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Ben Witherington Continues with Women in Ministry

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As with my post yesterday, Ben Witherington continues to share more on women in ministry, this time looking at 2 specifically debated texts: 1 Corinthians 14 and 1 Timothy 2.

In my own reading and study of this issue, I have come to realise that there are a few different ways to approach the normally-debated passages around women in ministry. But I think Witherington does well to address the in’s and out’s of the 2 passages.

So watch this second short, 7-minute video as he gives brief thoughts into the situations of Corinth (1 Cor 14) and Ephesus (1 Tim 2). Continue reading →

Ben Witherington on Women in Ministry

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Below is a short and succinct video teaching from Ben Witherington, professor of New Testament studies at Asbury Theological Seminary. The topic is a hot one for today – women in ministry, as well as in the household.

If you read my blog regularly, you will already know where I stand on this position, being of a more egalitarian persuasion. In all, I appreciate greatly what Witherington has to share, especially in mentioning the concept of a trajectory being created within the New Testament.

What is a trajectory? Continue reading →

Junia Is Not Alone – Brief Thoughts on Women in Ministry

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Not too long ago, I finished a new little ebook written by Scot McKnight and published by Patheos Press. It is entitled Junia Is Not Alone.

First off, the book is about 25-30 pages in normal length and it is only available electronically for the Kindle or Kindle app for a mere $3.54. I think this is an interesting pointer of where publishing is going – electronic and short. Not all books will be of this flavour. There will still remain the theological treatises that most of us don’t want to engage with or the lengthier books that we do still want to read. But these short ebooks are becoming a trend in a technological world today.

So here is Scot McKnight’s first compact ebook along the lines of something he has briefly addressed before in his book about understanding the Bible, The Blue Parakeet. In this newer title, McKnight starts out by asking why the overall church is quite silent on the reality of women in the Bible. Who has heard many teachings and sermons on Huldah or Phoebe or Priscilla or Mary (the mother of Jesus) or Anna or the enigmatic Junia? We have occasionally heard teachings on Ruth or Esther, but that is because a specific book of the Bible is dedicated to them. But what of these other gifted women? Continue reading →

Examples of Women in Scripture

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In this specific post, though I will not go into great detail on all women in Scripture, I wanted to give a decent overview of how God has used women within the setting of Scripture. Some of these accounts are quite amazing and I believe they point to the fact of God’s ultimate new creation intention of mutual-shared ministry relationships amongst both men and women. Continue reading →

Women Teaching Men

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A painstakingly difficult topic within the church today, and maybe for all time, has been that of the role of women. Here at my blog, I have probably made it clear where I stand – in the more egalitarian camp. Egalitarianism does not advocate that men and women are identical in all matters, for there are definitely some differences between the two sexes (hence, why some might argue that they believe in complementary roles). But egalitarians believe that both sexes are capable of equal standing in both the home and the church. And this is all based upon the calling and gifting of God, not one’s gender.

I’m not going to spell out all my biblical and theological reasons. Rather I’ll point you to my plethora of posts here.

Still, even within both the egalitarian and the complementarian perspectives, there are differing views (as with every theological approach). Continue reading →