Does Someone Have to Be in Charge? (Part 2)
In God’s kingdom, man’s heirarchy is irrelevant. … Read More Does Someone Have to Be in Charge? (Part 2)
Category: Authority
Does Someone Have To Be In Charge? (part 1)
“God in the Old Testament seems so reluctant to establish authority structures in Israel, so careful to limit the ones He does establish, and so ready to overturn human assumptions about who should be in authority.” KR… Read More Does Someone Have To Be In Charge? (part 1)
Why Twelve Men?
The Chosen Twelve condemned/judged/ended the old era of Israel, but their teaching also built the foundation of the Global Church. But in this role, their number, nationality or gender is no longer significant. How can I say this beyond a shadow of a doubt? Because the old was gone, and the new has come. Jesus insists we don’t pour our new wine back into the old wineskins. (Matthew 9) The church is new wine, folks! Patriarchy and male-based religion based on circumcision and exclusion is an old wineskin, and we must burst those weak constraints.… Read More Why Twelve Men?
The Twelve were male.
These men were chosen to mark the END of Israel’s time, and to be an eyewitness to the finale of God’s promise to Israel: the fulfillment of Messiah. Hence, there is a numerical symbolism at play. As twelve Jewish males, they were symbolic for the twelve tribes and their partriarchial heads.… Read More The Twelve were male.
Problem Passages: 1 Corinthians 7:3-6
This post is a part of the series comparing the teaching on various gender passages in the Bible. 1 Corinthians 7:3-6 says, 3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to… Read More Problem Passages: 1 Corinthians 7:3-6
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