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 Egalitarian vs complementarian, In the beginning - Genesis, Opposing viewpoints on Mar 26th, 2008
On one of CARM’s discussion boards, “En Hakkore” accused me of misrepresenting and misunderstanding Dr. Randall Buth the author of chapter 5 in the book “Biblical Hebrew and Discourse Linguistics”. My position in my DVD series is that the Hebrew grammar in Genesis chapter 2 shows that the garden of Eden and the animals [...]
Posted in Adam and headship, In the beginning - Genesis, Jesus, The curse on Mar 10th, 2008
In dealing with women in ministry, the question has been asked of me, isn’t circumcision a proof that God only wants men to minister through leading and teaching since God gave the sign of circumcision for males only to his people in the Old Testament? Did God give preferential treatment to males when he brought [...]
Posted in In the beginning - Genesis on Jan 1st, 2008
The foundation of the dispute between egalitarians and complementarians is the creation account found in the book of Genesis. How each side views the creation of woman defines the view of woman throughout the rest of scripture.
Even before God created the woman from the side of the man, God spoke words that define who [...]
Posted in Adam and headship, In the beginning - Genesis on Apr 23rd, 2007
For those who have been following my comments on Wade Burleson’s post, the three blog articles that I refer to can be found here:
Adam as head of the family
Why was the sin of Adam more serious than the sin of Eve? Part one
Why was the sin of Adam more serious than the sin of Eve? [...]
Posted in In the beginning - Genesis, Video on Mar 31st, 2007
Understanding the basics in Genesis gives a foundation for understanding the way God views women in ministry. In this segment from the first DVD of “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free?” Genesis is examined and compared against the opposing viewpoint which limits women in ministry.
Click below to watch a free excerpt of part [...]
Posted in Adam and headship, In the beginning - Genesis on Mar 8th, 2007
Those who believe that God created a hierarchical relationship between men and women will usually state that God created Adam as the “federal head” of the human race. This “federal headship” is said to be not only physical in that all of humanity has its origin in Adam, but spiritual because of a divinely-ordained [...]
Posted in 1 Timothy issues, In the beginning - Genesis, Old Testament scriptures on Dec 27th, 2006
While we have seen from part one that Adam’s sin was said to have been a deliberate transgression of the covenant and as a result it was a treacherous act against God (Hosea 6:7) where does that leave the seriousness of Eve’s sin?
God has made a dividing line between those sins which come from a [...]
Posted in In the beginning - Genesis, Old Testament scriptures, The curse on Dec 21st, 2006
While some believe that Adam was the representative head of the human race and merely brought sin into the world because he was “head” (i.e. some say he was the covenantal head of humanity) the Bible makes it clear that Adam’s sin was more serious than Eve’s and it was the seriousness of his sin [...]
Posted in 1 Timothy issues, In the beginning - Genesis on Dec 11th, 2006
1 Timothy 2:13, 14 show that the first creation of Adam is connected to the fact that Adam was not deceived. Why was Adam not deceived? If the Hebrew text shows that God created the animals in two creative acts - one before Adam was created and one after Adam was created (but before Eve [...]
Posted in In the beginning - Genesis, Jesus on Nov 22nd, 2006
Since God is neither male nor female, some have suggested that the Messiah could have been born a female. I would respectfully like to differ with that view. In this post I want to show from scripture why the Messiah had to be a male.
The scriptures definitively say that sin came through one man.
Romans 5:12 [...]
Posted in Adam and headship, Headship/submission, In the beginning - Genesis, Jesus on Nov 20th, 2006
It is common for hierarchists to say that Adam was Eve’s head not because he was her source, but because he had an authority over her. While the teaching that Adam was Eve’s ruler before the fall of man is unsubstantiated, the fact that Adam was the source of Eve is foundational to the doctrine [...]
Posted in In the beginning - Genesis, Marriage, The curse on Nov 15th, 2006
In Genesis chapter 3 God speaks to Eve about her future. Unfortunately God’s words have been interpreted by male expositors in a way that makes God out to be a false prophet. In Genesis 3:16 in the NASB, God said “In pain you will bring forth children; Yet your desire will be for your husband“
After [...]
Posted in In the beginning - Genesis on Jul 2nd, 2006
Q: Does the fact that Adam was the only one given God’s prohibition in the garden prove that he was given a role of authority that the women was not given?
A: This is a common question and comes from a common misconception about the text in Genesis 2. However scripture does not say that Adam [...]
Posted in In the beginning - Genesis on Mar 13th, 2006
Q: In your section on 1 Timothy 2, you state that Adam saw some of the animals being created, perhaps the mates of the animals already created on day six. However, says that God had formed “all of the beasts” (NIV) or “every beast” (NASB). Wouldn’t you say that it’s a stretch to say that [...]
Posted in In the beginning - Genesis on Mar 13th, 2006
Q: Doesn’t Genesis 2:8 simply say that God had already planted a garden and then put man into it after he was formed? Don’t the following verses then go on to describe what the garden was composed of, not a sequential account of the garden being formed after the man? If 2:8 [...]
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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