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Reframing: An Architectural Design Thinking Process of 1 Corinthians 11:11-12
By: Gricel Medina | July 20, 2017
How can we better serve and inform a growing diverse community with an egalitarian theology message that is clearly understood? What are better ways to create bridges of conversation that are not intrusive or divisive?
Six Ground-breaking Discoveries: A Summary of "Vaticanus Distigme-obelos Symbols Marking Added Text, Including 1 Corinthians 14.34–5"
By: Philip B. Payne | July 15, 2017
A summary of six groundbreaking discoveries from Dr. Philip B. Payne's New Testament Studies 63 (October, 2017) article about the oldest Bible in Greek, Codex Vaticanus, and their implications for the reliability of the transmission of the Greek New Testament and for the equal standing of man and woman
Biblical Gender Equality: A Summary
By: Philip B. Payne | January 1, 2017
In every corner of the world, religious teachings on gender and power have an enormous impact on human lives, especially those of girls and women. For this reason, Christians have a responsibility to accurately critique biblical teachings on gender.
Silent in the Churches: A Sermon on 1 Corinthians 14:34–36
By: Brandon Waite | July 31, 2016
Before we get too far into this sermon, I need to say one thing: my brother had it coming. So none of this is my fault. Well, not entirely my fault. It might be his fault. Or my parents’ fault, even, for the whole thing started because they had the audacity to sell their house. [...]
How Newness of Life in Christ Entails Sharing Authority and Leadership
By: Philip B. Payne | August 1, 2015
This lecture demonstrates how the New Testament teachings of newness of life in Christ entails men and women sharing authority and leadership in the church and in the home.
Silence
By: Aída Besançon Spencer | July 9, 2014
What we learn from 1 Corinthians is that sometimes good actions that we are free to do can keep us from doing the first two words of chapter 14: "pursue love." Love is more important than our freedom in Christ. We have to work on our ability to love.
The Symbol of the Veil in the Ancient Near East and Today: Subjugation or Honor
By: Cynthia Long Westfall | July 28, 2013
The Symbol of the Veil in the Ancient Near East and Today: Subjugation or Honor
How Should We Interpret 1 Corinthians 11: 2–16?
By: Ronald W. Pierce | June 5, 2011
In 1 Corinthians 11:2-16, Paul is concerned that both men and women should exercise their leadership gifts—with appropriate authority—while presenting themselves in a manner that celebrates the uniqueness of their respective genders.
1 Corinthians [IVP New Testament Commentary]
By: Alan F. Johnson | October 28, 2010
First-century Corinth and its challenges were not so different from our own. Upwardly mobile Christians facing radically diverse ethnic, religious, economic and social conditions. The church divided over issues of leadership and authority, sexual morality, gender and worship, marriage and divorce. Sound familiar? Yet as Alan Johnson highlights in this excellent commentary, in the midst [...]
Book Review: Craig Keener's 1-2 Corinthians
By: Virginia Gray | July 31, 2010
Craig Keener's 1-2 Corinthians is a wonderfully engaging and easily read commentary on Paul's letters to the Corinthians. It is tightly packed with documented information from ancient sources on the historical/social/cultural setting of Corinth in Paul's time. This information enables the reader to understand more clearly the intentions behind Paul's letters to the [...]