Category Archives: THE SPIRIT LIFE
WOMEN IN MINISTRY, VOLUME NINETEEN
Interpreting the Complex and Often Misunderstood Paul
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WOMEN IN MINISTRY, VOLUME EIGHTEEN
Jesus, His Most Loyal Disciples, and the Witnesses to the Resurrection
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The thing I love about Jesus is that he treated everyone with equal respect and value, and didn’t see any of the limitations society places on certain groups. He came to set us free from the chains that keep us in our assigned boxes. As a father and grandfather to some beautiful and brilliant young […]
WOMEN IN MINISTRY, VOLUME SEVENTEEN
Jesus and His Egalitarian Interaction with Women
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I have shown that Jesus’ teachings elevated women. Jesus also held women in the highest regard in the way he interacted with them. [198] In fact, his treatment of women was so antithetical to the patriarchal culture of his day that he could only be characterized as egalitarian. [199] There are four specific cases […]
WOMEN IN MINISTRY, VOLUME SIXTEEN
The Revolutionary, Counter-Cultural Teachings of Jesus
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I grew up in a very small Spanish-speaking Baptist Church. The people were mostly poor or on the underside of the middle class. As I grew into my teenage years, the church grew as well. Over time we drew people from all over the Spanish-speaking world. At one point, there were 21 countries represented in […]
WOMEN IN MINISTRY, VOLUME FIFTEEN
The Plight of Women in the Era of the New Testament
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The role of women in American society changed dramatically in the 1960s. In 1963, the President’s Commission on the Status of Women issued a report entitled American Women, which recommended that women be granted equality in employment and educational opportunities, as well as wages. In the same year, Congress passed the Equal Pay Act, the […]
WOMEN IN MINISTRY, VOLUME THIRTEEN
Were Women Prophets with All the Rights and Authority Therein?
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WOMEN IN MINISTRY, VOLUME TWELVE
Introducing the Amazing Women of the Old Testament
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In the late 1800s, Charlotte Digges “Lottie” Moon was a Southern Baptist missionary who spent nearly 40 years living and working in China. She’s a legend in Southern Baptist life because she preached the Gospel in places most Americans refused to go. Our theology, it seems, is somewhat tied to geography. The Amazing Women of […]
WOMEN IN MINISTRY, VOLUME ELEVEN
Landing the Plane on the Pre-Fall Male-Female Relationship
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One of my preaching profs would remind us regularly that “landing the plane” was one of the most important aspects of preaching. In other words, know when and how to end it. I’ve now spent over 15,000 words, a third of my overall thesis, making a case against the hierarchist’s claims about creation. It’s time […]
WOMEN IN MINISTRY, VOLUME TEN
Billie Jean King, Bobby Riggs and the Battle of the Sexes
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My first memory of the concept of “the battle of the sexes” was the tennis match between Women’s Tennis champion, Billie Jean King, and retired tennis star, Bobby Riggs. It was 1973 at the Houston Astrodome and ninety million watched it worldwide. Billie Jean won in three sets. The pre-match buildup was far more entertaining […]