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Audio: Paul’s Radical Call for Mutuality in Marriage (and Singleness): 1 Corinthians 7:1–40
By: Ronald W. Pierce | November 2, 2022
Tired of rehashing the same difficult texts and arguments about men and women’s shared leadership and authority in marriage? How about something new from Scripture that could revolutionize your discussion on the mutuality and equality of men and women in marriage and singleness? Walk with Ron Pierce through 1 Corinthians 7, the most extensive and explicitly [...]
Context and Words Matter: Reexamining 1 Corinthians 14
By: Bill Rudd | September 29, 2021
By paying attention to the context and specific word usage of 1 Corinthians 14, it becomes clear that Paul was not asking anyone—tongues-speakers, prophets, or women—to be quiet permanently.
A Time to Speak
By: Aaron Dilla | November 1, 2020
First Corinthians presents Christian women with a time to speak, not a time to be silent.
Was Love the Motive for Women’s Silence in 1 Corinthians 14:34–35? A Lawyer’s Study
By: Andrew Bartlett | June 15, 2020
Lawyers investigate human behavior like scientists investigate the natural world, looking for the explanation that best fits all the available data. What happens when we apply that approach to 1 Corinthians 14:34–35?
What to Say When Someone Believes Husbands Are Entitled to Sex
By: Chesna Hinkley | August 21, 2019
Some people believe that 1 Corinthians 7 means that husbands are entitled to sex and wives have an obligation to supply it. But the text, properly interpreted, doesn't support that argument. In fact, it opposes it.
Man as the Image and Glory of God, and Woman as the Glory of Man: Perspicuity or Ambiguity?
By: Lucy Peppiatt | July 31, 2019
1 Cor 11:2–16 touches on questions of creation and the nature of God and has been influential not only in the role of men and women in worship, but more fundamentally in the relations of man and woman to one another and to God.
Is 1 Corinthians 14:34–35 a Marginal Comment or a Quotation? A Response to Kirk MacGregor
By: Philip B. Payne | April 26, 2019
First Corinthians 14 contains the only passage in the Bible that at face value silences women or restricts their ministry in the churches. It is important for all who believe Scripture to understand the truth about this passage.
What to Say When Someone Says Women Should Be Silent in Church
By: Chesna Hinkley | January 30, 2019
You’re at a holiday event and you mention that you’ve been asked to guest preach at your church. Your grandpa or your aunt or cousin brings up 1 Corinthians 14. What do you say?
Struggles with Biblical Interpretation: A Personal Journey to Biblical Equality (Finnish, English)
By: Jussi Suutari | October 26, 2018
In this workshop, Jussi Suutari will discuss some verses (e.g. Eph. 5) that were important to him during over his own personal struggle with the Bible. The conflict grew out of hierarchical teachings he was hearing on some verses in Paul's letters, since through his own Bible reading he was seeing the overall egalitarian message [...]
Why Did Paul Ask Men Not to Cover Their Heads while Asking Women to Cover Their Heads? An Interpretation of 1 Cor. 11:2–16 (Finnish, English)
By: Dr. Anne Mikkola | October 23, 2018
The workshop offers participants an opportunity to discuss themes according to their interests relating to the details of the passage, its meaning, the culture of Paul’s time, and even Paul’s theology.