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1 Timothy 2:11-15 In Context, Part 4: Spiritual Gifts, The Spirit’s Prerogative, And The Creation Order

“Adam was first formed, then Eve” has been used to keep women out of church leadership. We’ve covered five reasons why the statement quoted just now has…… Read more “1 Timothy 2:11-15 In Context, Part 4: Spiritual Gifts, The Spirit’s Prerogative, And The Creation Order”

Here at The Essential Church, we’ve been examining 1 Timothy 2 this week, particularly verses 11-15, what they mean, and how to best put them into context.…… Read more “1 Timothy 2:11-15 In Context, Part 3: The Significance of “I” In “I Do Not Allow A Woman To Teach” (1 Timothy 2:12)”

The context of 1 Timothy 2 is not pleasant. There’s a lot going on in worship, and most of it, according to Paul at least, is chaotic…… Read more “1 Timothy 2:11-15 In Context, Part 2: Why Paul Doesn’t Allow The Women In Ephesus To Teach”

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1 Timothy 2:11-15 is interpreted in many conservative circles today as referring to all women, everywhere, whether young or old, single or married. If a woman is…… Read more “The Part Or The Whole? The Nature Of Women In 1 Timothy 2:11-15”

“Nothing can ever separate us from God’s love” is a common statement said in Christian churches all over the world. And the statement itself is presumably taken…… Read more “Separating From God’s Love: Romans 8:38 And Christian Suicide”

“The New Testament teaching on the punishment of those outside Christ rests upon and arises from the Old Testament teaching on the nature of man and the…… Read more “Platonic Philosophy or Scripture?: E. Earle Ellis and Conditional Immortality”

The great theologian Dr. R.C. Sproul, whose introduction to Christian Apologetics I read a few years back while at seminary (I highly recommend it), is what many…… Read more “Argumentum Ad Absurdum: R.C. Sproul Fumbles On Hebrews 6:4-6”

2 John 7-11, NKJV 7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an…… Read more “A Second Warning, 2 John 7-11 (Falling Away Series)”

1 John 2:24-29, NKJV 24 Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will…… Read more “Abide In The Truth, 1 John 2:24-29 (Falling Away Series)”