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Scripture Commentary article 2025-08-04

Women In Ministry Research Notes

Collection of 22 research notes from Cheryl Schatz's Logos notebook on women in ministry, covering head coverings in 1 Corinthians 11, kephale as source, Genesis creation narratives, Ephesians 5 mutual submission, and Craig Keener's lecture notes on women's ordination.

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Tim 2:11-12 1 Timothy 5:21 Ephesians 5 1 Timothy 2 1 Corinthians 11
Scripture Commentary article 2023-01-19

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: The Head Covering Debates (1 Cor 11)

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 10 on the head covering debates in 1 Corinthians 11

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:11-12 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2015-03-24

Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions

Gregory Koukl — Kindle highlights from 'Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions'. 123 highlights.

Luke 20:24 Luke 20:4 Mark 2:9 Apologetics
Scripture Commentary article 2011-12-27

Ephesians 5 Christian Liberty

This post is the essence of the sermon Spirit-Filled Living part 1 by Pastor Darrell Johnson of First Baptist Church, Vancouver, BC, Canada. If you would like to listen to the entire sermon, you can listen to the sermon here

Ecclesiastes 5 Ephesians 5:18 Ephesians 5:21 Ephesians 5 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2011-06-14

Repost Authority Vs Submission A Biblical View Of Ephesians 522

My original 2010 post crashed because there were too many comments for my blog to handle, so I am putting up this post again so that people can read the article which is no longer available because of the crash. Thanks to one of my readers who asked me to repost

Amos 21 Colossians 11 Colossians 3:18 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2010-05-23

Authority Vs Submission Biblical View

Yesterday I received two polar opposite views of Ephesians 5:22 by email. One was from “NN” who has responded here in the past

Amos 21 Colossians 11 Colossians 3:18 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2010-04-29

Why Let Women Lead Bible Studies

CBMW (Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood) has set itself up as a go-to organization for those complementarians who have not been able to figure out from the Bible which things are allowable for women and which things are not. But does their counsel exceed the Bible

Hebrews 14 1 Corinthians 14 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-09-28

Semi Egalitarians

USA Today has an editorial written by David P Gushee in which Mr. Gushee challenges complementarians that they are actually semi-egalitarians and they should be willing to openly acknowledge this

Isaiah 5 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-20

@dan_cameron99 @pauldirks @BillboardChris Paul doesn't believe in secular evolut

@dan_cameron99 @pauldirks @BillboardChris Paul doesn't believe in secular evolution. Paul also supports private education where he can teach a proper perspective on it. What's the problem?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-05

@SolSurvivor24 @SoberEvolutions @smashbaals @danielsilliman What does “usurp authority” mean? Are men allowed to do that? What authority does your pastor have specifically? When my pastor tells me something, I only listen a) if it’s benign and b) if...

@SolSurvivor24 @SoberEvolutions @smashbaals @danielsilliman What does “usurp authority” mean? Are men allowed to do that? What authority does your pastor have specifically? When my pastor tells me so

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-05

@SoberEvolutions @smashbaals @danielsilliman Because the authority was given to all believers to make disciples. And the authority has to do with the teaching not whether the vessel is male or female, rich or poor, Jewish or Gentile. What specificall...

@SoberEvolutions @smashbaals @danielsilliman Because the authority was given to all believers to make disciples. And the authority has to do with the teaching not whether the vessel is male or female,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-05

@SoberEvolutions No I’m not. The world teaches asserting your rights and equal o

@SoberEvolutions No I’m not. The world teaches asserting your rights and equal outcomes. Scripture teaches mutual submission.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-28

@iamjabberwacky @EsbenBrinck @paulogia0 Well, we all know evolution doesn’t even

@iamjabberwacky @EsbenBrinck @paulogia0 Well, we all know evolution doesn’t even occur until you have reproduction and natural selection. So I guess we can start with how we got first life? Frankly, i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-15

@reverend_joey @RobertEJohnson5 @paulogia0 Nice. Well I can certainly understand the limitations of science and the problems with evolutionary biology. My daughter is also in her last year of biochemistry. Why don’t you present the scientific basis ...

@reverend_joey @RobertEJohnson5 @paulogia0 Nice. Well I can certainly understand the limitations of science and the problems with evolutionary biology. My daughter is also in her last year of biochemi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-14

@JerLeff @marduk_aza @paulogia0 Evolution as defined by variation within a species is well founded. Whether it really explains monkey->human kind of changes seems unsubstantiated. Natural selection doesn’t operate without life and reproduction wh...

@JerLeff @marduk_aza @paulogia0 Evolution as defined by variation within a species is well founded. Whether it really explains monkey->human kind of changes seems unsubstantiated. Natural selectio

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-17

Finally, patriarchal structures are not part of God's original design, but are a

Finally, patriarchal structures are not part of God's original design, but are a result of human sin and societal evolution away from God's ideal (Gen 3:16). The return to God’s intended order is wha

2Cor 5:17 Gen 3:16 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-05

@RiseRevolution5 @TeregianKunta Those are great texts. Ultimately we have ample proof that women occupied positions of authority, leadership and influence including over men. So what we need to do is explain these hard passages. And I believe I ha...

@RiseRevolution5 @TeregianKunta Those are great texts. Ultimately we have ample proof that women occupied positions of authority, leadership and influence including over men. So what we need to do i

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