1 Timothy is a letter written to help Timothy navigate the mixed-up, idolatrous ideas that were wreaking havoc on the faith of the Christians in Ephesus. Read more about these problems in this article. In 1 Timothy 2:9-15, Paul placed extreme limitations on the women in the Ephesian church, because the women were especially causing… Read More Artemis worship instigated the restrictions of 1 Timothy 2:9-15
There are only two humans who were not “in” Adam when he rebelled. One had already been taken out of Adam, so that she could provide Adam’s humanity (before sin) for the One who was “out-sourced.”… Read More Second Adam from the Second Formed
This post will take a quick look at Paul’s mention of the creation order in 1 Timothy 2. Is the idea of male authority tied to the creation order or cultural context? … Read More Creation Order 4 (Updated 2022)
Genesis 2 reveals that woman was created second after man, not to establish a hierarchy of gender relations, but because God was teaching that men and women are equal in substance. They both share the exact same stuff, a little bit of earth and a little bit of heaven. … Read More Creation Order 1 (Updated 2020)
I find myself at the completion of a MDiv degree and being denied ordination by my local church body because of the created order of men and women. This old series has become hauntingly redundant. … Read More In the very beginning (Updated 2020)
Kay Bonikowsky 