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“Woman, just try harder!”

When I first heard the Gospel and believed, I knew I was washed clean and forgiven. But I didn’t have anyone who really understood the full and complete Gospel to disciple me. Nor did my husband. We had just come out of the Catholic system and were on our second or third seekermergent church (hey, […]

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Confusion

Complementarian John Piper shares teaching duties with a woman?

Todd Pruitt, contributor on Mortification of Spin’s (MOS) podcast, tackles this contentious issue in a blog post entitled, “Now I’m really confused about complementarianism.”  No doubt some readers are wondering what that word means.  Briefly, complementarians hold the view that men and women have different roles in leadership in the church — women are not to teach or exercise […]

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In Case You Were Wondering: Are Female Bloggers Violating Scripture by “Teaching” Men?

Bible study author, speaker and blogger Michelle Lesley asked several women bloggers this question.  My bottom line is that (1) I’m not expositing scripture, and (2) the book of Jude (about contending for truth and doctrinal purity) was written to all believers, not just men. Now to Michelle’s post: Complementarian women bloggers and authors are […]

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