Posts Tagged ‘Paul’

All of the Respectful and Thoughtful Complementarians Must be at Home Watching Football Too

(That’s not one of my Photoshop specialties. That is from Mark’s Blog)
Mark Driscoll’s Brand of Complementarianism
If you have not read the previous post on why I hold to an egalitarian postion please start there.
Last October I wrote a piece called All the Innovative Dudes are at Home Watching Football. In it I addressed some issues [...]

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A Case for an Egalitarian Position

The Recent Synod Decision
As I mentioned previously, the Synod of the Christian Reformed Church met recently and a monumental proposal to fully include women in church office passed. You can read a summery of this year’s Synod – including this landmark decision – here. This truly is a big step forward in the [...]

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The Pantokrator

This is an Orthodox icon of the Pantokrator: the “all-conquering” or “all-powerful” Christ. The sustainer of the world. The life giver.
My friend Christian asked me quite a while back if I would write something about why I am adamant about the importance of believing in the physical resurrection of Christ. In asking me [...]

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The Bible

Throughout the ages, Christians have developed a plethora of different ways for reading and interpreting scripture. For some the Bible is a set of proof texts used to uphold and defend the particular views of an individual or community of believers. For others – often those rightly noting the many different genres, traditions and even [...]

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