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Scripture Commentary article 2009-03-19

Round 2 Interview With Paul

This post is the second one of a simulated interview with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day. While Paul gets to experience life in the 21st century, Doug, a strong complem

1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:13 1 Timothy 2:15 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism

Scripture Commentary article 2009-02-20

Did God Give Up On The Woman

Many people think that God was especially hard on Eve after she was deceived by the serpent in the garden. In fact hierarchists have determined that God was so hard on Eve by punishing her with a multitude of lashes for her sin, that some might get the idea that God punished the one who was deceived

Genesis 3:14 Genesis 3:16 Genesis 3:17 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve Women in Leadership

Scripture Commentary article 2009-02-17

Adams Sin Imputed To Eve

One of the most bizarre teachings of CBMW is the one taught in Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood in chapter 3 written by Raymond C. Ortlund Jr

Ecclesiastes 3 Genesis & Creation Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2009-02-02

Adam And His Ms Organ

The creation account has been used by many as a foundation to produce myths and stories. While this post will concentrate on modern day myths, it is also helpful to understand some of the historical myths about the creation of male and female

1 Corinthians 11:7 1 Corinthians 11:7-8 1 Corinthians 11:8 Complementarianism

Scripture Commentary article 2009-01-30

Man Give Woman Self Understanding

Was the first man needed to give woman her self-understanding. According to Raymond C

Genesis 2:18 Genesis 2:22 Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve Complementarianism

Scripture Commentary article 2009-01-28

The Difference Between Male And Female

This is a quickie post because I couldn’t resist allowing my four year old grandson Isaac to teach us all some of the basics. Ready

Complementarianism

Scripture Commentary article 2009-01-27

Ortlund Obscuring The Nature Of Male And Female

In our discussion of CBMW’s book Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood , continuing on in chapter 3 in the writings of Raymond C. Ortlund Jr

1 Timothy 2:13 1 Timothy 2:14 Colossians 3 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership Complementarianism

Scripture Commentary article 2009-01-24

The Emperor Has No Clothes

In the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood’s book Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood , chapter 3 is written by Raymond C. Ortlund, Jr

2 Corinthians 11:3 Genesis 3:13 Genesis 3:2-3 Genesis & Creation Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2009-01-22

Did The Serpent Have More Knowledge Than Man

The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood has published a book called Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and on page 73, John Piper and Wayne Grudem write that Adam was ordained as the one responsible for the life of the garden. The reference is in response to a quote from 1 Timothy 2:14

1 Timothy 2:14 Hebrews 1 Isaiah 1 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2008-09-06

Public Statement Regarding Matt Slick

Public Statement regarding the Cheryl Schatz initiated Matthew 18 meeting with Matt Slick (CARM)

1 Peter 4:10 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:15 1 Timothy 2 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership

Scripture Commentary article 2008-08-28

The Sin Of The Man

We have been looking at Genesis 3 and the fall of man. In this post I want to concentrate on Genesis 3:22-24 to see what we can understand from God’s words that result in God’s actions and why God judges differently between the man and the woman by bringing sin into the world only through the man

Genesis 2:15 Genesis 3:22-24 Genesis 3:23 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2008-08-25

Satan The Liar 2

We have been looking at Jesus’ words in John 8:44 which says that there is no truth in satan. We are comparing this to satan’s words through the serpent in Genesis 3:5 and God’s words in Genesis 3:22

Genesis 3:22 Genesis 3:5 John 8:44 Genesis & Creation

Scripture Commentary article 2008-08-07

Was Eve Mistaken

In our continuing discussions on the fall of man we have dealt with the issue of Adam as guardian of the garden and the charge against Eve that she added to God’s word. In this post I will deal with the position that Eve did not sin by adding to God’s word but she was merely mistaken regarding what

Deuteronomy 12:32 Deuteronomy 4:2 Genesis 1:28 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2008-08-03

Silence Of Adam Sin

In our continuing discussion about the fall of man, we have seen that there are no witnesses and no charge of sin against Eve for adding to God’s word. Therefore we must conclude without any charge of sin, that the woman did not add to God’s word

Ezekiel 33:1 Ezekiel 33:2 Ezekiel 33:3 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2008-07-30

The Case Against Eve

In this continuing look at the creation and fall of man, today we come to the conversation between the woman and the serpent

Deuteronomy 12:32 Deuteronomy 19:15 Deuteronomy 19:16 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2008-07-27

