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2022-06-26T05:38:31-08:00

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Racism: What is the problem? The Bible, injustice, and race#2; Justice#27.

Last updated on: June 26, 2022 at 5:38 am By Rob Dalrymple

“Racism does not exist because I am not a racist.” We have all heard it. Some of us may have even said it. There are, of course, serious problems with this sort of thinking. Let me begin by noting that racism is a sin problem and until we see it as such we will not make much headway into resolving the injustices that racism causes.[1] I find it surprising, and yet not surprising, that many object to the assertion... Read more

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2021-07-23T07:14:00-08:00

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Gender and Justice: Women-Injustice#14; Justice#25

Last updated on: July 23, 2021 at 7:14 am By Rob Dalrymple

“Church is not the place for me.” This is what many non-churched persons think after listening to Christians! For the last 3 months I have been posting about gender and justice (see my first post here). There are several things I hope to have accomplished in these posts. #1 You can be a conservative-evangelical with a high view of Scripture and believe that God has ordained equality between the genders. That’s right. I am not a liberal. BTW can we... Read more

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2021-06-28T07:24:50-08:00

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Misogyny and the Bible: Does the NT teach that women must be silent in the church? An examination of 1 Cor 14:34-35: Women-Injustice#13; Justice#24

Last updated on: June 28, 2021 at 7:24 am By Rob Dalrymple

Christians and the Bible are misogynistic: so the claim goes. And the proof is found in 1 Corinthians 14:34-35: The women are to keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says. If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is improper for a woman to speak in church.” As with 1 Cor 11:2-16 (see my previous three posts... Read more

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2021-06-21T08:58:45-08:00

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Does the NT teach the subordination of women? An examination of 1 Cor 11:2-16 (part 3): Women-Injustice#12; Justice#23

Last updated on: June 21, 2021 at 8:58 am By Rob Dalrymple

There is no question that 1 Cor 11:2-16 appears to teach that women are subordinate to men. But does it really say that? Upon examining 1 Cor 11:2-16, it makes the most sense of the passage, as well as the larger context of 1 Cor 11-14, to suggest that the majority of the argumentation in 1 Cor 11:3-10 are the words of the Corinthians, with a few interjections of Paul, and that 1 Cor 11:11-16 constitute Paul’s response.[1] This... Read more

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2021-06-21T08:09:44-08:00

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Does the NT teach the subordination of women? An examination of 1 Cor 11:2-16 (part 2): Women-Injustice#11; Justice#22

Last updated on: June 21, 2021 at 8:09 am By Rob Dalrymple

There is no question that 1 Cor 11:2-16 appears to teach that women are subordinate to men. But does it really say that? It is my contention that a close reading of the text confirms that Paul was citing his opponents in order to rebut them. In my last post, I provided an overview of the problem in Corinth. As I noted, one of the issues behind 1 Cor 11:1-14:40 was that a group of men in the congregation at... Read more

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2021-06-14T12:43:16-08:00

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Does the NT teach the subordination of women? An examination of 1 Cor 11:2-16 (part 1): Women-Injustice#10; Justice#21

Last updated on: June 14, 2021 at 12:43 pm By Rob Dalrymple

1 Corinthians 11:2-16 and 14:34-35 are two passages cited by those who affirm male headship in the church and the home (i.e., complementarians).[1] And, on the face of it, these passages sure seem to support the notion that women are subordinate to men. I will argue, however, that the best reading of these passages shows that the complementarian reading (i.e., male headship) not only contradicts what Paul was saying but it puts the interpreter on the same side as Paul’s... Read more

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2021-06-10T06:01:07-08:00

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Does the NT teach the subordination of women? An examination of 1 Cor 11:2-16 (part 1): Women-Injustice#10; Justice#21

Last updated on: June 10, 2021 at 6:01 am By Rob Dalrymple

1 Corinthians 11:2-16 and 14:34-35 are two of the more common passages cited by those who affirm male headship (i.e., complementarianism: or female subordination) in the church and the home.[1] I will contend that an examination of these passages affirms precisely the opposite of what the complementarian suggests. In fact, I will argue that the best reading of these passages suggests that the complementarian reading of 1 Cor 11:2-16 and 14:34-35 is actually siding with Paul’s opponents rather than with Paul. ... Read more

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2021-05-31T09:11:28-08:00

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Does the NT teach the subordination of women? An examination of 1 Pet 3:1-6, 7; Women-Injustice#9; Justice#20

Last updated on: May 31, 2021 at 9:11 am By Rob Dalrymple

Over the last several posts I have argued that the NT elevates the role of women as equals alongside men. This is expressed most clearly in Gal 3:28: “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Despite the NT’s consistent stress on the elevation of women in roles that clearly equate them with men, many evangelicals continue to assert that the... Read more

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2021-07-23T07:55:42-08:00

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Male headship in the church today can often be nothing more than an unbiblical system of Apartheid: Women-Injustice#8; Justice#19

Last updated on: July 23, 2021 at 7:55 am By Rob Dalrymple

“The world that human beings create is indeed “man-made.” The system that human beings construct to order their lives in the world sets men and the concerns of men at the center. It develops hierarchies of power in which some human beings rule over other human beings. The patriarchal system that configures the human world, in short, is a social manifestation of human brokenness that results from defiant humanity’s insistence on making the world on its own terms. In this... Read more

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2021-05-31T06:05:39-08:00

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The prominence of Women in the New Testament: Women-Injustice#7; Justice#18

Last updated on: May 31, 2021 at 6:05 am By Rob Dalrymple

I have been arguing that in the New Creation male and female are equal in authority among the people of God (within the church). Many will respond to this by noting that the NT has statements that express male headship (most notably 1 Cor 11:2-16). Before we can delve into the “problem” passages, it is critical to recognize the prominence of women in the NT. It is against the backdrop of women as equals to men that some of the... Read more

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