I agree 100% with Bronwen. Check out her article.
And here's a link to my stuff on 1 Timothy 2:15 and the "saved through childbearing" phrase. https://t.co/Gyjx3hYQcF
@NickQuient Perhaps Matt thinks we should ban men from the pulpit because of 2000 years of men who have preached heresy? Hold on, what’s that I hear?
🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗
@sheilagregoire Why would girls (or boys) wear a cotton T-shirt in the water when they could wear a rashie shirt made from fabric that is suitable for swimming in and provides UV protection? That’s just considered sun sense in Australia.
@carmenjoyimes @NijayKGupta Yes…comps are the people who will tell you Scripture is 100% clear…but their interpretation of it leads to about 1001 differences in practice. As egals, we can admit if Scripture might not be 100% clear on something, but our practice is always the same - men & women are equal.
My biggest regret in 53 years of ministry is that I didn’t do my own personal exegesis sooner on the 4 passages used to restrict women. Shame on me.
I wasted those 4 yrs of Greek in college & seminary. When I finally did my proper “due diligence”, laying aside 50 years of
@MargMowczko On the other hand, maybe we should be grateful to the ESV translators for making such a watertight case for the inaccuracy and bias of that translation choice! If it were a valid choice, it would surely have occurred with much greater frequency.
Philip Payne has a new book out. His “Man & Woman: One In Christ” is essential reading on the subject of Paul & gender. Can’t wait for this new book!
When male pastors call on us to recover something called “biblical manhood” I suspect they're not thinking of the silent, loyal Joseph submitting himself humbly to his wife’s God-given calling.
[Image by Matt Chinworth]