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Galatians 1:19 and 1 Corinthians 9:5 — Jesus had brothers, specifically James

Skeptics Wrongly Claim Apostle Paul Didn’t Know Jesus 00:14:47 – 00:16:20

Paul's knowledge of Jesus's family members as evidence of biographical familiarity with the historical Jesus.

Galatians 1:19 reads: 'I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother.' 1 Corinthians 9:5 adds: '...the brothers of the Lord and Cephas.' Mike argues Paul not only knew Jesus had brothers but knew one by name — James. He cross-references Acts 1:15 (James praying with Mary) and Matthew 13:55 (naming Jesus's brothers as James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas) to show consistent attestation. Mike dismisses the possibility that a non-physical 'space Jesus' could have literal brothers.
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Women in Ministry - Prof Craig Keener

Paul's letters stand at the centre of the dispute over women's role in church ministry, with each side of the dispute championing texts from the Apostle. How do we understand the text in 1 Corinthians 14 where Paul instructs women to be silent, or the 1 Timothy 2 passage where women are forbidden to teach or exercise authority over men? Are these texts addressing a specific cultural situation or should they be treated as universal prohibitions? Craig Keener delved deeply into the world of Paul and wrestled with these thorny texts in his book [*Paul, Women and Wives: Marriage and Women's Ministry in the Letters of Paul*](/library/25) (Hendrikson, 1992). In a public lecture at Laidlaw's Henderson campus in September 2019, Professor Keener looked at the arguments for both sides of the question: 'are women allowed to be in ministry?', and the approaches various theologians and church traditions have taken throughout the centuries. He gave insights into the culture at the time Paul wrote his letters, and of the way false teachers were targeting women. He notes the importance of considering the original situation of Paul's letters, and that Paul does affirm women's ministry which helps us to see that Paul himself did not prohibit women from teaching the Bible always.
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What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: Women Apostles

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 5 on whether women were apostles in the New Testament

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Skeptics Wrongly Claim Apostle Paul Didn’t Know Jesus @ 00:14:47

2019-03-20

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1 Corinthians 9:5 James (brother of Jesus) Galatians 1:19 Acts 1:15 Matthew 13:55 brothers of the Lord Mary (mother of Jesus)
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