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T-1. "The Primacy of Christ: Summarizing a Christocentric Theology - Dave's attempt at sketching out a systematic theology by starting with--of all places--the person of Christ!
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D-1. The Full Stature of Women as Servants of Christ in His Church
D-2. Am I Wrong Because I'm Politically Correct? (Inclusive Language Issue)
D-3. What Is Lost? Some Quick Answers to Often-Raised Objections to Inclusive Language Translation
D-4. On the Colorado Springs Guidelines for Bible Translation (Inclusive Language Issue)
D-5. Scandalous Scenarios (Inclusive Language Issue)
D-6. The Idea of Submission in 1 Peter
D-7. Goals for Egalitarian Groups
D-8. A Dream I Had On Christmas
D-9. Reflections on Grudem's Six Questions and the Current Debate
D-10. Too Hot for the Standard: "BGC Shoots & Ladders"
D-11. Give Women an Unrestricted Role in the Church
D-12. A Classic Protestant Perspective on 1 Corinthians 15:24-28 and the Question of Christ's Subjection to the Father
D-13. Can't find an egalitarian church in your area? Sven & Inga are back to talk about when to cut bait and what to do next.
D-14. Wondering how authority works for egalitarians? Consider my "Thoughts on Equality and Spiritual Authority."
D-15. "The Egalitarian Marriage of a True Patriarch" will open your eyes about a biblical model for submissive wives.
D-16. More on the notorious "Six Questions" in this "Response to David Bayly's Update on CBMW's Six Questions."
D-17. "A Review of a Review" responds to CBMW's treatment of a key book by egalitarian author Rebecca Merrill Groothuis
D-18. A female apostle? "Junia the Apostle" responds to CBMW's treatment of Romans 16:7
D-19. "Should Divorced People Be Treated as Second-Class Citizens in the Church?"
D. 20. "Elders (presbuteros): Biblical Evidence that the Word, Even When Masculine, May Include Women"
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Articles By Friends On Issues You Should Know About: |
F-1. "The Use of Classical Disciplines in Biblical Research " - A response by scholar Catherine Clark Kroeger to accusations that she misrepresents the meaning of kephale (head) in scripture.
F-2. "Looking at the Definitions" - More on key words in the gender debate, by Dr. Catherine Clark Kroeger.
F-5. "Specious Questions: Responding to Grudem's Questions 3, 4 & 5" - Ruth Evans shows how common biblical reference materials refute three key claims of complementarianism.
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"Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs, but how to remain human in the skyscrapers."
-- Abraham Joshua Heschel
"Survival in this wicked world may be a crime that has to be redeemed by subsequent achievements."
-- Walter Kaufmann, The Faith of a Heretic, p. 193
"God would rather be the suffering God of suffering people than the blest God of unblest people."
-- Karl Barth quoted by John Ortberg
"I have learned that God has not had an easy life."
-- child @ Ortberg's church
"God's love is not a mild benevolence but a consuming fire."
-- Bede Griffiths
Jackie: "What kind of man are you?"
JFK: "An idealist without illusions."
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
"It belongs to the self-respect of intellect to pursue every tangle of thought to its final unravelment."
-- Alfred North Whitehead
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-- Heschel
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