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Monthly Archive for March, 2010

John Piper takes leave of ministry to work on his marriage

Posted in Marriage, News on Mar 28th, 2010

On March 28, 2010 complementarian John Piper announced that he is leaving ministry for a time because of several issues of pride that were affecting his soul and had taken a toll on his relationship with his wife Noël .  Below is what Piper has written about his issues and his next steps.  It would be [...]

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Women in Christian school not allowed to speak while men fire school principal

Posted in 1 Timothy 2, Authority and leadership, Authority and Women, News, Prejudice in the church on Mar 27th, 2010

On Sunday March 21, 2010 a meeting was held to determine the fate of principal John Hartwig who had been suspended  earlier for engaging in conduct “unbecoming a called worker”.  The Baraboo News Republic in Baraboo, Wisconsin documents the letter that was sent to school parents that announced Hartwig’s suspension: In a letter to school parents announcing [...]

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Adam and Eve and the sin nature that comes through the man – how does this affect the issue of women in ministry?

Posted in Adam and headship, In the beginning - Genesis, Old Testament scriptures, Questions, The curse, The fall of man on Mar 26th, 2010

The question has come up on this blog whether Adam had a sin nature at the fall that would have been passed on to all of us and if this is an issue that is important regarding women in ministry.  After all we need to know why it is that only Adam would bring sin [...]

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Common objections to women in ministry: Eve usurped Adam’s authority

Posted in Adam and headship, Answering complementarian arguments, Authority and leadership, Authority and Women, Egalitarian vs complementarian, Headship/submission, In the beginning - Genesis, Old Testament scriptures, Opposing viewpoints, Prejudice in the church, The fall of man on Mar 21st, 2010

In our continued topic of common objections to women in ministry, we come to the claim that Eve usurped Adam’s authority when she spoke to the serpent. To deal with this claim, we will be looking at both the claim that Eve rebelled against Adam in the garden and the claim that God gave Adam [...]

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Have men taken away women’s “good portion”?

Posted in Egalitarian vs complementarian, Injustice towards women, Prejudice in the church, Women serving in the church on Mar 14th, 2010

“…Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”  Luke 10:41-42 In the complementarian Christian community there is a lot of pressure to keep women away from a place that doesn’t belong to them.  Because of the teaching that there is a “biblical manhood” and “biblical womanhood”, and the way [...]

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Puzzling questions from Genesis: Why was Eve “punished” when she was deceived?

Posted in In the beginning - Genesis, Injustice towards women, Old Testament scriptures, Prejudice in the church, The curse, The fall of man on Mar 7th, 2010

  In our discussions on Genesis there has come one puzzling question.  If Adam alone sinned willfully and the woman fell into sin through deception, then why did God punish Eve so severely for her sin? I would like to propose that we have misunderstood what happened when God dealt with Adam, the woman and [...]

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Common objections to women in ministry: women are more easily deceived

Posted in 1 Timothy 2, Answering complementarian arguments, Complementarian errors, Egalitarian vs complementarian, In the beginning - Genesis, Prejudice in the church, Women serving in the church on Mar 1st, 2010

Another reason some complementarians claim for denying women opportunities to minister in the church is that it is said that women are more easily deceived than men so men alone are permitted to minister in the church.  A good example of this kind of rationale is found here with this excerpt: But why should Eve’s [...]

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