In Part 2 of our conversation on women in ministry, we pick up where we left off—returning to one of the most discussed passages in this debate: 1 Corinthians 14.

• What does Paul mean when he says women should “remain silent in the churches”?
• Is this a universal command—or a response to a specific situation?

We look at how the Church has historically understood and practiced this, including examples of women serving in leadership and ministry roles throughout church history.

We also explore broader theological approaches—including whether questions like this should be grounded primarily in biblical interpretation, church tradition, or the character of God.

Finally, we bring it down to the practical level:

• How should we approach this conversation today?
• What if we disagree?
• And how do we remain unified as the body of Christ?

This is an “in-house” conversation—one where faithful Christians may land in different places, but share the same desire to honor God and be faithful to His Word.

Resources & Documents Referenced

Assemblies of God Position Paper on Women in Ministry.

Personal study notes & annotated materials (including prior version of the A/G position paper).

If you have questions, thoughts, or want to continue the conversation, we’d love to hear from you:

📩 [email protected]

We've got a lot to learn, if we're willing to listen.

Few topics generate more discussion in the Church today than women in ministry.

In this episode, we begin that conversation by bringing together voices from across church history alongside a biblical framework for understanding the issue. Through guided readings, we hear from Macrina the Younger, Thomas Aquinas, and Catherine Booth—three figures who represent different moments in how the Church has recognized, structured, and defended women’s roles in ministry.

From there, we turn to Scripture.

We walk through key passages often discussed in this conversation, including 1 Corinthians 11 and 1 Timothy 2, and begin asking the deeper question:

Are these instructions universal, or are they addressing specific cultural situations?

This is Part 1 of a larger discussion. We don’t resolve everything here, and that’s intentional.

Our goal is not to force a quick answer, but to think carefully, read faithfully, and approach this conversation with both conviction and humility.

If you have questions, thoughts, or want to continue the conversation, we’d love to hear from you:

📩 [email protected]

📄 Resources & Documents Referenced

Assemblies of God Position Paper on Women in Ministry

Personal study notes & annotated materials (including prior version of the A/G position paper)

How do we read the Bible today?

Is there only one correct interpretation of a passage?

Are some interpretations simply wrong?

How do we know?

In this episode, Matt & Matt talk teaching approaches, practical frameworks like SOAP Bible study, and how to responsibly apply Scripture to our own lives.

Our goal isn’t to make interpretation feel elusive or academic — but empowering. Scripture was given to the people of God. You can read it. You can grow in it. And you don’t need a seminary degree to engage it faithfully.

If you have questions, thoughts, pushback, or episode ideas, reach out to us at:

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We’d love to hear from you!

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📚 Show Notes & Resources Mentioned

If you’d like to go deeper in your own study of Scripture, here are some helpful tools and resources we referenced in this episode:

• StudyLight (studylight.org) – Free access to commentaries, dictionaries, cross-references, and multiple translations

• Bible Study Tools – Devotionals, commentaries, concordances, and searchable Bible tools

• BibleRef – Clear, concise verse-by-verse explanations

• BibleHub – Greek/Hebrew tools, parallel translations, interlinear text, and cross-references

• Logos Bible Software – Offers a free base version and optional paid theological libraries

• Olive Tree Bible Software – A strong mobile-friendly Bible study platform for building your own digital library

• FireBible Study Bible – A Pentecostal study Bible with strong theological and ministry notes

• Archaeological Study Bible – Excellent for historical and cultural background

• Compare multiple Bible translations when studying a passage

• Use a simple structure like SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer)

• Bring questions to your local church small group and pastor

How should Christians read the Bible?

In this opening episode of Season 2 of the Dead Theologians Podcast, we step back to ask one of the most foundational—and often overlooked—questions of the Christian faith: how do we interpret Scripture in the first place?

To explore this, we listen in on a moderated conversation between two towering early church thinkers with sharply different approaches to biblical interpretation: Origen of Alexandria and Theodore of Mopsuestia. Origen argues that Scripture contains multiple layers of meaning meant to draw believers toward Christ and spiritual transformation, while Theodore insists that faithful interpretation must begin with history, authorial intent, and the literal sense of the text.

Their exchange highlights a tension the Church has wrestled with from the very beginning—between spiritual depth and historical grounding, allegory and literal meaning, transformation and doctrinal clarity.

