A Wide Field of Service, by Mary Kassian

In this article, Mary Kassian describes ministry opportunities open to women, as complementarians understand the teachings of the Bible.

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Suzanne on Authority

Suzanne has started, on her Bookshelf blog, what promises to be a new series on Authority. Much of the post is a quotation from Luther showing that all Christians have authority, indeed “all are truly priests, bishops, and popes”, on the basis of their baptism. And since baptism is not dependent on gender, nor should [...]

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Women co-bloggers needed

This blog needs women co-bloggers. If you are a female complementarian or egalitarian (or neither, but follow the debate), and are attempting to operate in the home and ministry as you understand the teachings of the Bible, please consider volunteering to blog here. You can email any of the co-bloggers already signed up if you [...]

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Radio debate: Can women be pastors?

Click here to read about the second radio debate on this topic between Matt Slick and Cheryl Schatz. There is a link so you can listen to the debate.

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Michael Kruse on “head” as a metaphor in Greek

Michael Kruse is continuing his long series on Household, in the ancient world and in the Bible, and has now presented his conclusions on “head” as a metaphor in Greek:
First, “head” is not used to signify “rule over” or “have authority over,” although it clearly is used on occasion with regard to people who rule [...]

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Women in Ministry

Jeremy, who has just joined the blogsphere, blogged on Women in Ministry as his first post. After presenting some of the key biblical passages and a fair summary of both the complementarian and egalitarian positions, he says:
Personally, I subscribe to the egalitarian model. I have a beautiful wife who compliments me so wonderfully. Her strengths [...]

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Q&A on Complementarianism

Complementarian professor Denny Burk blogged this week on Q&A on Complementarianism. I thought that the tone of the post and comments on it were above average for many interactions that take place between complementarians and egalitarians.

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The Complementarian-Egalitarian Divide

Claude Mariottini has blogged today on the Complementarian-Egalitarian Divide.

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Blog name

A wise person once said something to the effect that you can’t please all of the people all of the time, but you can please some of the people some of the time. With that in mind, would you please contribute to the birthing of this new blog by indicating your reaction to its name. [...]

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Welcome!

This blog is intended to be a safe place where complementarians and egalitarians can share their differences. There is no party line or official position at this blog. All comments which conform to standards of professional etiquette are welcome.
This blog was initially created to be a place where discussions beginning on the Better Bibles Blog [...]

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