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Women in the Church: Part 11

Posted on October 13, 2015 by patrickfranklin

Women in the Church: Why I am an Egalitarian Part 11: Difficult Texts: Ephesians 5:21-33 Today’s post is the final of three addressing key New Testament texts often cited to restrict or prohibit women from certain ministries in the church, … Continue reading →

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Women in the Church: Part 10

Posted on September 29, 2015 by patrickfranklin

Women in the Church: Why I am an Egalitarian Part 10: Difficult Texts: 1 Peter 3:1-7 Today’s post is the second of three addressing key New Testament texts often cited to restrict or prohibit women from certain ministries in the … Continue reading →

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Valentine Reflections on Love, part 2

Posted on February 11, 2010 by patrickfranklin

God is guiding your marriage. Marriage is more than your love for each other. It has a higher dignity and power, for it is God’s holy ordinance, through which he wills to perpetuate the human race till the end of … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Reflections on Love, part 1

Posted on February 11, 2010 by patrickfranklin

They say that “love makes the world go ’round.” Ah, yes, but what is love anyway? I think most of us in North American culture get things backwards when we think about the meaning of love. We are an individualistic, … Continue reading →

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