This blog is for dialogue on the issue of women in ministry and the freedom for women to teach the bible in a public setting. It is also for questions and answers on our DVD entitled “Women in Ministry: Silenced or Set Free?” This 4 DVD set answers the hard passages of scripture that seem to restrict women’s ministry.
Posted in 1 Corinthians 11, Headship/submission on May 30th, 2007
Before we continue with our verse by verse discussion through 1 Corinthians 11, I wanted to add a note about what some consider to be the universal role of male headship. In universal male headship the male is the head over every woman. Recently I got an email from a male apologist named [...]
Posted in 1 Corinthians 11 on May 27th, 2007
In the last post I summarized the foundational points from chapter 10 that is necessary to the understanding of chapter 11. If you haven’t read it already, it can be read by clicking here. In this post I will continue our verse by verse discussion from 1 Corinthians 11:3. I will be [...]
Posted in 1 Corinthians 11 on May 26th, 2007
Because I have received several questions posed to me on 1 Corinthians 11, I think it best that we go through the passage verse by verse and that should help deal with each question in context. As we go through each set of verses, please feel free to comment or ask questions on the [...]
Posted in 1 Corinthians 11, Authority and Women on May 23rd, 2007
One question that was posed to me last week was on 1 Corinthians 11:9 regarding the creation of woman for the man. Does this mean that the woman is somehow inferior to the man because she was created for him? Let’s have a close look at the passage starting with verse 7 of [...]
Posted in 1 Corinthians 11, Headship/submission on May 16th, 2007
1 Corinthians 11 has been a hotly disputed passage regarding the meaning of “head”.
While some have seen a hierarchy of authority in this passage,
others say that Paul is explaining the importance of origins.
Is it possible that those who see male authority in the metaphor of “head” are bringing their own presupposition of [...]
Posted in Personal updates on May 8th, 2007
1 Corinthians 11 part two on the meaning of “head” is delayed for another week as our timeline for getting our home ready for sale has been pushed up. Today we signed the papers to list our home and we have until Monday to get everything in order as that is the day that the [...]
Posted in 1 Corinthians 11, Authority and Women on May 2nd, 2007
1 Corinthians 11 has been a difficult passage because of several elements that have been hard to interpret. Some of the disputed elements are the meaning of “head” in verse 3, whether head coverings are necessary in verse 5, the woman being the glory of the man in verse 7, the reference to angels in [...]
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This blog is for dialogue on the issue of women in ministry and the freedom for women to teach the bible in a public setting. It is also for questions and answers on our DVD entitled “Women in Ministry: Silenced or Set Free?” This 4 DVD set answers the hard passages of scripture that seem to restrict women’s ministry.
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