Tag: egalitarian
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“Complegalitarian” Blog Site
Wayne Leman, Peter Kirk, and David Lang have begun a new blog called Complegalitarian. The term is an adjective "Pertaining to complementarianism and egalitarianism." I like it. They write: "This blog is intended to be a safe place where complementarians and egalitarians can share their differences. There is no party line or official position at…
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Household: New Testament Household Codes
The use of fictive family in the New Testament relates to five themes: identity, unity, mission, inheritance, and affection. If fully embraced by the community, these themes would have grounded the community identity in God and unified them in mission as they demonstrated new creation values toward each other, anticipating the consummation of the new…
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Household: Paul as Father?
Paul followed in Jesus' footsteps in his use of fictive family to convey theological truths, but Paul also used fictive family metaphors to indicate his own sense of fond relationship for those he had nurtured in the faith: 1 Thessalonians 2:5-12 5 As you know and as God is our witness, we never came with…
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Household: Change in Status
Gal 3:25-4:7 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer subject to a disciplinarian, 26 for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith. 27 As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is…