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I have been invited by Pastor Dave Woolcott to participate in a new blog conference on women’s eldership in the church put on by the Ryde Presbyterian Church in Ryde, Sidney, Australia. The blog address for the conference set for September 1 – 15, 2009 is The blog is on line now and active and I in

Ephesians 1 Women in Leadership Debates

Scripture Commentary article 2009-08-05

Mike Seaver And Cheryl Schatz Discussdebate Women In Ministry 4

## Are Witnesses and Repetition needed to Prove Women may not teach the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:27 1 Corinthians 12:21 1 Corinthians 12:7 1 Timothy 2 1 Corinthians 14 Women in Leadership

Scripture Commentary article 2009-07-29

Mike Seaver And Cheryl Schatz 2

## Facing the spiritual “law” head-on from 1 Corinthians 14

1 Thessalonians 5:19-21 1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Corinthians 14 Women in Leadership Complementarianism

Scripture Commentary article 2009-07-24

Jimmy Carter Leaves Sbc

## What made Jimmy Carter leave the SBC

1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Complementarianism

Scripture Commentary article 2009-07-14

Wayne Grudem 4

This is the part 4 of answering Wayne Grudem’s “ Open letter to Egalitarians ” and his “Six Questions That Have Never Been Satisfactorily Answered”. Today I am posting his fourth question, Suzanne McCarthy’s answer from the Greek and my own questions below that

1 Timothy 2:12 Hebrews 7 Isaiah 4 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism

Scripture Commentary article 2009-06-15

Semigalitariansim And Feminist Air

When does explaining God’s Word make one an enemy of the church. According to Mike Seaver, a woman who is allowed to teach the Word of God to men, even if she is under the authority of her husband and even if she has received authority from her pastor to teach the Bible (and assuming her pastor is m

1 Corinthians 14:23 1 Corinthians 14:24 1 Corinthians 14:31 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism

Scripture Commentary article 2009-06-14

Woman Called As Missionary Has Regrets

Recently, I received an email from a woman who purchased my 4 DVD set “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free. ” and then wrote me about the impact that the DVDs had on her

Ecclesiastes 4 Hebrews 4 Malachi 13 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership

Scripture Commentary article 2009-05-30

Neopatriarch Fails To Refute Cheryl

Some have wondered why “Chris” the complementarian stopped posting here. Apparently, he could not get his refutation of my work to stand in an interactive forum so he moved it over to a place where he could have the floor to himself

1 Timothy 2:10 1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:11-12 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism Debates

Scripture Commentary article 2009-05-13

Paul Women Pastors 8

This is the eighth in a series of simulated interviews 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

1 Timothy 3:1 1 Timothy 3:1-7 1 Timothy 3:2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism

Scripture Commentary article 2009-04-19

Paul_And_Genesis

This is the sixth in a series of simulated interviews 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

1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:13 1 Timothy 2:14 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership

Scripture Commentary article 2009-03-25

Round 4 Interview With The Apostle Paul

This post is the fourth 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

1 Thessalonians 4:16 1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism

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 2009-02-13

King_Uzziah

In an interesting blog post on Pyromaniacs the February 10th post, author Dan Phillips tries to link the rebellion of King Uzziah and his punishment of leprosy with the “unfaithful” act of women who apparently are committing treachery against God by becoming pastors. Is this really true

2 Chronicles 25:1 2 Chronicles 25:14 2 Chronicles 25:15 Women in Leadership

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 2009-01-22

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 2009-01-21

Who Was Judge Deborah Or Barak

The story of Deborah and Barak in the book of Judges has caused many hierarchists to assign the God-given work of judge delivering the people of Israel to Barak while denying that God raised up Deborah as a deliverer. By assigning a calling to Barak that scripture never assigns, it appears that the

Isaiah 11:32 Isaiah 3:12 Judges 2:16 Women in Leadership Complementarianism

Scripture Commentary article 2009-01-01

Reading The Scriptures Without A Male Bias

In the beginning God made male and female. Together they were to do God’s work on earth but unfortunately the fall happened and their work done together as equals was challenged by the man who took the sole rule for himself

1 Peter 3:3 1 Peter 3:4 1 Timothy 1:2 1 Timothy 2

Scripture Commentary article 2008-12-04

How Many Men

Tradition has flavored a lot of things for us that causes us to see everything in terms of tradition instead of thinking outside the box

