- Did Paul Forbid Women from Teaching or Exercising Authority
- Paul’s “Who’s Who” List of Co-workers Included Women
- Sarah and Hagar: When God’s Promises Seem to Fail
- Gender Equality Revealed Through the Life of Jesus
- Wives, Submit to Your Husbands!
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Did Paul Forbid Women from Teaching or Exercising Authority
Read more: Did Paul Forbid Women from Teaching or Exercising Authority“A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was…
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Paul’s “Who’s Who” List of Co-workers Included Women
Read more: Paul’s “Who’s Who” List of Co-workers Included WomenMarquis’ “Who’s Who in America” is one of the most widely known lists of leaders and influencers in America. Forbes publishes similar lists of noteworthy individuals in various fields. These lists seek to celebrate individuals who have helped…
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Sarah and Hagar: When God’s Promises Seem to Fail
Read more: Sarah and Hagar: When God’s Promises Seem to FailThe story of Sarah and Hagar speaks to me on many levels regarding waiting for the fulfillment of God’s promises. There are times in our lives when God speaks to us of a promise He has for…
Tamar: Canaanite Outcast or Righteous Ezer
October 25, 2023No Comments
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. According to Levirate law, Onan marries Tamar to produce a son for Judah. But though he goes in to Tamar, he defrauds her by spilling his semen on the ground. His wickedness also leads to his death. Judah claims his youngest son, Shelah, is too young to marry so Tamar…
Ezer Kenegdo: Subordinate helper or powerful assistant?
February 27, 2023No Comments
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 the 21st century the church language concerning the genders was that of male superiority and female inferiority when it was changed to “equal but different roles.” Much of that concept of women is due to this one verse: women were created to be a helper suitable to the man. It…
Biblical support for Christian Egalitarianism: Equality in Eden
February 3, 2023No Comments
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 as support for their position. God created man first, therefore God designed men to be the leaders. They refer to Paul’s letters to Timothy and the Corinthians to reinforce this view: man was created first, therefore he has authority over the woman, and woman was taken out of man, therefore…