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Egalitarianism

Should Complementarians Change Their Minds Now? On Preston Sprinkle’s ‘...What the Bible Really Says About Women in Leadership’

By Filings on Wed, 03/04/26
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“Though Sprinkle doesn’t provide new arguments for egalitarianism, his book will probably be referred to often because he changed his mind on the issue and states his views clearly. Nevertheless, I’m not persuaded by his argument.” - TGC

Do Egalitarians Need Safe Spaces?

By Filings on Mon, 04/29/24
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“The April 2024 issue of Christianity Today includes three cover stories addressing ongoing differences between complementarians and egalitarians. Titled ‘Division of Labor,’ the cover asks whether egalitarians and complementarians are really as opposed to one another as people suppose.” - Denny Burk

Advocates, Not Merely Adherents: Lay-of-the Land Observations and Challenges for Complementarians

By Filings on Thu, 04/04/24
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“Stop trying to find the mushy middle. If you want to see people looking for it, you do not have to attend a feminist conference these days. You just have to attend ETS. But there is, in the final analysis, no mushy middle.” - CBMW

Moody Bible Institute sex discrimination lawsuit can proceed, appeals court rules

By Filings on Thu, 03/21/24
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“Garrick… filed a lawsuit claiming sex discrimination and other Title VII civil rights violations. She accused the Christian school of mistreating her on the basis of gender, alleging personal harassment and opposition over her egalitarian views on gender that women can be pastors.” - CPost

Yet Another Attempt to Justify What God Forbids: A Response to Cynthia Westfall, “Male and Female, One in Christ”

By Filings on Thu, 06/22/23
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“I proceed by answering three questions: (I) How does Cynthia Westfall’s chapter fit in the conversation about Galatians 3:28? (II) How does Cynthia Westfall’s new chapter compare to Gordon Fee’s old chapter? (III) Is Cynthia Westfall’s argument correct?” - Andy Naselli

Soft Complementarians: Holding to Headship and the Gifting of Women

By Filings on Wed, 06/21/23
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“ ‘Soft complementarian,’ as it is commonly called, is neither ‘complementarian’ or “egalitarian”—the two views that are typically featured in the debates.” - Eric Geiger

What 1 Timothy 2:11-15 means

By TylerR on Mon, 12/05/22
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This passage is not about circumscribing women’s roles in church life.

Who was the Chosen Lady in 2 John?

By Filings on Thu, 12/09/21
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She was a host and leader of Christian house church … The most straightforward explanation of who her “children” were, is that they are members of her household and congregation.

Review: The Making of Biblical Womanhood

By TylerR on Mon, 05/10/21

Beth Allison Barr’s book The Making of Biblical Womanhood released on 20 April 2021. It provides a historical argument for egalitarianism and it has taken the evangelical world by storm. Many are not pleased. On 30 April 2021, one Twitter user who sports an avatar of John Calvin in a suit asked, “Why do all the anti-patriarchy chicks seem to cut their own hair?” James White liked the tweet.

Review: The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

By TylerR on Tue, 04/20/21
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The highlights of Barr’s book include a review of historical texts and stories representing women in the Church and issues of gender, a discussion of gendered language in Bible translation, how the Reformation flipped the Church Fathers’ perception of the sexuality of women, and the Trinitarian heresy of eternal subordination of the Son in relatio

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