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Challenges to Complementarianism

Over at the Jesus Creed blog, Scot McKnight has highlighted a paper by David Cramer entitled Assessing Hierarchist Logic: Is Egalitarianism Really on a Slippery Slope? The paper challenges some of...

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Martha & Mary: Not Primarily About Quiet Times

There’s a well-known passage found in Luke’s gospel. It’s the short account of Jesus and the disciples’ visit to the town of Martha and Mary. The account is found in Luke 10:38-42: 38 As Jesus and his...

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Junia Is Not Alone

Not too long ago, I finished a new little ebook written by Scot McKnight and published by Patheos Press. It is entitled Junia Is Not Alone. First off, the book is about 25-30 pages in normal length and...

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A Year of Biblical Womanhood – Review

Just over a year ago, popular blogger and speaker, Rachel Held Evans, released her second book to date, A Year of Biblical Womanhood.  Here blog can be found at www.rachelheldevans.com. I know I’m a...

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Church of England paves way for women bishops in 2014

Just this week, this news came forth from the Church of England (Anglican community) in regards to women bishops: The Church of England’s governing body voted overwhelmingly in favor of female bishops...

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Church of England Approves Women Bishops

Yesterday, a decision rang forth from the isle of Great Britain, specifically from the Church of England. As announced on their own website: “The General Synod of the Church of England has today given...

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Junia: An Apostle or Not?

Yesterday was International Women’s Day. In light of such, I put up a link to an article of mine where I reviewed Scot McKnight’s short ebook, Junia Is Not Alone. The book is all of 25 pages. In the...

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Women, Prophets, and Church Leadership

Recently, Perry Noble, pastor of megachurch NewSpring, wrote an article defending the idea that women should preach. To that, theologian Tom Schreiner wrote a response for The Council on Biblical...

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CBE: From Timothy to Creation

I appreciate the opportunity of writing a series for Christians for Biblical Equality (CBE), a group how specifically advocate for an egalitarian standpoint. I moved from a more complementarian...

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Weekly Ponderings & Links: 1/28/18

Alright, it’s time to serve up the weekly ponderings and links for Sunday, January 28, 2018. For starters, Tuesday (Jan 30) will mark 21 years since I came to truly know Christ. I can’t believe it’s...

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Can Women Be Church Leaders? The Household Codes of the Bible

Can women be church leaders? It’s a big question that causes a lot of debate. Not as much today as, say, a couple of decades ago. Thankfully. Nonetheless, this remains a fairly divisive issue in the...

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The Antics of John MacArthur

John MacArthur is back at it again. His most recent comments were directed at Beth Moore, well-known Southern Baptist teacher-preacher. Here they are in the clip below. For starters, let’s just say...

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The Gospel According to Eve

I recently received a copy of a new work by Amanda Benckhuysen, Professor of Old Testament at Calvin Seminary. It’s entitled The Gospel According to Eve: A History of Women’s Interpretation. I’m...

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Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful

I want to put a new work on your radar, from Resource Publications, an imprint of Wipf & Stock. It’s entitled Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful. I was able to review the book not too long ago...

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Junia, the Woman Apostle?

Junia? Who is that? She’s a biblical character who doesn’t get much attention, really, unless one is discussing the role of women in the church. Particularly, are women allowed to be leaders (apostles,...

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The Passing of Gordon Fee

In 1966, Gordon Fee was the first scholar from a Pentecostal background to earn a doctorate in biblical studies. He championed the way of scholarship within the Pentecostal, charismatic, and...

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