Tag: Priscilla & Aquila

Q&A: Should Women Be Silent in Church? Part 4

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Priscilla and Aquila were not just learners – but having drunk deeply at the well of Paul’s theological knowledge, they became competent and reliable teachers of the truth.

Q&A: Gender Roles in Marriage, Part 2

Posted in Correcting errors, feminine, Jesus & women, leadership in the home, marriage, masculine, ministry, mutual submission, New Testament, Old Testament, Q&A, roles, stereotypes, women of the Bible7 Comments

In the previous post of this Q&A on gender roles in marriage, we began looking at whether specific gender roles are God’s design for Christian marriages – roles in which, specifically, the husband is to take responsibility for leadership and the wife is to help and to submit. Firstly, we started in Genesis, and found… Continue reading Q&A: Gender Roles in Marriage, Part 2

“Enwhitenment”: The Bible’s Surprising Take on Men & Women

Posted in Correcting errors, Jesus & women, marriage, ministry, mutual submission, New Testament, Old Testament, Patriarchy, women of the Bible2 Comments

Is the Bible any sort of a place to find relevant and useful ideas on gender issues? And what does this question have to do with an ad for photocopier paper? (Those are two sentences you never expected to find in the one paragraph!) In this post, I provide an overview of the treatment of women throughout… Continue reading “Enwhitenment”: The Bible’s Surprising Take on Men & Women