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#152 - Can women lead in church? Why does 1 Timothy tell women to ’be silent’?

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#152 - Can women lead in church? Why does 1 Timothy tell women to ’be silent’?

January 12, 2023
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Tom answers questions on what the New Testament says about the role of women in church leadership. Does 1 Tim 2:13-15 forbid women from preaching? What does he make of complementarian vs egalitarian theology? How does he treat passages such as Ephesians 5: 22  ‘wives submit to your husband’? First broadcast in 2019.

 

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