The Unfaithful Watchman

In the last article we saw that God gave additional information to Adam and his wife regarding what they were allowed to eat and God gave freedom for them to be fruit inspectors as he gave them a test to know what was good food. In another post we will talk more about Eve’s words to the serpent and

1 Timothy 2:14 Ecclesiastes 1 Ezekiel 3:17 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2008-07-20

Adam Eve Fruit Inspectors

In my last post I showed how in Genesis 1:29 God spoke to both the man and the woman directly and told them both what they were given permission to eat. This effectively destroys the argument that Adam was the one delegated to give direction to the woman regarding what she could and couldn’t eat

Genesis 1:29 Genesis 2:16 Genesis 2:9 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2008-07-17

Eve And God

One’s world view can cause one to have presuppositions that bring set patterns of reasoning that have nothing to do with the text of scripture. One of these areas is with Eve’s relationship with God and whether God placed the man in charge of her basic knowledge

Ecclesiastes 2 Genesis 1:27 Genesis 1:28 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve Complementarianism

Scripture Commentary article 2008-06-20

Was Adam A Type Of Christ

Recently I received a request to post my ideas on why Adam chose to sin when he was not deceived. The writer went on to ask:

1 Corinthians 10:11 1 Timothy 2:14 Genesis 3:12 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2008-06-19

Was The Man Given Authority To Rule The Woman

This is the fifth and final response to Matt Slick’s article called Genesis 2, Adam and Eve, and Authority

1 Timothy 2:11-15 2 Corinthians 11:3 Genesis 2:16 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission

Scripture Commentary article 2008-06-16

Authority And Created Order

In this fourth part of my response to Matt Slick’s article called “Genesis 2, Adam and Eve, and Authority” , I am going to deal directly with Matt’s comments regarding authority and created order. Matt writes:

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:12 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission

Scripture Commentary article 2008-06-15

Naming Of Eve From God

This is the third response to the article by Matt Slick called “ Genesis 2, Adam and Eve, and Authority “

1 Tim. 2:12-14 Gen. 3:20 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2008-06-12

Special Authority To Adam

This is part two of the response to an article by Matt Slick of CARM called “Genesis 2, Adam and Eve, and Authority” found here

Colossians 21 Exodus 18 Genesis 1:27 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2008-06-10

Authority Withheld From Eve

This article is a response to an article written by Matt Slick of CARM called Genesis 2, Adam and Eve, and Authority. The article is found here

Genesis 1:26 Genesis 1:27 Genesis 1:28 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2008-05-18

Eve Deceived Adam Not

For a PDF copy of this article click here Eve was Deceived pdf file

1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 1:6 1 Timothy 1:7 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Debates

Scripture Commentary article 2008-05-17

Woman Representative

This post is an answer to Matt Slicks article called “1 Timothy 2:9-15 “a woman” is representative of all women as “a man”represents all men”

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:12 1 Timothy 2

Scripture Commentary article 2008-05-12

Primogeniture

In the next of Matt Slick’s articles on women in ministry that I will be reviewing is his article called Primogeniture found at Matt gives what he considers to be the meaning of primogeniture:

Exodus 31:9 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve Women in Leadership

Scripture Commentary article 2008-05-07

Answering Matt Slicks Agenda On 1 Timothy 2:12

This is part 2 of answering the complementarian objections of Matt Slick on 1 Timothy 2:11-15. See part one here

1 Peter 4:11 1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2008-03-26

Dr Randall Buth Refutes Accusation Against Me On Carm

On one of CARM’s discussion boards, “En Hakkore” accused me of misrepresenting and misunderstanding Dr. Randall Buth the author of chapter 5 in the book “Biblical Hebrew and Discourse Linguistics”

1 Thessalonians 5:21 Daniel 5 Genesis 2:8 Genesis & Creation

Scripture Commentary article 2008-03-10

Circumcision The Woman And The Kinsman Redeemer

In dealing with women in ministry, the question has been asked of me, isn’t circumcision a proof that God only wants men to minister through leading and teaching since God gave the sign of circumcision for males only to his people in the Old Testament. Did God give preferential treatment to males wh

Acts 7:51 Deuteronomy 10:16 Deuteronomy 30:6 Women in Leadership

Scripture Commentary article 2008-01-22

The Husband As King Over The Wife

In part two of this discussion we asked whether God has ordained that a woman must have a priest in the home to represent her to God and God to her. Today we continue our discussion about whether a husband is to have the position of king over his wife in their marriage

Acts 4 Genesis 2:23 Genesis 2:24 Headship & Kephale Authority & Submission Complementarianism

