It seems that complementarians who recognise that authority and submission/headship have been overworked or abused just can’t seem to let go of the idea of authority. Jonathan Leeman, editorial director for 9Marks and co-host of the Pastors’ Talk podcast, and the author of Authority: How Godly Rule Protects the Vulnerable, Strengthens Communities, and Promotes Human … Continue reading Authority by another name?
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Restoration and headship
Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com Strange title, you might say. Not so. Having been brought up in a Strict and Particular Baptist setting, I came to know the Lord in a Pentecostal church. It was there that I started out in the ministry. Some years later, I encountered the house church/new church movement, or … Continue reading Restoration and headship
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?
Practical Discipleship
Discipleship is the latest buzzword in Christian circles. Discipleship though goes right back to Jesus and his calling of the twelve, his teaching and equipping of them, right through to his commissioning of them to go into all the world and make disciples of all nations. Several years ago I wrote a book based on … Continue reading Practical Discipleship
Atonement
Richard Burgess, 2nd April, 2021. One of the questions people struggle with today is over the atonement, the fact that Jesus died in our place in order that we might be forgiven, justified/made right with God, and have the hope of heaven when we die. It is said, if God is love and all powerful … Continue reading Atonement
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