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 Oct 31st, 2007
This is the last in our series about spiritual gifts and here we discover that spiritual gifts are a means for our obedience.
Scripture is clear that we need to desire spiritual gifts but we are also to use our gifts for the benefit of the body of Christ. Paul commands us to desire spiritual [...]
Posted in Authority and Women, Spiritual gifts, Women Pastors on Oct 25th, 2007
What has the spiritual gifts got to do with authority? It has plenty to do with God’s granting us all authority to use our gifts as representatives of God himself. In 1 Peter 4:10, 11 God tell us:
1 Peter 4:10 As each one has received a special gift, employ it in [...]
Posted in Spiritual gifts, Women Pastors on Oct 13th, 2007
Continuing in our series on the gifts and their use by men and women in the body of Christ, we come to an unusual passage where the gift seems not to be a thing but a person.
In Ephesians 4:7, 8 we see that grace is given to each one of us apportioned out by Christ [...]
Posted in Spiritual gifts on Sep 12th, 2007
In Ephesians chapter four Paul gives us a glimpse of what the gifts of the Holy Spirit are meant for. Paul starts out with humility, tolerance and love:
Eph 4:2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love,
Eph 4:3 being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the [...]
Posted in Spiritual gifts, Women Pastors on Sep 10th, 2007
While some people consider a “Pastor” to be an office, scripture lists “Pastor” as a spiritual gift in Ephesians 4:8-11.
Ephesians 4:8 Therefore it says, “WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES, AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN.”
Ephesians 4:11 And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, [...]
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 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 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 [...]
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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