Thoughts of a Christian Husband, Father, and Pastor
I’ve been preparing lately to begin preaching through the book of 1 Timothy at GFC. Any time you begin a new book, there is always a lot of background reading that you have to do to set the stage for where the book is going to take you. Most of what you read never makes [...]
Wednesday night at GFC we had our monthly meeting for the men and the women. Usually our Wednesday night meetings are times for the whole family, with our kids program in full swing. On the first Wednesday of every month, however, we have a meeting where we aim to build relationships between the men and [...]
Kids love Christmas… and kids love Christmas presents. Just about the only thing that’s better than getting a great Christmas gift is getting a Christmas gift that’s better than any of the gifts your siblings or friends got. Nothing ruins a good gift quicker than realizing that someone else got a better gift.
Kids and earthly-minded churches [...]
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Conclusion.
Conclusion
It has been the intent of this series to present several of the exegetical arguments for the complementarian position. Admittedly, some arguments are more persuasive than others, but we have been firmly founded in the God-breathed texts from the Old and New Testaments throughout.
We [...]
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Conclusion.
The Trinity
Perhaps one of the more sobering truths about the egalitarian-complementarian debate is the reality that more is at stake than just the interpretation of a few words or a few verses. Rather, our whole vision of God is altered by how we view the [...]
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Conclusion.
Apostolic Proof Texts
When providing the basis for his statements with regard to the male-female authority relationship, the writer of the God-inspired text almost always appeals to an eternal principle, outside the realm of sin and never once does he appeal to the secular culture of [...]
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Conclusion.
Wives, Children, and then Slaves
It is purported by some that since Paul’s instructions to slaves and masters are now passé, it can be argued backward, that his instructions to wives must also be cultural, and thus passé as well. This is rejected outright for the [...]
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Conclusion.
Neither Male nor Female
Galatians 3:28 in no way abolishes gender distinctions, but rather, the false assumptions that value or worth could somehow be attached to the simple identification of an individual as a slave, free man, Jew, Gentile, male, or female. (After all, if it [...]
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Conclusion.
Purpose of this Paper
The purpose of this article is simple: It is my intention to lay out the foundational reasoning for why we believe what we do about the order of the male-female relationship. It is my conviction that the God-ordained roles assigned to men [...]
I love Scripture because it boldly declares. It doesn’t go around tip-toeing and trying to qualify everything. There are profound tensions in Scripture, but rather than attempting to soften them, or thinking that we need to explain them away, I think we need to embrace them and let them speak to us.
For most modern readers, [...]
This morning I was blessed in my reading of 1 Timothy. I was quite refreshed to read Paul’s words to Timothy:
The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
When Scripture records for us Paul’s letter to this young pastor (the first generation of [...]
I’ve gone back and forth a bit on this issue, so if you’ve thought about it, I’d love some input. Here’s the question: How much value is there in other world religions? How much time should we spend studying them? When we study them, how should we study them?
Before I went to college, I was [...]
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