authority
The gender discussion in the church today is captured succinctly by New Testament scholar Gordon Fee in
In a recent post examining the biblical qualities of a leader, I considered the similarity betw
"Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed.
The Cambridge Police Department arrested Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. after Dr. Gates entered his own home and produced proof of his identity.
There is the Islam of the dictators and their religious allies, used to keep people in their place, used to justify their own power, used to shame and threaten those who question their authority. And there is the Islam of the protestors, calling out to God in hopes of liberation. Whose prayers are heard? Which group has a more true vision of God?
"A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve.