This weekend the digital editions of my books Exploring the Role of Women in the Church and Practical Discipleship are available for free across Amazon. The role of women is still a much debated issue. Exploring the Role of Women in the Church does as the title suggests - explores what the scriptures have to … Continue reading On offer this weekend – don’t miss it!
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Husband, father, grandad (and loving it), follower, and servant of King Jesus. Pastor and Bible teacher. Love reading (especially theology), enjoy music, love to travel....
Headship – A False Doctrine or For Real? Some Thoughts…
Over the last few years I've been studying the subject of complementarianism/patriarchy. One of the main doctrines espoused by complementarians is headship, the belief that man is the head of the wife and the family. This spills over into a theology of headship for men in the church. Essentially it means that men are born … Continue reading Headship – A False Doctrine or For Real? Some Thoughts…
CAN WOMEN TEACH MEN?
Photo by John-Mark Smith on Pexels.com Richard Burgess, 10 June 2023. Among Complementarians (those who are against women teaching men, or women being pastors), there is an endeavour to make a distinction in the type of teaching that Paul is referring to in 1 Timothy 2:12, “I do not allow a woman to teach…” and … Continue reading CAN WOMEN TEACH MEN?
Bible translations & women pastors 2
If asked can women be pastors, many will immediately and without hesitation say, “No they can’t. Paul tells us quite clearly in 1 Tim 3:1-7, that eldership is male only.” The question is, does he? Wanting to be those governed by the Word, we turn to our Bibles and read and note the frequent male … Continue reading Bible translations & women pastors 2
BIBle translations and women elders/pastors
Translation is important when it comes to understanding the scriptures. And this has a bigger impact on the subject of women in ministry than we may realise. There are many good, even very good, translations available to us today. We are spoilt by the choices we have; the NKJV, NRSV, NIV, ESV, CSB, MEV, NLT, … Continue reading BIBle translations and women elders/pastors
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