Month: September 2016

Silencing Women in the Name of Religion

Last month patriarchal pastor Tim Bayly called out two women for supposedly overstepping their role, for doing “men’s work” instead of staying in their place.

When women such as Dr. Valerie Hobbs and Ms. Rachel Miller publicly admonish and rebuke [John Piper and Douglas Wilson], particularly men who are ordained officers of Christ’s Church, it would be hard to imagine any clearer rebellion against their sex.*

He then points to 1 Timothy 2:12-15 for the proposition that no woman should teach any man ever. Only men can do that.

If Pastors John Piper and Doug Wilson have betrayed the Word of God in their teaching on sexuality, they both are surrounded by pastors and elders whose duty it is to watch over their teaching and correct them when they are in error. This is not women’s work.

So says the Word of God.

Unbelievably, Mr. Bayly…

[From the archives.]

Servant leader? Where’s that in the Bible?

The Bible talks of servant servants – that is, servants who serve other servants.

They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?” But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest.

Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.” (Mark 9:33-35.)

When I read or hear someone speak of servant-leadership it usually comes across more as an emphasis on the fact the person is the leader, and less of a description of a humble servant. Jesus’ teaching in Mark 9 focuses on the latter while his disciples were arguing about the former.

Christ washing the feet of the Apostles. Icon of Pskov school. 16th…