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The Second Eve Undoes the Curse? — Addressing that Rachel Jankovic blog post, part 2

July 9, 2020 by Garrett O’Hara

Rachel Jankovic and Douglas Wilson. Sourced from https://vimeo.com/33690002 under Fair Use.

In part ‘0’ of this series, I went through a fairly dry history of how “second Eve” has been used from the time of the early church until now. In part 1, I dug into the Jankovic article on the question of second Eve and how her use of the term creates too much confusion […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: 1 timothy 2, complementarianism, egalitarianism, Federal Vision, genesis 3, postmillennialism, rachel jankovic, second eve

Everything Egalitarianism and Then Some

April 2, 2020 by Garrett O’Hara

Do you miss the days not too long ago when the hot social media topics were egalitarianism and social justice instead of virtual church? No? Regardless, here’s everything we’ve written on complementarianism and egalitarianism (so far) in one convenient list. Commentaries Beth Moore the Broken Clock I suppose I should be thankful for God’s use […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: 1 timothy, Beth Moore, complementarianism, Culture, ecclesiology, egalitarianism, exegesis, Kat Armstrong, rachel jankovic, women

Is Male Headship a Gospel Issue?

February 18, 2020 by Allen Nelson IV

Men, mean, and misogyny all start with the same letter. Obviously, guys are jerks and need to calm down. And women need to be filling the pulpit because the resurrection of Jesus was first announced to women. Believe it or not, that’s the sort of argumentation you get in the Twitterverse when you say anything […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: church, complementarianism, egalitarianism, gospel, male headship

You Who: Why You Matter and How to Deal with It — Rachel Jankovic (book review)

October 21, 2019 by Garrett O’Hara

Note (May 20th, 2020): My previous endorsement of You Who is under reconsideration after my having done much more study into Federal Vision theology. I have left the below review just as it was before for the time being. —GPO In You Who: Why You Matter and How to Deal with It, author Rachel Jankovic writes against the […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Abraham Maslow, complementarianism, death, douglas wilson, egalitarianism, Federal Vision, Garrett Ohara, identity, Jean-Paul Sartre, Kat Armstrong, moscow man bad, obedience, rachel jankovic, you who

No More Holding Back — Kat Armstrong (book review, part 4)

August 22, 2019 by Garrett O’Hara

In part 1 of this review, we saw Armstrong’s argument that Mary Magdalene is the “second Eve,” thereby meaning that the curse of women being easily deceived ceased at the resurrection. In part 2, we examined Armstrong’s treatment of Ephesians 5:22 and the Hebrew term ezer (“helper” or “companion”) from Genesis 2:16. In part 3, we examined Armstrong’s treatment of Lydia as the ideal […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: book review, complementarianism, critical theory, egalitarianism, free grace theology, Kat Armstrong, Marianne Williamson, no more holding back

No More Holding Back — Kat Armstrong (book review, part 3)

August 14, 2019 by Garrett O’Hara

illustration of Lydia, BDAG lexicon entry, No More Holding Back book jacket

Kat Armstrong’s No More Holding Back: Emboldening Women to Move Past Barriers, See Their Worth, and Serve God Everywhere conveys a certain feminist, idealistic image of a Christian woman who seeks to live out all four aspects of the second greatest commandment. In part 1 of this review, we saw Armstrong’s argument that Mary Magdalene is […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Acts 16, book review, complementarianism, Dallas Seminary, egalitarianism, Kat Armstrong

No More Holding Back — Kat Armstrong (book review, part 2)

August 7, 2019 by Garrett O’Hara

Scenes from Black Panther and Braveheart juxtaposed next to book cover of No More Holding Back

In part 1 of this review, we introduced Kat Armstrong’s No More Holding Back: Emboldening Women to Move Past Barriers, See Their Worth, and Serve God Everywhere. We primarily found that Armstrong advocates an over-realized soteriology of women which interprets Mary Magdalene to be the “second Eve,” thereby meaning that the curse of women being easily […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: 1 Tim 2, book review, complementarianism, Dallas Seminary, egalitarianism, Ephesians 5, ezer, Genesis 2, Kat Armstrong

No More Holding Back — Kat Armstrong (book review, part 1)

July 31, 2019 by Garrett O’Hara

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As Kat Armstrong opens No More Holding Back: Emboldening Women to Move Past Barriers, See Their Worth, and Serve God Everywhere (Thomas Nelson, July 2019), she tells a story of an incident. In the middle of a class at Dallas Seminary, she lamented to her professor, “I’m scared to learn too much about Jesus because I […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: 1 Tim 2, book review, complementarianism, Dallas Seminary, egalitarianism, John 20, Kat Armstrong, Mary Magdalene, second garden

The Necessity (or Lack Thereof) of Seminary

July 2, 2019 by Garrett O’Hara

Some no-longer-recent Twitter discussion on at least two different threads centered around the necessity or usefulness of seminary. As one who has gone through an entire Th.M. program without a call to ministry, let alone ever being employed by a ministry, I thought I might add my two cents in long form. Is Seminary Essential […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: campus, complementarianism, degree, education, Garrett, internet online, local church, M.Div, Money, pastor, pastoral ministry, pastorate, qualified, seminary

Women Professors and the Seminary’s Place in the Church

April 25, 2018 by Garrett O’Hara

Jesus Calling at the Dallas Theological Seminary Book Center

John Piper controversially opined back in January that women should not teach in seminaries. The essential reason he gave is that seminary professors should be models of the pastoral office that seminary students can emulate. I made some thoughts on the topic known on Twitter, but let’s explore this a bit more. Must All Seminary […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: complementarianism, dallas theological seminary, ecclesiology, egalitarianism, seminary

How to Use a “For” Clause: 1 Timothy 2:12 and Egalitarianism

March 29, 2018 by Garrett O’Hara

woman holding peace symbols to face

Did Paul mean in 1 Timothy 2:12 that he is really prohibiting women from teaching or exercising authority over men on a permanent basis? Let’s do some grammar work. 12 I do not allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; instead, she is to remain quiet. 13 For Adam was […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: anthropology, complementarianism, ecclesiology, egalitarianism, exegesis, Jory Micah, submission

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