The Narrow Path Ministries

Steve commented, I believe, that no churches were known to have 'pastors' (you said 'elders' but I assume you meant 'pastors'). Steve was probably referring to pastors in the modern day sense of the term. Biblically, a 'pastor' (a term only used once in the Bible) may have been the same exact role a...

Could you guys, like, give me an example of a time when no men would "step up" and women had to take over? Hey Michelle :) The general issue of men not stepping up to minister is, I think, fairly commonplace in general ministry (not specifically teaching). For example, in our church the percentage ...

I've been teaching through Timothy so I've been thinking about this passage quite a bit. In fact, we had a good discussion on it at prayer meeting the other night in which I took the most, I suppose I'd call it 'fundamentalist' approach to the passage. But in the course of discussion I came to a ten...

Hey Steve (and others) :) I'd like to hear some feedback on this article written by wesleyan scholar Ken Schenck on his blog. Here are the highlights of his comments on 1 Timothy 2 in regards to woman in ministry. You can get the jist by reading what I have underlined... 1 Timothy is significantly d...

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Good discussion above. I didn't realize my thread would provoke such dialogue. Just in case anyone was confused, my post was not about whether or not Christians should be active in preventing the liberalization of law. My post was really about why the society isn't listening to our thoughts on the m...

His mistake is in his final line we have exalted that for which there is no evidence, and neglected that for which there is abundant evidence. Not every institutional church neglects what is most important. Not every institutional church exalts those things the book complains about. We all use bathw...

Hey TK, Thanks for the question :) I suppose if I agreed with Viola 100%, reading the book as a pastor in an institutional church would have created a crisis of conscience. But, as it is, I agreed with lots and disagreed with lots. For example, on the topic of clergy salaries. I agree with him that ...

Problems among Christians regarding doctrine is an issue, sure. But I guess I don't understand the angle you're friends are coming from... someone is trying to use to prove the Bible is not an absolute truth Why would they try to prove the Bible is in error by pointing fingers at what some Christian...

Question 1. Did the church ever teach that a seizure disorder was demon possession or left handedness was a sign of evil? Probably some individual churches did. And perhaps even larger institutions. But that's a complaint against the CHURCH, not the Bible. The Bible may provide some examples of tim...