I remember Eugene Cho once saying “the oldest injustice in human history is the way we treat women.” I’m not sure if by “we” he meant men or society, but it hardly matters. I’m in the middle of trying not to have a stroke over the fact that people are still talking about complimentarianism.
Women. were. the. first. to. see. the. risen. Lord.
Women. helped. lead. early. churches. all. over. the. world.
Corinthians. should. be. taken. in. context. (All of scripture should).
Even if you think Paul’s instructions to the church in Corinth came straight from the heart and mind of God, you have to wrangle with the fact that in Paul’s letter to the Romans, he acknowledges and praises the leadership role of the woman Junia, even calling her an apostle. If you believe the letters to Corinth were from God, you probably believe the same about the note to Rome. But if believing such also means you believe that these letters are also meant for all Christian communities for all times, you have a problem. Which model is right? Should the Roman apostle Junia really consider herself a complementary (subservient, rather than co-equal) child of God next to her husband simply because Paul told the church in Corinth (and Ephesus) to follow the societal and familial norms of their native cultures? I don’t think so. I don’t think you can hold this view even if you say you think the Bible is the literal word of God.
So please, just stop. Stop it, John Piper. Stop it, SBC. Stop it, PCA.
Treat your Bible better than this…and you may end up treating women better, too. Wouldn’t that be something.
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