After the dialogue, hosts Pastor Matt Jones and Matt Lingafelt reflect on why hermeneutics matters for everyday Christians, how interpretation shapes theology and practice, and why no one truly reads the Bible “without interpretation.”

This episode sets the stage for Season 2’s deeper conversations on Scripture, theology, and how we faithfully read God’s Word today.

We loved bringing Season 1 of the Dead Theologians Podcast to you.

In this in-between episode, we reflect on the highs, lows, and unexpected moments from Season 1—and respond to listener questions covering theology, church life, calling, Scripture, and more. We’ll also share a glimpse of what’s ahead as we prepare for Season 2.

If you have questions or topics you’d like us to explore in the future, you can contact us at [email protected].

Thanks for listening. We’ve got a lot to learn—if we’re willing to listen.

We loved bringing Season 1 to you.

Before Season 2 begins, we’re answering listener questions and reflecting on what we’ve learned so far. Here’s a sneak preview of what we’ll be discussing next.

After our conversation on faith and science with Augustine and Galileo, Matt & Matt return to explore one of the most defining cultural moments in that conversation: the Scopes Monkey Trial, now 100 years later.

In this episode, we revisit the trial that became a national spectacle — not just a legal case, but a symbolic showdown between Scripture and science, tradition and modernism, fear and discovery. Together, we walk through how the trial shaped American education and church culture, and why its ripple effects are still felt today. We address some of the biggest misconceptions the trial helped create:

• Is Christianity anti-intellectual?
• Does science make God unnecessary?
• Is evolution the same as “all of science”?
• Does being a faithful Christian mean choosing between Scripture and scientific discovery?

Finally, we ask how believers can pursue truth in both God’s Word and God’s world.

If you’ve got questions, topics, or theologians you’d love to hear discussed, email us at [email protected].

We’ve got a lot to learn if we’re willing to listen — and we’re listening.

In this episode, Augustine of Hippo and Galileo Galilei step across time to wrestle with one of the oldest and most misunderstood tensions in Christian history: the relationship between faith and science. Through their imagined dialogue, we explore how Scripture, reason, tradition, and discovery were never meant to be enemies—but partners in the pursuit of truth.

Matt & Matt reflect on where the Church has sometimes stumbled, where it has grown, and how believers today can engage scientific curiosity without abandoning biblical conviction.

• What is Scripture actually trying to teach us?
• Does scientific discovery threaten faith, or strengthen it?
• And how do we discern when to read the Bible literally, poetically, or theologically?

Whether you’ve wrestled with Genesis, wondered about miracles, or asked how Christians should think about the natural world, this episode invites you into a deeper, more integrated way of seeing God’s Word and God’s world.

If you’ve got questions, topics, or theologians you’d love to hear discussed, email us at [email protected].

We’ve got a lot to learn if we’re willing to listen — and we’re listening.

Can faith and science coexist—or are they speaking two different languages?

In this episode, Augustine of Hippo and Galileo Galilei meet across time to wrestle with truth, reason, and the heavens above. From how we interpret Genesis to how we study the stars, their conversation explores what it means to seek truth with both mind and heart.

Afterward, Pastor Matt Jones and Professor Matt Lingafelt reflect on how these ancient tensions still shape today’s conversations about Scripture, knowledge, and wonder.

Have a question, a topic, or a theologian you’d love to hear on a future episode?

Email us at [email protected] — we’ve got a lot to learn if we’re willing to listen… and we’re listening.

In this episode, Augustine of Hippo and Galileo Galilei step across time to wrestle with one of the oldest and most misunderstood tensions in Christian history: the relationship between faith and science. Through their imagined dialogue, we explore how Scripture, reason, tradition, and discovery were never meant to be enemies—but partners in the pursuit of truth.

Matt & Matt reflect on where the Church has sometimes stumbled, where it has grown, and how believers today can engage scientific curiosity without abandoning biblical conviction.

• What is Scripture actually trying to teach us?

• Does scientific discover threaten faith, or strengthen it?

• How do we discern when to read the Bible literally, poetically, & theologically?

Whether you’ve wrestled with Genesis, wondered about miracles, or asked how Christians should think about the natural world, this episode invites you into a deeper, more integrated way of seeing God’s Word and God’s world.

If you’ve got questions, topics, or theologians you’d love to hear discussed, email us at [email protected].

We’ve got a lot to learn if we’re willing to listen — and we’re listening.