Calvin’s ideas about women

The last post in this comment thread on a preceding post was by Sue. Here it is:
I want to make clear that I did not cite these things to make a “blanket judgement” of Calvin. I first posted some material from him in a positive light. But when Douglass’s work was mentioned I simply cut [...]

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kephale (head)

The last comment in this thread about kephale under the post by Don Johnson on Sarah Sumner’s “Wound …” article is by Don Johnson:
My take is no one can be sure what kephale meant in 1 Cor 11, but whatever it meant, in 1st century church, a man was not to wear a headcovering, but [...]

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author of Hebrews

This post simply continues a thread of comments which developed on the preceding post by Don Johnson on Sarah Sumner’s “Wounds of a friend: Egalitarian”.
The last comment in this thread is by EricW:
Mara
… Like Charis, who wishes that it would come out that Pricilla wrote Hebrews, I wish the same thing. (She’s one of several [...]

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The View from Third Base

Title IX was in place by the time I started high school. But I didn’t do sports, and I’m not much of a sports fan. So, if you began reading this with the expectation that a baseball metaphor would be woven nicely throughout, you’re going to be disappointed. It’s Molly who does that metaphor weaving [...]

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Wrong enemies redux

In a paper presented at the November 2008 annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, soft comp theologian, Dr. Steve Tracy, opens with the non-controversial observation that many conservative evangelicals equate family values with political opposition to abortion and homosexuality.

Rather than affirming this political involvement, Dr. Tracy takes the position that [...]

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Bugsy theology

Perhaps I should explain.
I’ve been reading the Blue Parakeet by Scot McKnight, but I think the title is wrong, because we Aussies [pronounced Ozzies, by the way] call the blue bird perched on the binoculars on the cover budgerigars, or budgies. We have been known to call our export, Kylie Minogue [better known in the [...]

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Musings on David McKay’s latest post

The Bible tells us that we’re all sinners and that in the run-of-the-mill dailyness of life, sinners are going to sin.  We’re given general counsel on what to do when sinned against,  such as “turn the other cheek” and “a soft answer turneth away wrath.”  We’re also given general counsel on how to approach fellow [...]

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O. J. Simpson Is Not a Complementarian: Male Headship and Violence against Women

Russell Moore’s thoughtful Complementarian response to questions about male violence.

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Don Johnson on Sarah Sumner’s “Wounds of a friend: Egalitarian”

Don Johnson on Sarah Sumner’s “Wounds of a friend: Egalitarian”

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/june/28.41.html?start=1 is the original article.

Note that Sarah has since clarified that she is not egal, so the premise of the article is mistaken. It is not clear why this happened.

I will put sections of her article in quotes.

Sarah: “Egalitarians should rely more on careful exegesis and [...]

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A few useful articles from Christianity Today

Christianity Today has published several interesting articles on issues related to our discussion here that are worth reading. Unfortunately a few require subscription and, as is often the case, the rules are different for people who live outside the US and I can’t figure out how lesser mortals in Australia can subscribe to the online [...]

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