Looking Back to the Law
Contrary to the idea of a progression, the apostle’s method of “looking back to the law” makes gender principles feel enduring and so needing our heeding.
Tag: #AsymmetryOfOrder
I Will Not Punish Your Daughters
The ancient prophet, Hosea, distinguishes gender in a coming judgment. One of the Bible’s passing references to asymmetry demonstrate its consistent message.
But Woman is the glory of Man…
My son is getting married this week. And my mind keeps going to 1Corinthians 11:7: “…he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man.”
Preaching about women and men? Anticipate ancient contradiction
When it comes to describing gender, we might think that we face novel difficulty…until we note something about the apostle Paul’s addresses on gender.
Why Would God Tell Women to Submit?
The Apostle Paul says that the goal of every and any of the commands in the Bible is love. But how do we see the love in this one?
Ah, Junia
A New Testament mentioning of “apostle” in connection with a female name raises questions about womanly authority in the early church.