Can Women Be Elders or Pastors? 1 Timothy 3 Can only men be overseers, pastors, or elders in the church? Some certainly think so, and they often turn to 1 Timothy 3 to show that only men were doing so. I certainly saw this as one of the most convincing passages that excluded women from …
Part 1: “Submit to one Another out of Reverence for Christ” Part 2: “Mutual Submission in Marriage” The Household Code Wives submit to your husbands; children obey your parents; slaves obey your masters… Stay in your lane! Uphold the forces that be! Is that what Paul was saying? Maintain the status quo? Back then, men …
Part 1: “Submit to one Another out of Reverence for Christ” Mutual submission in marriage Paul instructs us to be filled with the Spirit in submitting to one another in reverence for Christ. I think, as discussed in part 1 of this series, that this mutual submission is to place our brothers and sisters in …
Part 2: “Mutual Submission in Marriage” Introduction Some may think egalitarians are repulsed by the idea of submission, especially a wifely submission towards her husband. Being submissive has the pejorative connotation of being malleable and passive; hardly seen as qualities to aspire to. Nevertheless, there are numerous calls for wives to submit to their husbands …
Growing up in the church seeing only men in front preaching and only men leading, I believed the lie that I was less valuable because I was female. I would ask God, “What is wrong with me?”, “Why did you make me a girl/women?”, “Why did you make things this way?” My identity was not …
I want to address the issue of women prophesying and teaching in the church because there are still many restrictions put on women in many churches around the world. It is widely recognized that discrimination based on race, age, or social status is unacceptable (there is still room for improvement). Whereas we have mostly overcome …
I have been reading the book of Acts recently and I was struck by the story of Ananias and his wife Sapphira. I couldn’t help but compare them to Adam and Eve because I recently wrote an article on the creation story. Both couples act together to disobey God and are judged for it. It is …
The basis for Male and Female Equality in the Genesis Creation Story I have heard numerous times, by different people, that male authority and female submission are clearly taught in the Genesis creation story. They will then go on to says that because God created it this way in the beginning it applies universally, to …
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“There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.“ Galatians 3:28, NIV Many look to this passage as their anthem of liberation. This passage certainly is powerful. It seems to establish equality between all people before God. Regardless of nationality, …
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John 4 I am no one. My father is gone, I have no brothers and I have no sons. I have been disgraced by man after man. They have left me to be destitute. They have cast me into sin. The man I am with now will not even marry me. I am no one. …
