It is not surprising that some people are hostile towards the biblical model of male leadership in a culture where the media scoffs at organized religion and celebrates same-sex marriage.
Read moreYes, Female Ordination IS on the Agenda This Week
We’ve been told that nothing related to female ordination is on the agenda at this General Conference session. We’ve been told that it was too controversial, too divisive, so we’re taking a session off from dealing with it.
That was a lie.
Read moreViolation Of Trust, Rocky Mountain Conference Places Women’s Ordination on Constituency Agenda
I was allowed 10 minutes to speak to the Committee, but only on the issue of women's ordination. I was told I did not have standing to speak on the Stephen Bohr ban, because I was not a member of the Golden Church.
Read moreWhat Is Happening to My Church?
Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!! But what about the dreaded organization? How can we dismantle that? That’s the easy part. The hard part was getting them to read the Book differently.
Read moreSome New Thoughts On Biblical Male Leadership
In 1 Timothy 2:12, the Apostle Paul says “I suffer not a woman to teach (didasko), or usurp authority over a man.” This is fascinating. There is a whole structure on teaching in the New Testament. The term most commonly used is didasko.
Read moreThe South American Division Authorizes The Ordination of Women As Elders
Does the Bible authorize the use of neutral language for the ordination of elders and pastors? No. Neutral language is typical of modern times when more sexual genders are being invented.
Read moreWomen’s Ordination, the San Antonio Compromise, and the Adventist Slide into the LGBTQ Morass (Part 3)
The problem with the social justice platform of the progressive wing of Adventism is that it is more beholden to the philosophies and ideologies of contemporary society than it is to the authority of Scripture.
Read moreWomen’s Ordination, the San Antonio Compromise (Part 2)
Given the theological equivalence of pastors and elders, why did our world church administrators neglect to deal with the question of whether or not, on the basis of Scripture, women may be ordained as elders?
Read moreWhite House 'Pastor' Paula White Declares Herself To Be Holy
Wherever I go, God rules. When I walk on White House grounds, God walks on White House grounds. I had every right and authority to declare the White House as holy ground, because I was standing there.
Read moreCourage In The Netherlands (Updated)
All who dare resist a corrupted system will be maimed and crushed. But we can see now how God was with us every step of the way. It has cost us much. But this is what God’s children will realize when in Heaven we look back and understand that we were never walking alone.
Read moreCourage in The Netherlands
Now I ask only one thing of you, my F7 brethren: please remember the Dutch brethren in your prayers? The women’s ordination conflict has required much of our energies. It may cost many their eternal life.
Read moreForest Lake Pastor Says The SDA Church is Chauvinist
Patterson makes the subjective claim that women are more spiritual. How does he know this? Does he sit in the place where he is all-knowing, “discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart”?
Read moreNAD President Proposes de Facto WO
The Church has been split since the day the pro-women's ordination faction decided that it would disregard voted General Conference Session decisions.
Read moreAnnual Council 2019 From a Delegate's Viewpoint
I think there were only two individuals from North America and/or Europe, both lay members by the way, that spoke in favor of warning/reprimand. I was one of them.
Read moreIs There a Connection? From Female Pastors To LGBT
When churches approve female pastors (using the argument of gender equality), are they more likely to affirm practicing LGBT persons, using similar arguments?
Read moreFemale Clergy As Agents Of Religious Change
In general, clergywomen are clearly changing the Church in a more liberal direction. They do it in various ways: they change the perception of faith and dogma, the policies of the church as well as daily practices in parishes.
Read moreFrom Women's Ordination to LGBT Ordination
So why are we talking about this now? It is because this particular story about the Church of England, illustrates that it will never end with the ordination of women.
Read moreSorry, China is Not a Model For Women's Ordination
China is a mixed bag, and definitely not the place to look for guidance in deciding if gender should be an issue in the choice of spiritual leaders. We must instead, follow the Bible.
Read moreThe Gendered Bible
A mentally-balanced male does not wish to be female, and a mentally-balanced female does not wish to be male. They each feel perfectly complete.
Read moreBeating A Dead Horse
The church needs to revisit the issues of male leadership in general and the ordination of women to local eldership positions specifically and make a definitive resolution on these issues.
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