A strong husband, who can find? His wife trusts him and lacks nothing. He selects quality materials and is eager to work. He brings home exotic food, as merchant ships do. He provides food for the family and manages the household. He looks at land, buys it, and invests money wisely. He is a hard… Read More A Man of Virtue
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
One of the first comments I received after embarking on my “Coming Out” as a …hmm… not-a-complementarian, was challenging me on my statement that women are still in bondage to men. Are women really in BONDAGE to men? If we take a step outside the western world, absolutely. Of course, we can argue conservative Christian… Read More BRAC
Egals say Junia proves women can be in the top tiers of church leadership, and Comps say it’s a mistake of the pen or bad translation. The three disagreements are whether Junia is a man or woman’s name; and if this Junia was an apostle herself, or only was “well known” by the apostles; and if apostle means a governing authority or simply “sent one.”… Read More Problem Passages: Romans 16:7
Complementarians believe the fall distorted the God-ordained order of complementary roles: men lead and women follow. Egalitarians believe male leadership is a result of the fall. Explore the differing interpretations of Genesis 3:16.… Read More Problem Passages: Genesis 3:16 (Updated 2022)
Kay Bonikowsky 