Thinking to Believe
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217: Answering God's Critics pt 46 - One Less God, Santa Clause, Hypocrites
It's the final episode of my Answering God's Critics series. I address three objections:1. We are both atheists. I just believe in one less god than you.2. Belief in God is akin to belief in Santa Clause.3. There are too ma...
216: Can Women be Pastors and Teachers pt 15? - Objections pt 4 - Gift of teaching and Joel's prophecy - Application
The final episode in my sub-series on the question of women pastors and teachers! I address two final objections (women cannot receive the gift of teaching & Joel prophesied that women would be preachers) before considering how to apply the...
215: Can Women be Pastors and Teachers pt 14? - Objections pt 3 - Was Junia a Female Apostle?
Was Junia a male or female, and was this person just well-known to the apostles, or a noteworthy apostle? I argue that Junia is a female, but not an apostle (and if she was an apostle, she is only an apostle in the "missionary" sense of the wor...
214: Can Women be Pastors and Teachers pt 13? - Objections pt 2 - Was Phoebe a Deacon?
Was Phoebe a deacon, and if so, does that inveigh against Complementarianism? I argue that Phoebe was a deacon, and that women can be deacons, but this has nothing to do with whether women can be elders/pastors/teachers.
213: Can Women be Pastors and Teachers pt 12? - Objections pt 1 - Galatian 3:28 and Priscilla
Now that I have established my argument for Complemenatarianism, I am turning my attention to various objections raised by Egalitarians against this view. In this episode I address four objections:1. Galatians 3:28 requires that we make ...