Alright. I’m done.

Brain, it’s clear you think I’m drowning when I’m standing completely dry on the shore. You keep trying to save me and I keep trying to tell you that I don’t need saving. We are getting nowhere.

For everyone else who chimed in, thanks for your input.

Have a nice life, y’all. 🙂

Noah ( @noah-cochran ),

I’m aware that the Greek literally means “servant”. I guess what I’d like to ask is why do we automatically assume that Phoebe was just a servant of the church? From what I’ve read surrounding this verse (and other verses discussing deacons), the evidence points to Phoebe being a deacon. This mini study does more justice…[Read more]

Noah ( @noah-cochran ),

For some reason, the site isn’t letting me post my reply about deaconesses and textus receptus to you. Bear with me while I figure out what’s going wrong. XD

Oh my word.

Brian. Do you even read my posts?

Brain,  ( @obrian-of-the-surface-world )

First off, I am completely confident in my beliefs, and it doesn’t really bother me if you think I’m a lost soul. I was raised by two linguists who taught me good exegetical skills. My father supports egalitarianism and encourages me to stand up for myself when I am “put in my proper place” by a man. My…[Read more]

@obrian-of-the-surface-world

*Slow breath*.

Let me get this straight. So far, you’ve:

1.       Assumed I’ve been traumatized by a man.

2.       Explained how my “trauma” has shaped my worldview.

3.       Told me how to handle my “trauma”.

4.       Accused me of secretly believing things that I explicitly said I did not.

5.       Diagnosed…[Read more]

@noah-cochran

Right! And every single time Ezer appears in the Bible (outside of Genesis) it is used to describe either YHWH himself (17x), Isreal’s allies (1x), or Isreal as an ally (1x).

God uses the same term that he gave to women (from the very start, in Eden) as a term for himself. If we are going to say women can be helpers/rescuers of…[Read more]

Have any of y’all done a word study of the Hebrew word Ezer?

@obrian-of-the-surface-world , @noah-cochran

Not sure why the tags weren’t working in the other post.

Brian (@obrain-of-the-surface-world ) and Noah (@noah-cochran ),

I’ll preface this by saying that I worked on this response with a really close friend of mine, Al Zapor. When I asked his thoughts on some things that were mentioned above, he said he had some opinions that he wanted to share. However, he’s waiting for forum account approval rig…[Read more]

@k-a-grey

Hello! Thanks for joining the discussion!

Also, gotta admit, when you went into the whole “skeletal design of a woman accommodates carrying a child in their womb, etc., etc.” thing, it felt kinda condescending. True for the most part, but unnecessary and condescending.  Which Lona also expresses, though somewhat snarkily😉

I thought the…[Read more]

Hi Brian (@obrian-of-the-surface-world),

While it was interesting to read your opinion, I still disagree. This is probably because we have different viewpoints on women’s subordination to men. I for one, see men and women created as equals and believe they should be treated as such. Accordingly, I have issues with the majority of what you said. …[Read more]

Hi, guys! I normally prefer reading through discussions rather than engaging in them, but I do have one comment on this.

@obrian-of-the-surface-world

God expects the male to be the physical protector in the home and occupy the defense role for those under his care.  Jesus clearly refers to this role when He refers to the “strong man” in the…

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@carlos_m_carrasco

Hi, Carlos! Welcome to SE! Glad to have you here with us. 🙂

@erynne

When I do remember to check Pintrest, I find your board very interesting to look through. So, thank you! 🙂