Paul and women’s ministry
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Phoebe a ‘servant’ (deacon?) of the church, Rom 16:1-2.
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Women commended by Paul, Rom 16:3-16.
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Euodia & Syntyche fellow-workers with Paul, Php 4:2-3.
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Prophetesses recognised, 1 Cor 11:5 (cf. Acts 2:17-18 21:9)
Category Archives: Women
50 politically incorrect thoughts for men – 1
Eggs are Expensive, Sperm is Cheap, by Greg Krehbiel. Crowhill Publishing, 2014.
Subtitled ’50 politically incorrect thoughts for men’, this little book aims to unsettle modern assumptions about women and men. Krehbiel invites us to consider that the ‘traditional’ way of understanding the two sexes may not be as oppressive as we have been told it is, and that today’s ideology may actually be very harmful to us all. He develops this in a disarming, amusing, and gently outrageous way.…
The Trinity and gender issues
It is argued by many that God is revealed as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and we are not at liberty to tamper with divine revelation simply in order to satisfy our liturgical needs or to bow to cultural pressures. Maternal images of the Godhead do occur in Scripture, Num 11:11-12; Deut 32:18; Isa 42:14; 46:3-4; 66:7-9; Hos 11:3f; 13:8; Mt 23:37; Lk 13:20f; 15:8-10. Are these sufficiently numerous or weighty for us to demand that liturgical language be either inclusive or gender-free?…
The Bible and women’s ministry
The thoughts that follow are based on an address given by J.I. Packer in 1988. It is remarkable how rapidly thought and practice in the Christian church have moved on since then (Packer was focussing on women as presbyters; now the urgent discussions are about women as bishops). But that might make his discussion more, rather than less, relevant.
It is often assumed that the Bible is hostile to women. Arriving at a correct view of the biblical view of the role of women is complicated for both secular and churchly reasons.…