Priscilla Papers | Academic Journal | Autumn 2007
An interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal exploring Bible interpretation, theology, church history, and other disciplines as they address a biblical view of women’s equality and justice in the home, church, and world.
"Priscilla and Aquila instructed Apollos more perfectly in the way of the Lord." (Acts 18:26)
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Autumn 2007
Volume: 21 | Number: 4
Community
What makes a good community? This issue looks at some of its elements, opening with a clear call to reject the “overbearing leadership” in many churches that compels church members into “leaderolatry.”
Contents
Community is one of the most valued gifts that God has bestowed on humanity. Every church I have ever encountered has wanted to be a healthy, supportive, Christian community. The term, after all, is built from the New Testament word koinonia, which means “close association involving mutual interest and sharing, association . . . fellowship, close [...]
In this article, I will give a survey of their history and culture and examine different ways in which scholars have understood the function of the word in Colossians 3:11.
When Jesus said, “Don’t be afraid, just trust me. . .” (Mark 5:36), he summed up our overall image of him. Jesus symbolizes trust. He did that by more than simple words.
they have come
like warriors
an army
blackening the land
Fall fountains of sun brimming
Bronze leaves burning
In summer’s dying light
Finally Feminist is designed to speak to both sides of the gender debate within the evangelical church. Stackhouse attempts to affirm both sides with "a single, coherent paradigm that amounts finally to a Christian feminism" (10). The book grew out of a series of lectures given while the author was a visiting scholar at Taylor University ( [...]