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Scripture Commentary article 2007-08-01

Tektonics On 1 Corinthians 14

I received an excellent link to a post on the subject of Paul silencing women in 1 Corinthians 14 and I wanted to pass it on for all to see. It is called “Shut Her Bug” and is an excellent piece by James Patrick Holding

Colossians 14 Exodus 1 Romans 1 1 Corinthians 14
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-29

Where To Next

I should be done the verse-by-verse discussion on 1 Corinthians 11 (the head covering & hair issue verses) this week and I was thinking that I would move on to a discussion of God giving teachers to the body of Christ – are teachers part of the gifts of the Spirit or “offices” that must be filled by

Colossians 11 Isaiah 1 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-29

Pastor Paul And Women In Ministry

Every once in awhile I link to a blog that has material that I really like. Today I want to link to a blog by Pastor Paul Burleson which has some good things about women in ministry even though Pastor Paul is “going against the flow” in the Southern Baptist Convention

Isaiah 3 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-21

Shaming The Head 3

Continuing our verse by verse through 1 Corinthians 11, we come to verse 6:

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:5 1 Corinthians 11 Authority & Submission
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-12

Shaming The Head 2

Several posts back we talked about how Paul shows in 1 Corinthians 11 that the head covering shamed Christ. This post will discuss why a woman without her head covering shamed her head

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 11:4 1 Corinthians 11:7 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-09

Are Females Saved Just Like Males

Before we continue with our verse by verse through 1 Corinthians 11, I wanted to share a question that Jen had who watched my clip of “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free” DVD on YouTube. She said:

1 Peter 3:7 Ephesians 2:14-19 Ephesians 2:19 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership Galatians 3:28
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-05

New Paganism

I want to draw attention to a blog article written by a ministry friend of mine Don Veinot President of Midwest Christian Outreach. His article is titled Doug Phillips – New Paganism

Colossians 11 Isaiah 1 1 Corinthians 11
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-01

The Man Is The Image And Glory Of God

Last post we discussed how the head covering shamed Christ. Before we carry on with 1 Corinthians 11:5 in our verse by verse discussion, I want to skip over to verse 7 to discuss the second reason that a man is not to have his head covered and this has to do with honoring his head

1 Corinthians 11:5 1 Corinthians 11:7 2 Corinthians 3:18 1 Corinthians 11
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-30

Is There Support For Universal Male Headship

Before we continue with our verse by verse discussion through 1 Corinthians 11, I wanted to add a note about what some consider to be the universal role of male headship. In universal male headship the male is the head over every woman

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Thessalonians 5:21 Colossians 11 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

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 2007-05-16

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 2007-05-02

1 Corinthians 11 And Paul

1 Corinthians 11 has been a difficult passage because of several elements that have been hard to interpret. Some of the disputed elements are the meaning of “head” in verse 3, whether head coverings are necessary in verse 5, the woman being the glory of the man in verse 7, the reference to angels i

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:14 1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 11
Scripture Commentary article 2007-04-21

Freeing Sisters In The Southern Baptist Convention

Wade Burleson has a great new post on women called “ Are The Sisters Free to Function. ” It is an article written by Jon Zens

Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-04-01

Headcoverings And Authority

While I still intend to write an article about 1 Corinthians 11 – Head coverings and authority, the video clip below which is an excerpt of part 3 of “Women in M inistry Silenced or Set Free. ” is a good introduction to this controversial issue

Colossians 11 Exodus 1 Exodus 3 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2007-03-31

The Designer Knows Best Genesis Reveals Gods Will For Women

Understanding the basics in Genesis gives a foundation for understanding the way God views women in ministry. In this segment from the first DVD of “Women in M inistry Silenced or Set Free

Exodus 1 Genesis & Creation Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2007-03-31

Should A Woman Fear Using Her Spiritual Gifts

Can a woman serve God with all her heart without fearing that somehow she is violating a commandment by God. This segment is a preview of part 7 of the 4th DVD of “Women in M inistry Silenced or Set Free

Exodus 3:28 Proverbs 7 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership Spiritual Abuse
Scripture Commentary article 2007-03-30

1 Timothy 2 Video Preview Now Available

I have posted a second preview of my “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free. ” DVD on YouTube

