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In: Church, Mutualist • Egalitarian

Graham Cole has written a keen and insightful essay entitled “WOMEN TEACHING MEN THE BIBLE: WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?”. In it he sketches out 7 considerations why women can teach men the Bible. Those considerations are: Consideration 1: Authority comes from God and his Word Consideration 2: 1 Corinthians 11:3 andRead More