Biblical male leadership

Do any passages in the Bible teach that men, not women, are to be spiritual leaders in houses of worship and in the home? Be sure to quote specific Bible passages to support your answer in support of a yes or no answer to this question.
If you include references to headship, be sure to give [...]

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Ware’s summary of egalitarian and complementarian positions

Bruce Ware has summarized his understanding of the egalitarian and complementarian positions.

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A High-Profile Conversion to Egalitarianism

One of the articles in the most recent issue of the Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) is A High-Profile Conversion to Egalitarianism, by blogger Denny Burk. This article should be of special interest to those, like myself, who have spent a lot of time in church and Bible school contexts which have connections [...]

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prayer request

I realize this is a little unusual to post a prayer request, but I believe it is appropriate. Please pray for a member of this blog’s community who is having a very difficult time right now with a family crisis. Thanks.
UPDATE (Oct. 1): There has been some progress, but there is a long ways to [...]

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Moderation reminders

This is a reminder that comments on this blog are moderated. Moderation has significantly helped the atmosphere of this blog to be more Christlike. I never like to disapprove a comment. I only disapprove a comment if it breaks one of our posting guidelines in the upper left of this blog.
If my work load can [...]

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Christian bookstores hide magazine

Lifeway bookstores has decided to hide behind the counter the latest issue of Gospel Today magazine because the front cover features women pastors. Click here to read the story.
Lifeway is the same chain of Christian bookstores which participates in the boycott against the TNIV Bible translation. It does not sell the TNIV because it says [...]

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Ware to Find the Image of God

Several egalitarians on this blog have repeatedly accused complementarian spokesman Bruce Ware of arguing that women are not fully created in the image of God. As a complementarian, the idea that Ware would argue such a thing is indeed disturbing, since the Bible is unmistakably clear that both male and female are completely and equally [...]

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On Faith: Is it hypocritical to think that a woman can lead a nation and not a congregation?

http://equalitypress.wordpress.com/2008/09/06/one-faith-is-it-hypocritical-to-think-that-a-woman-can-lead-a-nation-and-not-a-congregation/

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Obama, Palin, and the Complementarian-Egalitarian Debate

Obama, Palin, and the Complementarian-Egalitarian Debate, by Mark Strauss
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Wow, this blog is something else!

I’m wrung out. I’ve worked hard this week. I had a sugar slump (hypglycemic) tonight. And I had a number of private email exchanges today with a member of this blog’s community about things I was not aware of but needed to become aware of, even things I have said of done with a pure [...]

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