Are leadership roles in the church limited to just men? Are women barred from exercising any authority over men? If we say yes to either of these questions, we are going to have to wrestle with the fact that God raised up a women to lead Israel, and to exercise authority over men: Deborah.
The Proverbs 31 woman has been help up as the quintessential godly woman, the essence of a domestic, well-behaved woman of “biblical femininity.” A deep dive into the passage reveals a gap between our understanding the the original language.
In Genesis 38, we read the story of Tamar. Joseph’s brother Judah defies God’s law and marries a Canaanite women named Shua, who gives him three sons, Er, Onan, and Shelah. Judah arranges a marriage between his oldest son and another Canaanite woman, Tamar. Because of his wickedness, Er dies. …
The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him. Gen. 2:18, NIV For nearly all of world history, both societal and church, women were viewed as inferior beings created to serve men. Until the last quarter of …
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A healthy biblical theology about gender, and the role of women in specific, must begin at creation. It is in the story of creation where we develop an understanding of the purpose of mankind and genders. Those who would support a hierarchy of the genders point to the creation order …
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