Equality and Gender Issues
May 17th, 2012
Some people believe that being a leader is a man’s role and that it is unfeminine for women to be leaders. Does the Bible teach that leadership is masculine?
In 1 Thessalonians chapter 2, Paul described his apostolic ministry in both maternal and paternal terms. In Numbers 11:12, Moses described his ministry in maternal terms. It seems that God does not want his people led in a purely paternal or masculine fashion. [1000 words]
Tags: Biblical equality, can women be pastors, complementarian, Deborah, gender roles, Leadership, masculine and feminine leadership styles, Paul and Women, women in ministry debate
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May 2nd, 2012
An argument often brought up in discussions about women in church leadership is that Jesus’ twelve apostles were all male; and because there were no females among the Twelve, this means that women cannot be church leaders.
Is this a valid argument?
Tags: apostle, can a woman be a pastor, Junia, priesthood, priesthood of all believers, Royal Priesthood
Posted in Equality and Gender Issues, Equality in Ministry | 11 Comments »
April 20th, 2012
Looming deadlines are making it difficult to find time to write new posts for my website. So, instead of something new, here is a collection of some of my previously posted articles about Paul and Women. I love Paul!
Tags: A collection of articles, Biblical equality, equality, Paul and Women, women in ministry debate
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April 3rd, 2012
In this post I share a quote from Dr John T Bristow about how the early church treated slaves with equity. [500 words]
Tags: Biblical equality, Gal 3:28, slavery
Posted in Church History, Equality and Gender Issues, Equality in Ministry, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
April 1st, 2012
In this article I take a look at the distinct differences in how women are perceived and described in the Old Testament as to how they are perceived and described in the New Testament, especially in relation to female beauty, virginity, fertility and ministry.
Does your church have a view of women that is more Old Testament than New Testament? [1000 words plus endnotes]
Tags: gender roles, Paul and Women, Sarah, women in ministry debate
Posted in Equality and Gender Issues, Equality in Marriage, Equality in Ministry | 9 Comments »
March 10th, 2012
I’ve been busy these past few weeks and haven’t written anything worth posting, so I thought I’d post links to some of my previous articles about New Testament women who were church leaders.
Tags: A collection of articles, Paul and Women
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February 28th, 2012
A plug for my series “1 Timothy 2:12 in Context”
Tags: 1 Timothy 2:12
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February 16th, 2012
Instead of “protecting” and patronising capable and gifted Christian women, the church should be encouraging and empowering her women. The church should also be protecting the genuinely vulnerable women who really need it.
Tags: gender roles, weaker vessel, women in ministry debate
Posted in Equality and Gender Issues, Equality in Ministry | 8 Comments »
