"But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence." (1 Timothy 2:11-12)This passage, canonized in the 4th Century along with the rest of the New Testament, is used to prove that God didn't approve of women being ministers in church, ...
Even today, some extremists still cite religious texts to legitimize the domination of women, claiming that women are to blame for mankind’s ills. Tûn laiah pawh, thlîr dân firfiak nei mi ṭhenkhat chuan mihringte hrehawm tawrh chhan chu hmeichhiate vâng nia puhin, hmeic...
摘要: today about the nature of church leadership -- some of which I've been directly involved with myself.* Those women bishops -- before we ask what the Bible says about women bishops,maybe we should ask what the Bible says about bishops?
“Married women who don’t have children are not the norm. Single women are not the norm. In many respects, she’s an extra. I’m not saying she’s not useful, welcomed or loved, but she’s not a wife or mother. They have to find a place for themselves in a community that’s ...
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”(2Ti 1) “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”(Ga 5:22-23) ...
Kindness is not a business. True kindness expects nothing in return and should never act with conditions. The thing about a hero, is even when it doesn't look like there's a light at the end of the tunnel, he's going to keep digging, he's going to keep trying to do right and ma...
9 “From the days of Gibeah,you have sinned, O Israel.There they took their stand.Will not war over sons of iniquity overtake them in Gibeah?10 When I desire,I will chasten them,and peoples will gather against themwhen they are yoked to their two sins.11 Though Ephraim is a trained ...
4Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God.5Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, butour sufficiency is from God,6who has made us sufficient to beministers ofa new covenant, not ofthe letter but of the Spirit. For the letter ki...
in this part of the Bible and what it means for today. Peterson’s work more than any other has influenced my understanding. Peterson’s book connected me to the pastoral heart of the Apostle John as he ministers to the churches under His care while in exile on the Island of Patmos. ...
The Fall is a good time to try again. God has put it in my heart to help ministers succeed where I have failed, and this is one area I have failed miserably, and still struggle from time to time. My appeal to you is to please take care of yourself. Please take care of your marr...