April 14, 2023
One book advocates a soft complementarian reading of Scripture and the other an egalitarian reading of Scripture. The general editor of the former is Renèe Webb Sproles. It is entitled Male & Female: A Biblical Look at Gender (published by Renew.org). The author of the other is Philip B. Payne. It is entitled The Bible […]
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Books, Hermeneutics | Tagged: 1 Timothy 2:8-15, Complementarian, Egalitarian, Female, Male, Male & Female, Men, Philip Payne, Renew, The Bible vs. Biblical Womanhood, Women | 
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
January 11, 2017
[An audio version is available here (under January 8)] In this post I have no interest in advocating for any position, and my taxonomy is primarily applied to the historically controversial question about what function/role may women serve in the public assembly of the church gathered to communally praise/worship God. Rather than advocating a position, […]
9 Comments | Stone-Campbell, Theology | Tagged: Complementarian, Egalitarian, Female, Feminism, Headship, Male, Traditionalism, Women | Permalink
Posted by John Mark Hicks
July 11, 2008
In the first half of 2004, the Woodmont Hills Church of Christ (Family of God) in Nashville, TN, pursued a congregational-wide study entitled “Women Serving God.” There were some preliminaries in the Fall of 2003, but the main focus was the Spring of 2004. This involved many different venues–sermons, Bible classes (Sunday and Wednesday), small groups, […]
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
June 19, 2008
In 1996, 1998, and 2000 I conducted one day, Saturday, seminars for the Pennyrile Church of Christ in Madisonville, KY to which area ministers and members were invited to spend a day discussing “current” theological questions. My friend Norris DeBerry was the minister for the church at the time. Those were encouraging, helpful discussions, I […]
8 Comments | Hermeneutics, Theology | Tagged: Assembly, Baptism, Complementarian, Egalitarian, Gender, Hermeneutics, Leadership, Sacraments, Salvation, Soteriology', Women, Worship | Permalink
Posted by John Mark Hicks