Category Archives: Feminism

So Dr. Scot McKnight is at it again with the issue of egalitarianism and complementarianism. This time, with the question of whether the complementarians or the egalitarians in the Evangelical world are the ones accommodating. Strangely, McKnight lower-cases the term … Continue reading →

According to the Evangelical sense of the term. I capitalize the term “Evangelical” here as the term has realistically been hijacked by modern day Evangelicals. For those not familiar with the movement, histories of the movement have been done–it is … Continue reading →

I was reading more of the comments on this post and one from Dr. McKnight surprised me. If I understand it correctly, I now know the purpose of this post. He writes, “The point of the essay in the journal … Continue reading →

Dr. Scot McKnight has posted a page about how complementarians have changed their interpretations over time (read simply, according to McKnight, complementarians=hierarchalists=patriarchalists–Never mind that all Christians who read kephale in 1 Cor. 11:3 as “source” (including radical egalitarians) would be … Continue reading →

Every now and then, I see in the blogosphere some Evangelical radical egalitarian is applauding a church for the fact that it has decided to ordain women. For instance, this recent post by Jeremiah Gibbs complementing and congratulating a mega-church … Continue reading →

In case you’re new to my blog, you know that I don’t get along with Scot McKnight’s theology too much. But recently, he finally said some things I agree with. It is in response to members of The Gospel Coalition. … Continue reading →

I was reading an article by Dr. Jeremiah Gibbs stating that he is convinced that churches that don’t ordain women are outside the will of God and no longer a part of the Christian community. He doesn’t actually say they … Continue reading →

There are two organizations promoting certain political agendas–the CBMW (Council of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood) and the CBE (Christians for Biblical Equality). A close look at these organizations indicates though that neither organization takes our Lord’s commands that seriously. The … Continue reading →

I would like to answer some of the questions Rachel Held Evans poses here. Rachel: If the Hebrew word ezer is used most often in Scripture to refer to God as a strong helper, why is it said to mean … Continue reading →

This will be my last interaction with McKnight’s book, The Blue Parakeet. I can’t say it’s been a great read. Most of the book is junk and senseless misunderstanding of the other side. I would neither recommend it to an … Continue reading →

McKnight gives us a brief reminder of what is going on throughout the story of the Bible in concern to women’s ordination. women in the Old Testament exercised leadership; women in the Old Testament spoke for God as prophets; women … Continue reading →

McKnight writes in his book, The Blue Parakeet (and I do not recommend it), in concern to debates about women’s ordination at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, What I realized as I listened to the debates was that I read the … Continue reading →

Often times in egalitarian vs. complementarian/patriarchal debates, the patriarchalists accuse the egalitarians of giving the gate to support homosexuality and the egalitarians accuse the patriarchalists of supporting slavery and racism. I will first clear up the patriarchalists. Nothing could be … Continue reading →

McKnight in the book, The Blue Parakeet writes in regards to the distinction between a deacon and a deaconess that “When Paul calls her ‘deacon,’ he is not thinking of ‘deaconesses’ in our churches who clean up communion cups in … Continue reading →