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 Spiritual gifts on Aug 29th, 2007
Segregation is the policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups. The question for this post - are God’s gifts meant to be segregated into races, classes or ethnic groups?
Let’s look at some biblical examples to help us answer this question. Concerning Paul, Acts 9:15 says:
Acts 9:15 But [...]
Posted in Blogs by others on Aug 24th, 2007
Well, I am off for a weekend of rest at the lake. In the meantime you may want to check out a couple of interesting links.
The first link is from Chuck on The Christian and authority. Good thoughts that have some obvious ramifications regarding the women’s issue.
The other is a blog post by Ben Witherington [...]
Posted in Spiritual gifts on Aug 23rd, 2007
In my blog entry called “Are women’s gifts secondary?” I documented the complementarian teaching that women’s gifts are secondary to men’s gifts and that women to use their gifts outside the church.
The question for this post is, are women’s gifts really meant to be used outside the church or are they to be used for [...]
Posted in Egalitarian vs complementarian on Aug 21st, 2007
Hey all,
While I am working on the next post regarding spiritual gifts, have a look at a bulletin board where the majority of people are hierarchists. I have posted a topic on the need for two or three witnesses to establish a matter. There can be quite lively discussion so if you want [...]
Posted in Spiritual gifts on Aug 17th, 2007
Last post we referenced 1 Corinthians 12:7 teaching us that the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good of the body of Christ. But are women’s gifts somehow secondary? According to leading complementarians women’s gifts of teaching are not equal to men’s teaching gifts at all.
John MacArthur tells us that [...]
Posted in Spiritual gifts on Aug 16th, 2007
Today I am starting a new set of posts on the spiritual gifts which are given to each person in the body of Christ. I would like to start with 1 Corinthians 12:7. Here Paul gives us the reason for the gifts that have been given to the body of Christ. Why [...]
Posted in Personal updates on Aug 7th, 2007
Hello all. I am leaving for a conference in Oregon and will be back in about a week. When I get back we will start a series on the gifts of the Holy Spirit and how these gifts affect the issue of women in ministry.
I will miss your great thoughts.
Anyone going to [...]
Posted in Blogs by others on Aug 6th, 2007
Today I would like to refer you to a post by Christians for Biblical Equality (CBE) called “Some things biblical feminists do not believe“. Although I do not like the term “feminists” or “feminism” because of the connection with secular feminism that complmenetarians try to read into the term “biblical feminism”, I do think [...]
Posted in 1 Corinthians 11 on Aug 3rd, 2007
Continuing on with our verse by verse discussion through the section of 1 Corinthians 11 about women, we come to verse 13:
1Co 11:13 Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
Paul is asking the Corinthians now to make a judgment call regarding the evidence that [...]
Posted in 1 Corinthians 14, Blogs by others on Aug 1st, 2007
I received an excellent link to a post on the subject of Paul silencing women in 1 Corinthians 14 and I wanted to pass it on for all to see. It is called “Shut Her Bug” and is an excellent piece by James Patrick Holding. The link is here and I especially liked it because [...]
Women In Ministry
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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