A Gentle and Quiet Spirit is not just a Feminine Virtue
In this post I argue against the idea that gentleness, or meekness, is an especially feminine virtue (cf. 1 Peter 3:4), a faulty idea I’ve heard too many times.
Read Moreby Marg | Oct 8, 2017 | 1 Peter, Bible Study Notes, Christian Living, Equality and Gender Issues, Equality in Marriage | 8
In this post I argue against the idea that gentleness, or meekness, is an especially feminine virtue (cf. 1 Peter 3:4), a faulty idea I’ve heard too many times.
Read Moreby Marg | Sep 17, 2016 | Christian Living, Equality and Gender Issues | 9
In Luke 14:25-27 Jesus said that his disciples have to hate their father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters. A reader asks, “Was Jesus speaking to only men here?”
Read Moreby Marg | May 24, 2016 | Christian Living, Early Jewish History, Equality and Gender Issues, Equality in Marriage | 42
Churches which misunderstand Jesus’ teaching on divorce increase the suffering and scandal of divorced members. What is the context of Jesus’ teaching on divorce? Did Jesus teach that all second marriages, with a former spouse still living, are adulterous? I argue, from scripture, that he didn’t
Read Moreby Marg | May 21, 2016 | Bible Translation and Interpretation, Christian Living, Equality and Gender Issues | 77
Traditional translations of Malachi 2:16 are misleading. Here are some better translations that faithfully reflect the Hebrew grammar, and do not have God saying, “I hate divorce.”
Read Moreby Marg | Jun 1, 2015 | Christian Living | 3
I believe that there is more to the Lord’s Supper than what is offered in many churches today. In this 8 minute video, Danny Zacharias addresses some misunderstandings and shortcomings of our abbreviated Communion and Eucharist celebrations.
Read Moreby Marg | Mar 28, 2015 | Christian Living | 38
In this post I express my concerns about John Piper’s lack of propriety and wisdom in a quote newly posted (yet again) on The Gospel Coalition’s website.
Read Moreby Marg | Aug 29, 2014 | Christian Living, Church History, Equality and Gender Issues | 24
One subject that I keep mulling over is what it means to be a leader and have authority in the church. Did Jesus commission his first disciples to be church leaders? What was their job description?
Read Moreby Marg | Aug 18, 2014 | Christian Living, Equality and Gender Issues | 4
Here is a link to one of the best articles I have ever read on so-called ‘biblical womanhood’. In this article Jenny Rae Armstrong writes that “the privileged frivolities of Western homemaking” have nothing to do with the gospel of Jesus.
Read Moreby Marg | Aug 17, 2014 | Christian Living | 1
Back in the first century, Communion was a way for the early Christians to express their solidarity as a group of Jesus-followers in an often hostile world. The Lord’s Supper is still a way we can show our solidarity with our fellow Jesus-followers who are being persecuted.
Read Moreby Marg | Apr 19, 2014 | Christian Living | 1
How can we be like the wise man (i.e. person) who built a strong, unshakeable house on a secure foundation in Luke 6?
Read Moreby Marg | Apr 8, 2014 | Christian Living, Equality and Gender Issues | 6
Luke often presents material in his Gospel using male-female pairs to highlight the full & equal inclusion of women & men in God’s new covenant & community.
Read Moreby Marg | Apr 5, 2014 | Christian Living, Christian Theology | 4
The concept of grace has sometimes become confused or conflated with the concept of mercy, but the two are not the same. Read more about the power of grace which God gives us through Jesus and his Spirit.
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