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 Authority and leadership, Ephesians 5, Headship/submission, Marriage, Submission on Jun 21st, 2010
In our past discussions on Ephesians 5:21-22, we have been discussing the issues of mutual submission and whether there is authority in marriage. In this post, we will discuss the foundation of humility.
One very important part of the nature of God that is rarely talked about is God’s nature of humility. In fact God [...]
Posted in Authority and leadership, Ephesians 5, Headship/submission, Marriage, Marriage and women in ministry, Submission on Jun 15th, 2010
Our discussions on Ephesians 5:22 has sparked a flurry of comments with literally hundreds of comments later and seemingly no end to the “iron sharpening iron” discussion between egalitarians as well as complementarians. This is the place where the discussion will continue as my blog has a habit of blanking out all of the comments [...]
Posted in Adam and headship, Authority and leadership, Egalitarian vs complementarian, Ephesians 5, Headship/submission, In the beginning - Genesis, Submission on Jun 2nd, 2010
When is authority given and when can it be rightfully assumed? These are questions that have divided egalitarians and complementarians in the area of marriage. While egalitarians generally will agree that submission is a characteristic of Spirit-filled Christians who love and respect the body of Christ, and who serve each other with love, complementarians say [...]
Posted in Authority and Women, Ephesians 5, Submission on Jun 1st, 2010
Since our last post on authority and submission had so many comments it appears it is going to crash the post like another post did. So I am asking everyone to continue their comments on this post (comments post #2) so that we can continue without having a crash.
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Posted in Answering complementarian arguments, Authority and leadership, Ephesians 5, Headship/submission, Marriage, Opposing viewpoints, Submission on May 23rd, 2010
Yesterday I received two polar opposite views of Ephesians 5:22 by email. One was from “NN” who has responded here in the past. He is a complementarian who has commented on authority in marriage, one of a handful of complementarians who have been willing to give their views on women on this blog in a [...]
Posted in Ephesians 5, Headship/submission, Injustice towards women, Spiritual Abuse on Nov 5th, 2009
The following is a very eye opening article by Lee Grady. From Fire in My Bones online, November, 2009. Copyright 2009 Strang Communications; all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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Christian teaching on male headship is often used as a weapon against women. This abuse must be confronted.
Last week during a ministry trip to Hungary I heard a painfully familiar [...]
Posted in 1 Corinthians 11, Adam and headship, Authority and Women, Complementarian errors, Ephesians 5, Headship/submission, In the beginning - Genesis, Spiritual gifts on Oct 27th, 2009
Does a woman need a spiritual “covering”?
Submission and authority are a big issue in the church today. Closely tied into the issue of authority is the teaching that women need a spiritual “covering”. Men, we are told, are to be the spiritual “covering” to provide protection and to allow the man to have the accountability. [...]
Posted in Answering complementarian arguments, Complementarian errors, Egalitarian vs complementarian, Ephesians 5, Headship/submission, Opposing viewpoints, Submission on Jul 5th, 2009
In my last post I copied Wayne Grudem’s “Open letter to Egalitarians” and I listed the first question of his “Six Questions That Have Never Been Satisfactorily Answered”. Today I am posting his second question, Suzanne McCarthy’s expert Greek answer, and my own challenge after that.
2. hypotasso: Where the Bible says that wives are to “be [...]
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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