“Preaching” words in the NT and the women who preached
When we understand “preaching” words in the way the New Testament authors understood and used these terms we see that some New Testament women preached.
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What was Adam’s excuse?
Eve’s reason for eating the forbidden fruit was that she was deceived. What was Adam’s excuse? Suzanne McCarthy suggests Adam did give a reason in Genesis 3.
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A Critique of Wayne Grudem’s “Grounds for Divorce”
In a recent paper, Wayne Grudem explains why he changed his mind from thinking that only adultery and desertion were permissible reasons for divorce to now accepting that abuse is also a permissible reason. This may be good news for some but I find Grudem’s approach in his paper problematic.
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Andrew Bartlett on “Men and Women in Christ”
In this guest post, Andrew Bartlett tells us about his 2019 book “Men and Women in Christ: Fresh Light from the Biblical Texts,” published by Inter-Varsity Press. This is an excellent, thoroughly-researched book that is accessible to novices and useful to scholars.
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Is Junia well known ‘to’ the apostles?
Up until 2001, it was commonly understood that Andronicus and Junia were “notable among the apostles” (Rom. 16:7). In 2001, the ESV translated this phrase as “well known to the apostles.” In the same year, Burer and Wallace published a paper where they concluded that “well known to the apostles” is almost certainly a correct translation. So which is it? Is Junia and her partner among the apostles or known to the apostles?
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