Wordgazer's Words

Luke 3:4-6 tells of how the ministry of Jesus began with the appearance of John the Baptist, preaching a message from Isaiah 40:4: A voice...

From time to time I will be posting selections from things I have posted elsewhere.  This is from a piece I wrote for the Take Heart Project...

Here’s Titus 2:3-5 in the NIV (1984) translation: Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slander...

One of the main arguments used against the full participation of women in church leadership is that the twelve Apostles were all male. Jesus...

I'd like to look a little further into this idea, so common among Christians, that "someone has to be in charge" in every area...

(NOTE: I'm going to write today in terms of blunt logic. If I come across as harsh or "unwomanly," please remember that it was...

In Part 3 we did the first half of Step Five of my analysis: an examination of the meaning of the original Greek words and grammar. Finally,...

This series continues here with Step 5: Determine the most likely meaning of the passage in question, with a view towards the meaning of the...

Part 2 of my analysis of 1 Timothy 2:11-15 focuses on Step 4 of a five-step process that takes literary and historical context into account ...