Colossians 3:2

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[beware rob bell]

In being a man, culture, orthodoxy, worldview on July.8.2008 at 1:06 pm

Read this at The Resurgence.

  1. I had to post this on my blog too. Thanks for sharing. Many here do not have access to your blog, but they do have access to mine. He’s largely popular here, as you may well know. I couldn’t pass it up.

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    Supervincemus837 9 July 2008 at 12pm

  2. so are you opposed to female leadership? i’m not really sure what your stance on this issue is from your posts.

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    curious 18 August 2008 at 5am

  3. Hello, curious. Am I opposed to female leadership? Well, not blanketly. But check out these verses from 1 Timothy 2: “I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve…”

    A lot people argue that statements like this in the New Testament are culturally conditioned, but I think Paul is putting forward a timeless principle, because he points to the objective facts of the order of creation. Men and women are equally created in the image of God (Gen. 1:26), but have distinct roles, and men are designed toward leadership. From the passage it’s clear that women are not to teach men or be in authority over men. Over women and children, women may certainly teach and have authority. I’ve also been a part of co-ed Bible studies where a male-female partnership leads. This seems to accord with the principle of male leadership when within the partnership, the man leads out. There’s a lot of good info at the Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood on this ‘complementarian’ position. http://www.cbmw.org/

    The reason I linked to this article, however, was not so much the feminism as Bell’s manipulative tactics…

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    jonnymac8029 18 August 2008 at 2pm

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