On Women in Ministry

Craig Keener has written some excellent exegetical articles explaining why the New Testament in general, and Paul in particular, takes an egalitarian stance with respect to the societal roles of men and women, including the specific issue of women in ministry. 

One of his articles can be found online at the Enrichment Journal, an Assemblies of God publication that goes out to its ministers. The Enrichment Journal's "Was Paul for or Against Women" can be found here. A lengthier treatment of the topic can be found in Keener's "Man and Woman" article in IVP's Dictionary of Paul and his Letters. A fuller treatment of the topic can be found in his Paul, Women and Wives: Marriage and Women’s Ministry in the Letters of Paul (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1992). Finally, the Assemblies of God position paper on women in ministry does a very good job explaining why we take an egalitarian stance on gender roles in church, and, by implication, society. 

All Things are Better in Koine

One of my favorites.

95 Theses Rap

A colleague showed me this the other day...

Dead Sea Scroll Exhibit in DFW

Here are some instagrammed photos of my latest visit to the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit.

There was a part of the exhibit where they recreated part of the dig at the extant Qumran building. They even scattered thousands of pieces of 2,000 year old pottery pieces from a dig in Israel. The pieces were too small to categorize, so they donated them to this exhibit. After you take the tour, you are welcomed to take a piece of pottery home.  

http://instagr.am/p/RQ-Y1AC2Gy/  - Ostraca & pebbles.

http://instagr.am/p/RS6zJ0i2Ck/  - Ostraca & shoe.

http://instagr.am/p/RS1BWRi2Lh/  - Qumran wall.

http://instagr.am/p/RS7iH1i2DF/  - Pottery puzzle inside the foyer.

http://instagr.am/p/RS6c-fi2CN/  - Aquaduct, cistern, & mikvah.

http://instagr.am/p/RS5dUzi2A7/  - Mikvah.

Lonliness

Click here to play the lonliness game. It was featured on Penny Arcade's Extra Credits as an example of game mechanics as metaphor. Theologically, it's also an excellent introduction of the value of working in community. Play the game all the way through with the sound on.