Scripture and Commentary on Women in the Church and World

“Each one functions best as he has been created. ‘A woman with her little finger does better by a child than a man with both his fists.’” Dr. Martin Luther

1. "Thoughts on Women's Ordination" by Fr. John Morris.  The Orthodox Church on Women's ordination.

2. Francis Pieper on "Woman and the Divine Image"

3. Luther on 1 Timothy 2

4. First Timothy 2:11-15, R. C. H. Lenski

5. First Timothy 2:8-15, A. T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament

6. First Timothy 2:8-3:16, Kenneth S. Wuest, The New Testament: An Expanded Translation

7. First Timothy 2:13-15, Wuest's Word Studies from the Greek New Testament

8. First Timothy 2:11-15, Commentary by Armin W. Schuetze

9. Women in the History of the Church: Learned and Holy, But Not Pastors by Dr. William Weinrich

10. Kephale as defined by Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

11. D. A. Carson on Exegetical Fallacies These excerpts from Carson's popular book, address many of the fallacies of interpretation used by the evangelical feminists.

12. A. T. Robertson on wives in Colossians 3:18-19, Word Pictures in the New Testament

13. A. T. Robertson on 1 Corinthians 14:33-40, Word Pictures in the New Testament

14. Wayne Grudem on "Should Women be Church Officers?" from his Systematic Theology

15. What About . . . The Ordination of Women to the Pastoral Office By Dr. A. L. Barry, President of the Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod

16. The Debate Over Feminist Theology: Which View Is Biblical? Part Three in a Three-Part Series on Liberation Theology by Ron Rhodes

17. Women in the Pulpit A pro women in ministry article that covers some of the history of the movement.

18. The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood journal archives in pdf format. This think tank on pertinent gender issues is committed to the message of Scripture as its source of reliable authority.

19. Website for The Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood This website is outstanding. You will find complete books, articles, and newsletters in pdf format.

20. Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood by John Piper and Wayne Grudem. This is one of the best books on Men and Women in ministry and it is free to download in pdf format. If they wanted twenty bucks for this book it would be well worth it.

21. The Hermeneutics of Evangelical Feminism by Paul W. Felix, SR.

22. An historical introduction to feminism by a woman who believes that feminism and Christianity are compatible

23. Weave of Faith: Christian Feminist Community

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Questions on the Authority of Scripture and Sexuality

1. The "What About?" documents written by Dr. Al Barry, former president of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.
2. "Of the Holy Scriptures" -- Official statement of the LCMS in 1932; still carries authority within the synod.
3. "Women In the Church" contains all the relevant documents about women in the church and ministry.

Fundamental Issues in Theology

The Augsburg Confession Written by Philip Melanchton in 1530. A primary Reformation document that contained details about what the Reformers believed.

The Apology of the Augsburg Confession on Justification. This primary Reformation document was written as a defense of the Augsburg Confession. The Apology was first published in 1531. This is the Tappert translation which is now public domain.

The Lord Our Righteousness A sermon by John Wesley which clearly shows that he believed the righteousness of Christ is imputed to the believer.

Classical Antinomianism Antinomianism was wrongly defined by some Moral Government Theology teachers with the end result that the biblical doctrine of "justification by grace through faith" was viciously attacked and vilified. This is a chapter on antinomianism from Historical Introductions to the Book of Concord by F. Bente. Read this if you want to understand the conflict with the antinomians which took place during the time of the Reformation.

Perfect Righteousness, Your Inheritance -- Claim It! by David Wilkerson. Pastor Wilkerson, the founder of Teen Challenge, was already on the side of "Christ's righteousness being imputed to the believer" as far back as 1996. There is no evidence that he ever taught anything else. A LINK

Lead Us Not Into Deception Download the whole book by Dr. Alan Gomes, professor at Talbot Theological Seminary, about theology that is taught and still defended at Youth With A Mission bases around the world.

Unveiling Otis and Reaching Muslims A writer asks Watchman about how to reach Muslims and a book by YWAM trained George Otis Jr called The Last of the Giants: Lifting the Veil on Islam and the End Time.

The Barmen Declaration was written in 1934 as a biblical rebuke of the compromising "German Church" during the early period of Hitler's reign. The Reformed, Lutheran and other churches joined in this confessional document.

The Errors of

Christian Reconstruction and Dominion Theology

 Christian Reconstruction: God's Glorious Millennium?

 What Is Christian Reconstructionism? by Paul Thibodeau

Greg Loren Durand  The Christian Reconstruction Movement and its Blueprints For Dominion.

This link will take you to an entire book on Reconstructionism.

The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod has published some very scholarly information on

Women in the Church

• The Service of Women in Congregational and Synodical Offices with Guidelines for Congregations [2005]
• The Service of Women in Congregational Offices of Executive Director/President or Assistant Director/Vice-President [2004]
  • Minority Opinion
• Response to Questions from BHE/CUS on Lay Teachers of Theology [2003]
  • Minority Opinion [i]
  • Minority Opinion [ii]
  • Minority Opinion [iii]
• Biblical Revelation and Inclusive Language [1998]
• The Service of Women in Congregational and Synodical Offices [1994]
  • Dissenting Opinion on Women in Congregational Offices
  • Response to the Dissenting Opinion on The Service of Women in Congregational and Synodical Offices
  • Addendum to 1995 Convention Workbook Reports
• Women in the Church: Scriptural Principles and Ecclesial Practice [1985]

Woman Suffrage in the Church [1968]

The following seven articles are from:

The New Reformation Review: Dedicated to the Advancement of House Church Christianity

HOUSE CHURCH DIRTY DIAPERS CHRONICLES

1. A Plea for Some Fresh Air June 2001

2. The Feminist Mistake August 2002

3. The Pragmatist Peril

4. Mystic Madness

5. Dear Charismaniac, Dear Cessationist: A Plague on Both Your Houses! September 2002

6. The Gene Edwards Disaster December 2002

7. Shall the House Church Movement Become a Resting Place For Every Doctrinal Pervert? August 2003

Click here for other articles at The New Reformation Review http://www.oocities.org/Athens/Academy/8395/

Paul Younggi Cho and shaminism http://www.rickross.com/reference/yoidoyonggi/yoido2.html

The Davinci Code

Not InDavincible: A Review and Critique of The DaVinci Code For 43 weeks running The DaVinci Code has been on the New York Times bestseller list. This lengthy evaluation takes the influential fictional book and sheds the light of fact on it. The critique if by James Patrick Holding of Tekton Apologetics Ministries.

Is The Gospel of Thomas Reliable? by Michael J. Bumbulis. The Gospel of Thomas is used as support for some of the ideas contained in The DaVinci Code. Michael J. Bumbulis evaluates the gnostic gospel which in no way deserves even a footnote among the canonical texts of Scripture.

Some Helpful Information for Those Who Have Suffered Spiritual Abuse or Cultic Bondage

Spiritual Abuse in the Church There is a ton of helpful information here if you are trying to recognize spiritual abuse or recover from its effects. This is a link to another site.

The Cult Awareness and Information Center -- Site Directory The directory page for the same site that covers spiritual abuse which is linked above.