Matthew 2:1-12 1 Corinthians 11 Debates

Scripture Commentary article 2008-12-01

Do Egalitarians Twist The Scriptures

The charge is often laid that egalitarians twist the scriptures. I would like to apply a saying that I read recently

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 14:34 1 Corinthians 7:36 1 Timothy 2 1 Corinthians 11 1 Corinthians 14

Scripture Commentary article 2008-11-25

The Feminization Of The Church A Modern Day Fix

There has been much talk in the last few years about the “feminization” of the church. Books have been written about this “serious” problem and many men are thoroughly disgusted with seeing men outnumbered by women in the church

Complementarianism

Scripture Commentary article 2008-11-18

Galatians 328 Is It Only About Salvation

According to complementarians, Galatians 3:28 is not about equality in Christ, but about all of us being in the same “boat” of salvation. The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) has made quite an effort to try to demolish Galatians 3:28 as a basis of spiritual equality outside of salvat

1 Corinthians 14:34 Exodus 3:28 Galatians 3:11 1 Corinthians 14 Complementarianism Galatians 3:28

Scripture Commentary article 2008-11-07

Modern Myths About The Titus 2 Woman

When the issue of women in ministry is brought up, one of the scripture passages that is used as a slam-dunk women-must-stay-in-the-home passage is Titus 2:3-5. Is this passage really about women restricted to the area of the home with cooking, cleaning and raising children, or are women allowed by

1 Timothy 3:11 1 Timothy 5:14 Esther 2 Authority & Submission Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership

Scripture Commentary article 2008-10-30

1 Timothy 2 Authority And The Magical Pulpit

Many people feel that the pulpit is a place for authoritative proclamation. However many people also believe that the pulpit gives a man that authority and allowing someone into the “pulpit” who isn’t allowed to exercise authority over the sheep, an authority that the pulpit gives them, is seen as a

1 Kings 4:24 1 Kings 9:23 1 Peter 4:10 1 Timothy 2

Scripture Commentary article 2008-10-05

1 Cor14 Concludes

We have been going through 1 Corinthians 14:34-35, the passage that appears to silence women in the church to see how carefully Paul has constructed his words in 1 Corinthians 14:36 to contradict the silencing in verses 34 & 35. (For past articles on this topic, please see the 1 Corinthians 14 secti

1 Corinthians 14:1 1 Corinthians 14:12 1 Corinthians 14:13 1 Corinthians 14 Spiritual Gifts

Scripture Commentary article 2008-10-03

Women Leaders To Judge Sinful Men

It is very common for hierarchists to explain away Deborah’s position as Judge in the nation of Israel as merely a judgment by God

Isaiah 11:32 Isaiah 3:1 Isaiah 3:12 Women in Leadership

Scripture Commentary article 2008-09-30

Three Spheres Of Subordination Shrinks To Two

In my last post I pointed to USA Today’s editorial that challenged complementarians who are willing to accept a woman as the Vice President of the country, that they should admit that they are full fledged egalitarians in the realm of society, the workplace and public life

Colossians 11:7-9 Genesis 2:18 Headship & Kephale Trinity Complementarianism

Scripture Commentary article 2008-09-16

The Elusive Law

1 Corinthians 14:34, 35 has been a problem passage because of two issues that stick out like a sore thumb. The first issue is the elusive law

1 Corinthians 14:34 Genesis 3:16 Isaiah 1 1 Corinthians 14 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission

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 2008-07-20

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 2008-07-11

Asking Right Questions

Have you ever found that your discussions with hierarchists goes nowhere fast because they say they have heard the egalitarian arguments before and they are not willing to listen to what you have to say. Perhaps we are missing an opportunity to engage them because we are wanting to teach them first

1 Corinthians 12:21 1 Timothy 2:12 Acts 1 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Debates

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 2008-06-15

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 2008-06-09

Noodling With The Greek Grammar

While I have made a very strong point of the Greek grammar in 1 Timothy 2:15 with the singular “she” and the plural “they” (no specific gender for “they”), some have been trying hard to wiggle out of the implications that Paul is referring to a specific woman because the only living person at that t

1 Peter 4:11 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:15 1 Timothy 2 Debates

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

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