1 Timothy 2:11-15 Proverbs 1 Proverbs 4 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2007-03-30

1 Corinthians 11 Should Women Be Silent

I have posted a third preview of my “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free. ” DVD on YouTube

1 Timothy 2:11-15 Colossians 14 Exodus 1 1 Timothy 2 1 Corinthians 11 1 Corinthians 14
Scripture Commentary article 2007-03-24

Should Cbmw Fight Egalitarians

This week CBMW (the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood) released two audio tapes from the February 2007 “Different by Design” Conference held in Minneapolis Minnesota. ( ) I was amazed at the way that the gospel was connected to the gender issue in such a way that those who do not hold to pa

Exodus 4 Isaiah 1 Women in Leadership Complementarianism Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2007-03-22

We Are In Our New Home

We are mostly moved into our new home and much of our time has been spent in unpacking boxes. Our living room now feels like home since six book cases of my research and bible study books have been unpacked

Complementarianism Debates
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 2007-02-27

Catching Up

Well part one of the relocation of our ministry and the move of our household has occurred and we have a two week break before we go into phase two of the move

Headship & Kephale Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2007-01-28

Does Husband Of One Wife Disqualify Women From Being A Pastor

I was listening to the January 26, 2007 radio program online by Matt Slick of carm. org

1 Corinthians 7:24 1 Timothy 3:1 1 Timothy 3:12 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2007-01-20

Discrimination Of Women In The Sbc Can They Teach Men At All

I have been following a blog documenting the injustice done to Dr. Sheri Klouda a professor of Hebrew who was forced out of her teaching position at the Southern Baptist Convention’s Southwestern Theological Seminary because the new President, Paige Patterson, does not believe that women should be t

Complementarianism Spiritual Abuse
Scripture Commentary article 2007-01-19

What Law Does Satan Agree With

I should call this post Part Four of “Does God have one unique law. ” but instead I chose to make it a “unique” post of its own

1 Timothy 1:3 1 Timothy 2:12 Proverbs 1 1 Timothy 2
Scripture Commentary article 2007-01-15

The Case Of The Battling Proof Texts Part Two

In part one, we discussed the fact that the Bible does not contradict itself so when a complementarian has a “proof text” that is used to prove that women are not allowed to teach the Bible to men, they must also deal with the apparent contradictions of this view. Here are some of the contradiction

1 Timothy 2:12 Acts 18:26 1 Timothy 2 Spiritual Gifts Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-01-15

Were Moving

After five years of planning, my husband and I are moving our home and ministry office 10 hours away to join Keith and Lorri MacGregor our ministry partners. There have been some challenges these last few years working together with such a long distance between us

Isaiah 10 Authority & Submission Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2007-01-09

Wim Video Preview On Youtube

I have posted a preview of my “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free. ” DVD on YouTube

1 Timothy 2:11-15 Colossians 14 Proverbs 1 1 Timothy 2 1 Corinthians 14 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-31

Slavery Still An Issue Today So Says The Wilderness Crier

I came across an excellent post written very tongue-in-cheek about the issue of slavery using all of the standard arguments against women teaching the bible to men. It is worth the read and the link is here

Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-29

The Case Of The Battling Proof Texts Part One

One of the things that bugs me when Christians have discussions about the women’s issue is the point when they are at loggerheads regarding “proof texts”. One person says they have their “proof text” scripture and so they are not willing to listen to what the other person has to say

Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-13

Can Only Men Judge Right From Wrong In The Church

I read with interest Wayne Grudem’s claim that 1 Cor. 14:34 means that women are to “keep silent”regarding weighing of the oral prophecies in the assembly

1 Corinthians 6:2 1 Corinthians 6:3 Lamentations 1 1 Corinthians 14 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-09

Does God Have One Unique Law Part Three

In this part three of “Does God have one unique law. ” we will be discussing the last set of circumstances that set apart the “law” that complementarians say God made that forbids godly Christian women from teaching correct biblical doctrine to men

1 Corinthians 7:10 1 Corinthians 7:18 1 Corinthians 7:20 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-07

Does God Have One Unique Law Part Two

Complementarians have stated that God has a law that forbids godly Christian women from teaching correct biblical doctrine to men. This law, they say, is revealed in 1 Timothy 2:12