Scripture Commentary article 2008-01-04

From Bobbed Hair Bossy Wives And Women Preachers To Woman Be Free

I am very pleased that Stan Gundry has given me permission to post his story about how he changed his view from a staunch complementarian to an egalitarian. I would also request that if you have a story about your own journey from prejudice to freedom in Christ regarding women in ministry that you e

1 Corinthians 11:5 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 1 Corinthians 7:4 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership Complementarianism

Scripture Commentary article 2008-01-01

The Original Woman Needed Or Needy

The foundation of the dispute between egalitarians and complementarians is the creation account found in the book of Genesis. How each side views the creation of woman defines the view of woman throughout the rest of scripture

Genesis 2:18 Genesis & Creation Complementarianism

Scripture Commentary article 2007-11-03

Does Head Mean Boss When It Is Connected To The Body

This is the first in a series about marriage and the connection between marriage to women’s gifts in the church

Colossians 2:19 Genesis 2:23 Genesis 2:24 Genesis & Creation Headship & Kephale Spiritual Gifts

Scripture Commentary article 2007-09-30

The Rest Of The Story 1 Timothy 211 15 And Matt Slick

> Proverbs 18:17 (ESV) The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him

1 Peter 4:10 1 Peter 4:11 1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 2 Debates

Scripture Commentary article 2007-09-26

Matt Slick And Cheryl Schatz Debate 2

Matt Slick and I had an interesting discussion on whether Paul was stopping true biblical teaching in 1 Timothy 2:12 or whether Paul was stopping error. My answer concerning the imperative command to let a woman learn (1 Timothy 2:11) and the fact that all teaching by “a woman” was to be stopped unt

1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:15 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership

Scripture Commentary article 2007-09-19

Debate Audio Between Matt Slick And Cheryl Schatz

If you didn’t get a chance to hear the debate regarding women Pastors between Matt Slick of CARM and myself, you can hear it at this link

1 Timothy 2:12 Esther 18 Hosea 1 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership

Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-28

Interdependence In The Lord

In our verse by verse through 1 Corinthians 11, we now come to verse 11:

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:12 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale

Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-27

1 Corinthians 113 And Head

In the last post I summarized the foundational points from chapter 10 that is necessary to the understanding of chapter 11. If you haven’t read it already, it can be read by clicking here

1 Corinthians 11:12 1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 11:8 1 Corinthians 11 Debates

Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-23

#More 110

One question that was posed to me last week was on 1 Corinthians 11:9 regarding the creation of woman for the man. Does this mean that the woman is somehow inferior to the man because she was created for him

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:7 1 Corinthians 11:9 1 Corinthians 11 Genesis & Creation

Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-23

Why Was The Woman Created For The Man

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:7 1 Corinthians 11:9 1 Corinthians 11 Genesis & Creation

Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-16

Paul And The Head From 1 Corinthians 11

1 Corinthians 11 has been a hotly disputed passage regarding the meaning of “head”

1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:12 1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2007-04-23

Adam Was Blamed But Why Wasnt Eve

For those who have been following my comments on Wade Burleson’s post , the three blog articles that I refer to can be found here:

Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2007-04-17

Is God Male

Is God male in some way. Many Christians think that he is

1 Corinthians 11:12 Ephesians 3:14 Isaiah 66:13 1 Corinthians 11 Genesis & Creation

Scripture Commentary article 2007-03-08

Is Adam The Representative Head Of The Human Race

Those who believe that God created a hierarchical relationship between men and women will usually state that God created Adam as the “federal head” of the human race. This “federal headship” is said to be not only physical in that all of humanity has its origin in Adam, but spiritual because of a di

1 Timothy 2:14 Colossians 2:11 Colossians 2:13 Genesis & Creation Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-27

Why Was Adams Sin More Serious Than The Sin Of Eve Part Two

While we have seen from part one that Adam’s sin was said to have been a deliberate transgression of the covenant and as a result it was a treacherous act against God (Hosea 6:7) where does that leave the seriousness of Eve’s sin

1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 2:14 Genesis 1 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-21

Why Was The Sin Of Adam More Serious Than The Sin Of Eve Part One

While some believe that Adam was the representative head of the human race and merely brought sin into the world because he was “head” (i. e

1 Timothy 2:13 Hosea 6:7 Numbers 15:30 1 Timothy 2 Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-14

Why Adam Wasnt Deceived Part Two

This post is a continuation of the comments from part one with discussion between Michael and Cheryl