I have had others ask that I go into more detail on some of the challenging passages, so here are some thoughts on 1 Timothy 2. (If you are not interested in the details of this subject, I suggest you skip this post!) I am no Greek scholar, but I have had an interest in… Read More
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The role of women in revival
In 1983, the insurance money from a robbery gave Tony and me the opportunity to travel to the Far East. While we were there, we spent four days at Dr. Paul Yonggi Cho’s church in Korea, at that time the largest church in the world with around 350,000 members. We learned many lessons from our… Read More
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The Hemiplegic Bride (part 2)
A continuing look at women in the New Testament: Phoebe was a valued minister in the church in Cenchrae, one whom Paul commended to the church in Rome (Romans 16:1). In fact, of the twenty-seven different named people in Rome mentioned in that chapter, eight are women. Six of them are described as laboring in… Read More
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The Hemiplegic Bride (part 1)
The body of Christ in this country is frequently hemiplegic. Hemiplegia is a medical term used to describe a paralysis of one side of the body, as for example, after a stroke. The voice of the female half of the army has been silenced. Obviously there are notable exceptions to this, but in general women… Read More
In many churches, women are limited in what they are allowed to do. They can make the coffee, (actually a specifically male role as exemplified by the book of He Brews) and teach a children’s Sunday school class. But it is what women are NOT allowed to do that is the problem. In many situations,… Read More
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A phone call to remember (part 1)
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