Mike Seaver and Cheryl Schatz discuss/debate women in ministry 10
Responses to question #5 In the last blog post Cheryl Schatz posed her fifth set of questions to Mike Seaver regarding their discussion/debate on women in ministry. Links to all the previous questions...
View ArticleA Biblical version of the husband as head “of” (not “over”) the wife
Here is an especially moving call to husbands to rethink what the term “head” means. Click the link below to see the video: Biblical version of head “of” not “over” wife
View ArticleChurch led by woman pastor forced out of Georgia Baptist Convention
On November 11, 2009 the Georgia Baptist Convention adopted a policy that ended its 148 year relationship with First Baptist Church of Decatur, Georgia. According to the Associated Baptist News,...
View ArticleCommon objections: women’s speaking and leading dishonors men
Another common objection to women in ministry is the claim that when women speak and lead publicly it dishonors men. The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) speaks of this as dishonoring...
View ArticleCommon objections: women are more easily deceived
Another reason some complementarians claim for denying women opportunities to minister in the church is that it is said that women are more easily deceived than men so men alone are permitted to...
View ArticlePuzzling question: Why was Eve “punished” when she was deceived?
In our discussions on Genesis there has been one puzzling question. If Adam alone sinned willfully and the woman fell into sin through deception, then why did God punish Eve so severely for her sin? I...
View ArticleHave men taken away women’s “good portion”?
“…Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.” Luke 10:41-42 In the complementarian Christian community there is a lot of pressure to keep women away from a place that...
View ArticleCommon objections to women in ministry: Eve usurped Adam’s authority
In our continued topic of common objections to women in ministry, we come to the claim that Eve usurped Adam’s authority when she spoke to the serpent. To deal with this claim, we will be looking at...
View ArticleWomen in Christian school stifled while men fire school principal
On Sunday March 21, 2010 a meeting was held to determine the fate of principal John Hartwig who had been suspended earlier for engaging in conduct “unbecoming a called worker”. The Baraboo News...
View ArticleWhy “Together for the Gospel” Embraces a Complementarian Gospel
The 2010 Together for the Gospel conference is on right now as I write this article. The conference this year is called The Unadjusted Gospel and according to J. Ligon Duncan III’s blog post on CBMW’s...
View ArticleTaking the place of sole Master of the home – by law
The Bible records a law that requires men to take the place of sole master in the home. We find this law in the book of Esther chapter 1 verse 22. Let me first give a little background. King Ahasuerus...
View ArticleWhy the eye cannot say to the hand “I don’t need you”
The body of Christ is a body ministry where each of us are needed and each gift that God has distributed among us is needed. So why is it that many men say that they do not need for a woman teacher...
View ArticlePhil Johnson and the Monstrous Regiment of the Discernment Divas
Phil Johnson over at Pyromaniacshas struck up some heat on a post that he titles “The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of the Discernment Divas”. In this post and in his...
View ArticleEphesians 5 infected with the mindset of the world
In my last post I presented one of the best sermons that I have ever heard on Ephesians 5, regarding the evidence of Spirit-filled lives for both men and women. This post is on the opposite of the...
View ArticleStubble, straw and scarecrows
In 2006 my DVD Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free came out and since that time I have seen my share of scarecrows who are intent on destroying the message of women in ministry. One such scarecrow...
View ArticleContext is Key
CONTEXT is Key Recently, I listened to a pastor describe the context of 1 Corinthians 14:34-35. I was very interested to hear what he had to say since I had never heard anyone explain the context of 1...
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