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First Timothy 2:11-15 is another great elephant in the room whenever we address the matter of women in ministry. Fortunately, despite its popularity as a proof text for the complementarian position, there is a mountain of evidence that it should not be interpreted as a blanket prohibition of women in ministry. Unfortunately, egalitarians often throw the mountain through our complementarian brothers’ and sisters’ windows and then leave this passage behind as irrelevant to our vision for women in ministry. Instead of asking ourselves how this Scripture is inspired and useful to us, we discard it as entirely irrelevant. An analysis of the passage’s historical, cultural, and textual contexts, however, reveals tremendous insight which allows us to discover the passage’s beautiful vision for men and women to share in the leadership of the church.

About two hours ago, I finished seminary. Well, the studying part of it anyway. With the click of a mouse, a season of three years, two months, and ten days came to an end. In the near future, I will sit down and reflect upon this great accomplishment. But for now, I’m going to watch […]

Today, I received my final grade for the Integration Capstone class: A. Thus, I am still on track to graduate in December. At this time, my GPA is 3.89, and I am hopeful that, with the class I am presently engaged in and the other two that I have yet to finish this fall, I […]

Things have been a bit hectic over the last several weeks, so I have not had a chance to report regarding my sixth semester of seminary. Semester 6 started in January with me enrolled in three courses: Congregational Relationships, Recovery & Delivery, and Diagnosis & Prescription for a Healthy Church. The last of these was […]

On the darkest day, it seems like everywhere we look, we see war, famine, unemployment, underemployment. Cars break down. Violence and crime. Broken marriages and homes. In the responses of a stranger and some no-name women, then, we find some essential observations for life in a Good Friday world.

A couple of weeks ago, I finished my fifth semester as a seminary student, and over the holidays, I received my final grades for the two courses I took. In Congregational Spiritual Formation, the larger of the two classes, I received an A-, and in Personal and Corporate Disciplines, I received an A. This gives […]

I went for a run today. I’ve been trying to get back into running regularly over the last several weeks, but I will admit that it has been tough. Today as I walked out the door a little after 7:30 am, I was hit by a wall of heat and humidity which I knew immediately […]

It has been several weeks since the spring semester of seminary concluded, but I haven’t sat down to provide an update. This past semester, I was enrolled in Christian Proclamation and Mentoring & Spiritual Direction. In both classes, I received an A. In Christian Proclamation, we examined a variety of styles of preaching, the process […]

Warning: Geek speak ahead. For many years, I have done web development as a hobby and side income. Since I’ve been in seminary, I have dramatically curtailed this activity, but I do still help people out. And I have a couple of clients that I continue to maintain. This week, one of these clients had […]

As my friends and family well know, I have been pursuing a Master of Divinity degree through Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University. Early this morning, I received the final grades for Fall 2017, and I am pleased to report that I have passed both Christian Worship and Goal Setting & Accountability.