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Honor, Conflict, Tension, and True Unity

Posted on May 24, 2008 by travjohnson Writing the Unity post publicly revealed a bit of a personal struggle Im having and some of my own ego battles. While I do want to talk about unity and how we interact with one another, truth be known, I also wanted to defend myself. It was a subplot that shouldnt have been there. I didnt need to defend myself for obvious reasons. I also wanted to Continue rea... »

Women and Ministry: A Tension between the Overlapping “Now” and “the Age to Come”

Women and Ministry: A Tension between the Overlapping “Now” and “the Age to Come”

Women and Ministry A Tension between the Overlapping “Now” and “the Age to Come” Jon Ruthven, PhD It seems that the problem of women and ministry in the NT reflects a tension, not only between Christian tradition and modern culture, but also between two NT passages which appear to be contradictory, i.e., Gal 3:28 and 1 Tm 2:11ff. I think it’s important to get this apparent “contradiction” ha... »