1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:15 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-02

What Does 1 Timothy 211 15 Mean

I was challenged to present my view of 1 Timothy 2:11-15 on another blog and I thought it would be good to summarize my view on my own blog. Here is the teaching from “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free

1 Timothy 1:11-15 1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-29

Does God Have One Unique Law Part One

If complementarians are right in their interpretation of 1 Timothy 2:12, then God must have one completely unique law. This “law” forbidding women from teaching the bible to men is not like any other law in the bible

1 Timothy 1:3 1 Timothy 2:12 Acts 17:11 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-22

Could The Messiah Have Been A Woman

Since God is neither male nor female, some have suggested that the Messiah could have been born a female. I would respectfully like to differ with that view

1 Corinthians 15:45 1 Samuel 15:23 1 Timothy 2:14 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-15

What Women Really Want

In Genesis chapter 3 God speaks to Eve about her future. Unfortunately God’s words have been interpreted by male expositors in a way that makes God out to be a false prophet

Genesis 3:16 Genesis 3:23 Genesis 4:7 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-11

Husband As The Priest Of The Home

With the push towards defining biblical manhood and womanhood, often men are pressured into a leadership role where they feel overwhelmed by their responsibilities. Probably none more stressful than the title given to them as “Priest of the home”

1 Corinthians 6:3 1 Peter 2:5 1 Peter 2:9 Authority & Submission
Scripture Commentary article 2006-10-27

Godly Women Need To Repent

My heart goes out to Pastors who are so engrained in tradition that they can easily justify sending godly women to hell. This past weekend I spoke with a Pastor from a denomination that does not believe that women are allowed to teach the bible to men

Spiritual Abuse
Scripture Commentary article 2006-09-23

Another Complementarian Pastor Responds

I am preparing a talk on women in ministry partly based on questions and challenges presented to me by a complementarian Pastor from a large denomination which restricts women from teaching the bible to men. Here are excerpts that he gave regarding our DVD teaching series on Women in Ministry:

1 Corinthians 14:34-35 1 Corinthians 14 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-09-23

Can Complementarians Agree To Disagree

I sent a copy of our DVD “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free. ” to the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood in February of 2006 and this summer I finally received a response

John 3:4 John 3:6 Lamentations 6:1 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-08-19

Pastor Has His Eyes Opened Regarding Faulty Traditions

I recently received this email from a Southern Baptist Pastor who watched the DVD “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free. ” this summer:

Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-07-07

Isnt The Priesthood In The Ot Proof That God Uses Only Men

> Q: Isn’t the fact that God only chose men for the Priesthood in the Old Testament proof that God only uses men in leadership. After all the Priesthood is equivalent to the Pastorhood in the church

Exodus 19:5-8 Exodus 19:6 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2006-07-02

Wasnt Adam The Only One Given Gods Prohibition In The Garden

> Q: Does the fact that Adam was the only one given God’s prohibition in the garden prove that he was given a role of authority that the women was not given

Genesis 3:3 Proverbs 30:6 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2006-07-02

Is There A Law That Forbids Women From Teaching Men

> Q: Isn’t there a law in 1 Timothy 2:11-15 that forbids women from teaching the Bible to men. Why are you disregarding this law

1 Timothy 2:11-15 Deuteronomy 19:15 Esther 1 1 Timothy 2
Scripture Commentary article 2006-05-22

Wim On Line With Free Introduction Clip

“Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free. ” now has a free video clip on line at www

Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2006-04-06

Doesnt 1 Timothy 13 List Only Males As False Teachers

> Q: In WIM you say that 1 Timothy 1:3 “charge some that they teach no other doctrine” means people male or female. However isn’t the technical grammar of “some” as singular masculine

1 Timothy 1:3 2 Timothy 3:17 Acts 1 1 Timothy 2
Scripture Commentary article 2006-03-19

Isnt It A Sin For A Woman To Teach Men

> Q: Doesn’t Paul’s command in 1 Timothy 2:12 for women not to teach men show that to disobey this command is a sin

1 Timothy 2:12 Colossians 1 Ecclesiastes 1 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership
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