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Category Archives: Church of Christ Doctrinal Issues
Colbert and Congregational Autonomy
Just thought you’d enjoy Colbert’s take, as a Catholic, on the Anglican split over gay priests.
Pagan Christianity and Congregational Autonomy, Part 2
The post on Pagan Christianity attracted several questions about what autonomy really means in the modern church world. Here are a few thoughts to add to the mix. * I dont’ really know how the monarchic episcopy evolved so quickly … Continue reading
Buried Talents: That’s All I Have to Say About That
This is the end. (Well, for now.) Several weeks ago, I wrote about a perfectly good hallucination, and some folks got upset because I had drug-induced delusion about female elders. And so I figured it was a topic worth studying … Continue reading
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Tagged All, elders, overseers, pastors, role women, shepherd
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Buried Talents: Further on How Elders Oversee the Church
In a comment to the previous post, Alan points out that the Old Testament’s use of “overseer” refers to a supervisor or overseer in the workplace. Think “middle management.” And it’s true. I was already familiar with the passages. I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged All, bishops, elders, overseers, pastors, Role of Women, shepherds
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Buried Talents: Reconciling Egalitarianism and Hierarchicalism, Part 2
C. Church Affairs This brings us to the passages that deal more particularly with church affairs. In 1 Cor 14:33b-35 paternalists find ample basis to conclude that women must be silent in the assembly. But many hierarchalists agree with egalitarians … Continue reading
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Buried Talents: Reconciling Egalitarianism and Hierarchicalism, Part 1
A. Egalitarian or Hierarchalist? We earlier considered Osburn’s suggestion that there are four schools of thought as to the role of women: paternalism, hierarchicalism, egalitarianism, and radical feminism. We rejected radical feminism because this view does not accept the inerrancy … Continue reading
Buried Talents: More Questions and Answers
Q. Doesn’t the fact that there were women deacons and not women elders in the early church tell us that God did not mean for women to be elders? A. No, for two reasons. First, deacons were servants of the … Continue reading
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Buried Talents: How Do We Decide?
What is the rule in this case? Do we presume a rule or do we presume freedom? What does the Bible say? (Gal. 3:25) Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law. Why … Continue reading
Buried Talents: Elders, Wives of One Husband? Part 3
2. Are the qualifications described in 1 Timothy and Titus intended as laws or merely indicative of to whom God has given the gift of leadership? Objectively viewed, it is hard to argue that the qualification lists in 1 Timothy … Continue reading
