By Margaret Mowczko In 1 Corinthians chapter 7, Paul deals with the subjects of sex, marriage, divorce and singleness. Paul’s instructions reveal his egalitarian views; there is no hint here of the male-only authority and leadership that many Christians assume is part of God’s design in marriage. Here are some of Paul’s statements: Each man should have his own wife.
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By Margaret Mowczko This Christmas one of my gifts was a copy of the Septuagint – the (approximately) 200BC Greek translation of the Old Testament.[1] Thanks Mum! So far I’ve skimmed through the book of Daniel, and I’ve read Psalm 49, (for no other reason than the book fell open at Psalm 49.) This morning I decided to begin at the
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By Margaret Mowczko Our Highest Calling I have heard many Christians state that motherhood is the highest calling for women. The people who say this are typically the Christians who believe that men and women, simply on the basis of gender, have different roles and functions in society, in the church and in the home. (It intrigues me that
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By Margaret Mowczko The LORD God said, “It is not good for the human to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” . . . but for the human no suitable helper was found. Genesis 2:18 & 20 In the past, people have had a very narrow view of the meaning of the word helper which is used in reference to
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Why, oh why, must some Christians insist that marriage is “an organization” or should work like one?
Proverbs 31:10 (KJV) Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. Proverbs 31:10 (NASB) An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels. The Hebrew word translated as “virtuous” or “excellent” has the basic idea of “strength and influence” and means “a force, an army, able activity in might and power,
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To join ongoing discussion of this and other topics please visit www.equalitycentral.com/forum/ Points 1-10 in italics are from Bruce Wares Complementarian Reading of Genesis Rebuttal provided by KR Wordgazer. 1. The order of creation, with the man created first, indicates Gods design of male headship in the male/female relationship (Gen 2; 1 Tim 2:13). On that basis, the fish, the
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Recently I came across a list of “ten reasons God designed there to be male headship” by “complementarian” Bruce Ware. I will list and comment, because it’s a good study in how people eisegete (read into) the scriptures their preconceived agenda. The order of creation, with the man created first, indicates God’s design of male headship in the male/female relationship
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~~~~~~~~~~~courtesy of Don Johnson~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Always try your best to find the cultural context. In this case, it is Aristotle’s Household Codes, for which what Paul and company say is a HUGE contrast. ~ Here is what Aristotle taught in a nutshell: Law and order depends on the relationships in the household, as that is the smallest unit of people.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last night I visited an online greek lexicon resource of Tufts University and found this definition of oikodespotes in black and white: oikodespot-eô and oikodespoteō from 1 Tim 5:14 to be master of a house or head of a family, to rule the household ~ I NEVER heard before that WOMEN are to be “masters of their homes”! I
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