In this miscellany episode, I argue that it is good and right for Christians to desire God's judgment on evildoers, and that we often put too much faith in authorities. Then I consider the question as to whether someone can be both pro-choice and a Christian. 

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Topics covered:

1. Why Christianity is not about "being nice"

2. Why the temporary insanity plea is nonsense

3. Identifying and stopping gossip

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It's the final episode of my Answering God's Critics series. I address three objections:

1. We are both atheists. I just believe in one less god than you.

2. Belief in God is akin to belief in Santa Clause.

3. There are too many hypocrites in the church. 

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The final episode in my sub-series on the question of women pastors and teachers! I address two final objections (women cannot receive the gift of teaching & Joel prophesied that women would be preachers) before considering how to apply the Biblical teaching regarding women today. Can women go to seminary? Can women write books on theology? Can women be politicians? Etc.

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Was Junia a male or female, and was this person just well-known to the apostles, or a noteworthy apostle? I argue that Junia is a female, but not an apostle (and if she was an apostle, she is only an apostle in the "missionary" sense of the word - and thus this does nothing to undermine Complementarianism). 

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Was Phoebe a deacon, and if so, does that inveigh against Complementarianism? I argue that Phoebe was a deacon, and that women can be deacons, but this has nothing to do with whether women can be elders/pastors/teachers.

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Now that I have established my argument for Complemenatarianism, I am turning my attention to various objections raised by Egalitarians against this view. In this episode I address four objections:

1. Galatians 3:28 requires that we make no distinction between men and women in the kingdom of God. 

2. Paul speaks of women as laboring with him in the gospel, and thus women can e ministers.

3. Paul speaks of churches in the house of different women. This implies that they were pastors in these house churches. 

4. Priscilla is an example of a teacher in the Bible. 

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Does the Bible teach male headship? Yes. I examine Genesis 3:16 where God told Eve "your desire will be to your husband, and he will rule over you." I argue that it refers to the woman's desire to exercise authority over her husband rather than submit to his authority. I also make the case that female submission to male headship was not introduced in Gen 3:16, but part of creation order in Genesis 2. 

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I look at what the NT has to say regarding headship, submission, and authority, focusing on texts like 1 Cor 11 and Eph 5.

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Does the Bible teach male headship? Yes. I examine Genesis 3:16 where God told Eve "your desire will be to your husband, and he will rule over you." I argue that it refers to the woman's desire to exercise authority over her husband rather than submit to his authority. I also make the case that female submission to male headship was not introduced in Gen 3:16, but part of creation order in Genesis 2. 

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