Michael Heiser’s material on women in ministry is worth revisiting, especially as a window into how he wrestled with topics and shifted his viewpoint as he did so. In his early posts, Heiser described himself as basically complementarian, but with significant...
Women in Ministry
Are 1 Cor 14:34-35 (“Women Should Keep Silent in the Churches”) Original to Paul’s Letter?
Previous post on “women in ministry”: Naked Bible Podcast 130 – ETS: Image/Idols, Women & the Church I saw this come up in Twitter today — Larry Hurtado’s comments on a recent study by Philip Payne concerning whether 1 Cor 14:34-35...
A Thanks to John Hobbins Regarding the Women in Ministry Issue
Previous post on “women in ministry”: Women in Ministry: Next Round with John Hobbins I just saw John’s latest post where he defends me against the “wrath” of Suzanne McCarthy. My thanks are in order. In Suzanne’s defense, though, I...
Women in Ministry: Next Round with John Hobbins
Previous post on “women in ministry”: Women in Ministry: Response to John Hobbins John’s response to my last post is short enough I can re-post it here with a few words of reply. At the end of it, I have an addendum that I think helps summarize where...
Women in Ministry: Response to John Hobbins
Previous post on “women in ministry”: Women as Ministers: Resources and Scattered Thoughts Well, I’ve finally carved out some time to respond to John Hobbins’ post entitled “ What the New Testament Has to Say About Women in Ministry...
Women as Ministers: Update and Some Scattered Thoughts
Previous post on “women in ministry”: Responding to John Hobbins on Women as Ministers A couple updated items on the “women’s ordination” issue. First, Suzanne McCarthy has sent me a short commentary essay on Romans 16:7. She argues for...
John Hobbins on Women as Ministers: Response Parts 1 and 2
Previous post on “women in ministry”: Women in Ministry: Is There a Biblical View? John has begun his response to my initial post on the issue of women in ministry. John’s first response is entitled, “Women in Ministry: Why the Issue...
Women in Ministry: Is There a Biblical View?
Previous post on “women in ministry”: Reexamination of Phoebe as ‘Diakonos’ and ‘Prostatis’ I’ve been asked a couple of times to hit on this topic. It’s been two years since I said anything about it on this blog. To be...
Interesting Article on Phoebe as a Deacon
I hope to post again on baptism this weekend, but in the meantime, here is an interesting (short) article on the Greek descriptions of Phoebe. I've posted on the "women in ministry" issue a bit before, so I figured some of you might be interested in this. Previous...
A Recent Scholarly Article of Importance to the Egalitarian-Complementarian Debate
I thought I’d use this to sort of switch gears away from the inspiration /inerrancy discussion we’ve been having for the past several months (for newbies, here’s a link to get started on following that subject). I still have to post my...