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Karen alerted me on Facebook to an interesting discussion taking place on a few different blogs and asked what I thought. As I was reading through all the relevant articles, I decided to just start jotting down some thoughts here as I was going. Here are the articles I read although I am only going …
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It’s interesting how I’ll come across different videos, links, posts, and discussions and the similarities from completely different sources are striking. For example, what does the video below about the use of women and women’s bodies in advertising have in common with this explanation by John Piper about whether or not men should use …
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Carolyn Custis James has written a great post at the Huffington Post entitled Pink Smoke and Protestant Popes. She writes: No, Protestants don’t have a pope; we have a myriad of popes — pastors and leaders who speak with a quasi-divine authority and whose teachings are regarded as virtually infallible by their devoted followers. Clergy …
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If you want to really delve into the meat of the arguments regarding women in the church, here is the video for you. Philip B. Payne goes through the twelve major points advanced by complementarians in “How Complementarian is the Bible?” He systematically discusses each point and the significant problems with them. Please note that …
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The restrictions put on women’s functioning in the church by complementarians generally come down to a few key verses. As I’ve written before, most people read the entirety of the Scriptures through the complementarian filter of those few verses. Because they believe those verses must be true as they are literally read, they dismiss anything …
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Dee and Deb over at The Wartburg Watch are discussing the infamous list by Wayne Gruden that we’ve discussed before: But What Should Women Do In the Church? (Now in the Wayback Machine) In their post, Wayne Grudem: 83 Biblical Rules for Gospel Women, a commenter named “Looking for You” posted the following. Ha. Well, …
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I’ve written about The Theory of the Fourth Turning a number of times on my other blog, but wanted to also bring it up here because I think it provides an interesting framework in which to look at some of the issues facing the church. I can’t even do it justice to try to explain …
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Back when we were discussing the impact of p*rn and sex on the church, Brandy made this astute observation (bold mine): I think that when you said “the p*rnification of the church” you really hit the nail on the head, Sallie. I really appreciated Challies’ review of the Driscoll sex book (henceforth the DSB ha!). …
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Denny Burk wrote a post about Christianity Today’s list of “50 Women to Watch: Those Most Shaping the Church and Culture.” The list ran the gamut in terms of theology and practice. Burk’s biggest problem with the list was the mingling of complementarians and egalitarians. He writes: The article doesn’t include much of a discussion …
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There were a few reasons David and I never fully walked into the patriarchal camp when we went through a period of intense pressure from multiple outside sources regarding these topics. One of those reasons was the fact that it was obvious to both of us that I did not need a man to walk …
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