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“I Do Not Permit a Woman to Teach…”: 1 Tim 2 (Women in Church Leadership, Pt. 3)
This is the third in a series of posts I’ve been writing on women in church leadership. If you are just now tuning in, I would urge you to read my first and second posts for context before continuing. In my previous post, I offered my interpretation of 1 Corinthians 14:34–35. In this post, I…
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“Be Silent in the Churches”: 1 Cor 14 (Women in Church Leadership, Pt. 2)
A couple of weeks ago, I shared a post detailing my journey from complementarianism to egalitarianism. In that post, I mentioned that I wasn’t intending to offer a comprehensive defense of my position, as that would require more space than a blog would allow. Instead, I offered readers an annotated bibliography with resources from all…
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What Romans 13 Does NOT Say
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those…
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I Became an Egalitarian Six Years Ago; Here’s Why. (Women in Church Leadership, Pt. 1)
I was born and raised in the Churches of Christ, an American Christian tradition that grew out of what is sometimes called the Stone-Campbell Movement or Restoration Movement. I remain a member of that tradition today. I suspect many of you reading this are also members of this tradition. There are so many things I…
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Responding to Allie Beth Stuckey on Genesis 9:6 and the Death Penalty
Recently, a right-wing Christian political commentator named Allie Beth Stuckey began making the rounds on Twitter/X because of a tweet she made claiming that she supported the death penalty because she was pro-life. Her argument was, in essence, that murderers violate the sanctity of life; and out of His abundant mercy, God permits capital punishment for such…
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What Do We Want from Jesus? Two Blind Men vs. Two Apostles
In Matthew 20:29–34, Jesus heals two blind men on the road to Jerusalem. As Jesus passes by them, they cry out for healing. The crowds get annoyed and tell the blind men to hush. They cry out all the more. They call Jesus the Son of David. They passionately acknowledge that He is the Messiah.…
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Basics of NT Interpretation, Pt. 3: Historical Reliability
This is Part 3 in a short series I’ve been writing on NT interpretive issues (be sure to check out Part 1 and/or Part 2 if you haven’t already). These posts are not robust, academic treatments of the issues they address; they are introductory in nature, and intended for average church-goers who are curious about…
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Basics of NT Interpretation, Pt. 2: Textual Reliability
This is Part 2 in a short series I’m doing on NT interpretive issues (for Part 1, click here). These posts are not robust, academic treatments of the issues they address; they are introductory in nature, and intended for those in the church who are curious about these issues and perhaps wrestling through them for…
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Basics of NT Interpretation, Pt 1: Disputed Authorship
Virtually everyone who goes to seminary will be required to take an introductory course on New Testament. And in that course, they’ll be introduced to a whole host of controversies surrounding the NT text and its interpretation. Did the apostles actually write all the letters attributed to them? How did the four gospels come about—and…
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Correcting Two Common Misconceptions about Sacrifice in Leviticus
It doesn’t take long for students of the Bible to recognize the level of significance Scripture places on blood sacrifice. While many daily Bible reading plans have gone to the book of Leviticus to die, most Christians are at least familiar with Leviticus 17:11: “For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and…
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Jared Dale Greer 