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So when people call themselves “traditionalists” with respect to the role of women, esp in ministry, what do they mean? And, are there traditionalists today? Sarah Sumner’s book, Men and Women in the Church, chp. 3, discusses such questions with some interesting results.

Almighty God, who didst inspire thy servant Luke the physician to set forth in the Gospel the love and healing power of thy Son: Graciously continue in thy Church the like love and power to heal, to the praise and glory of thy Name; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth…

Paul has undoubtedly heard of what God is doing through the gospel in other places, but his priestly offering that he can take pride in is the work he has done: “I have reason to boast of my work for God” (15:17). He says he will only speak of what Christ has accomplished “through me”…

Any church that prohibits women from minstering in ways that women minister within the pages of the Bible, regardless of the text that church chooses to use in order to restrict women (usually 1 Cor 14:34-35 or 1 Tim 2:11-15), is unbiblical. Whatever restrictions are imposed, if they restrict women from doing what women did…

I’m among the world’s worst “rememberers of birthdays.” At one time I seriously considered sending out cards to every family member on January 1st just to make sure it got done. The problem stems from the fact that I’m not calendar-conscious like that. And, to top this off, my mom and dad and my two…

“Of the three late modern trajectories,” LeRon Shults concludes at the end of chp 7 of Reforming the Doctrine of God, “the renewal of eschatological ontology may be the most difficult to understand for many Western readers.” Indeed. And this is how he defines “eschatological ontology”:

We can now see the landing field from our window as Paul banks to the side. Romans is about over. (By the way, we’ll do Psalm 119 next.) In the rest of Romans 15 (vv. 14-33), Paul explains his “apostolic vocation” and makes it very clear that his vocation is about getting Gentiles into the…

This weekend Kris and I were guests of Irving Bible Church in Irving, Texas. Wow. We had a great time. We had a public event Saturday evening — I spoke for one hour about the gospel of Embracing Grace and then we had a vigorous hour of discussion. Then on Sunday I spoke three times…

Myth #6 in Roger Olson’s book, Arminian Theology, is another oft-repeated accusation against Arminians: that Arminian theology is a human-centered theology with an optimistic anthropology. In fact, Olson argues, Arminian theology is every bit as God-intoxicated as Calvinist theology when it comes to the centrality of God’s work in redemption.

As NT Wright goes to great pains to show, Romans is about including both Jews and Gentiles in the one people of God. Paul urges the Romans, in 15:7, to welcome one another for, and here is a significant perspective of Paul:
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