Thinking to Believe
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208: Can Women be Pastors and Teachers pt 7? - 1 Cor 14 pt 2
After dealing with possible understandings of Paul's reference to "the Law," I examined two interpretations of 1 Cor 14:34-35: (1) The interpolation view which holds that these verses are not Pauline, but were added to the text by a scribe earl...
207: Can Women be Pastors and Teachers pt 6? 1 Tim 2 recap and 1 Cor 14 pt 1
Did an extended recap of what I covered for 1 Tim 2, and then began my discussion of 1 Cor 14:33-35. I concluded:1. Paul's teaching pertains to public worship.2. "As in all the churches of the saints" in 33b is the start of the se...
206: Can Women be Pastors and Teachers pt 5? 1 Tim 2 pt 4
I focus on Paul's second reason for prohibiting a woman from teaching or exercising authority over a man, namely the fact that it was Eve - not Adam - who was deceived by the devil. While Eve was the first to sinn, Adam was held res...
205: Can Women be Pastors and Teachers pt 4? 1 Tim 2 pt 3
I examine 1 Tim 2:13, where Paul provides his first reason for permitting women from teaching or exercising authority over males, namely creation order. Man was created first, then Eve, and thus Eve was created in a place of submission to Adam....
204: Can Women be Pastors and Teachers pt 3? 1 Tim 2 pt 2
I explore the two things Paul did not prohibit women from doing in 1 Tim 2:12 - teaching and exercising authority. I show why the egalitarian claim that "exercise authority" is talking about an abuse of authority is mistaken.