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Sprinkle’s assessment of Genesis 1-3 was rather unremarkable… as it should be. Genesis teaches little that is binding for the women in leadership debate and many who draw hard conclusions from this chapter do so by assuming what they are seeking to prove.
Preston has a gift at summarizing massive scholarly debates such that any layperson could understand the discussion. This chapter is a great example of this.
— Dec 22, 2025 08:27AM
Preston has a gift at summarizing massive scholarly debates such that any layperson could understand the discussion. This chapter is a great example of this.
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Jared Matthews
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Chapter 9 properly navigated the technical issues surrounding 1 Cor 14. It did a good job of surveying the various interpretations and giving a fair critique of each. His conclusion is well argued and is one of the only options that makes good sense of it’s place in the chapter. His conclusion is similar to that found in Ben Witherington III’s commentary, where I first read it.
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Jared Matthews
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Sprinkle’s understanding of 1 Cor 11 is as persuasive as you can get for such a notoriously difficult passage. He goes with a somewhat complementarian understanding of verses 7-10 but sees 11-12 as modifying his previous statements with a new-creation perspective.
He concludes that, “Verses 7-10 represent an old-creation reality, while verses 11-12 represent the inbreaking of new-creation realities.”
— Jan 03, 2026 08:58PM
He concludes that, “Verses 7-10 represent an old-creation reality, while verses 11-12 represent the inbreaking of new-creation realities.”
Jared Matthews
is on page 193 of 304
Inspired by Lee-Barnwell’s article, chapter 7 persuasively argues that Eph 5 turns κέφαλε on its head, that is, Paul describes the function of the husbands “headship” in terms that radically reverses the cultural expection of what it meant to be “the head” over “the body”.
— Jan 02, 2026 09:21PM
Jared Matthews
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Chap 5 explains the scholarly debates surrounding Rom 16:7 such that a lay-person could understand. This is no small feat if you are aware of the complexity and relevant literature on the subject.
It is also one of the best refutations of Burer’s 2015 article, which has not been received attention by the majority of the scholars that addressed his 2002 article (due to the long time it took for him to publish).
— Dec 31, 2025 03:36PM
It is also one of the best refutations of Burer’s 2015 article, which has not been received attention by the majority of the scholars that addressed his 2002 article (due to the long time it took for him to publish).
Jared Matthews
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Chapter 4 takes cues from Jesus in Mark 10, arguing that we must understand leadership in a Christian way before we seek to find women as leaders in the NT.
For Jesus, greater is “the one who serves” than “the one who is at the table”. Leadership is primarily identified by service, not hierarchical dominance. Significantly, women are identified by Paul with the same terminology of service as male leaders.
— Dec 27, 2025 02:23PM
For Jesus, greater is “the one who serves” than “the one who is at the table”. Leadership is primarily identified by service, not hierarchical dominance. Significantly, women are identified by Paul with the same terminology of service as male leaders.
Jared Matthews
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Chapter 3 sidesteps anachronistically reading the gospels through the lens of the egalitarian-complementation debate, recognizing that it is more or less uninterested in our question.
However, Sprinkle makes the unique insights that women are portrayed as “ideal disciples” in the gospels, embodying what Jesus’ defined as the traits of a leader (service), in direct contrast to men, even the twelve.
— Dec 24, 2025 07:20AM
However, Sprinkle makes the unique insights that women are portrayed as “ideal disciples” in the gospels, embodying what Jesus’ defined as the traits of a leader (service), in direct contrast to men, even the twelve.
Jared Matthews
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Preston’s second of two chapters on the Old Testament is an overview of the role that women played in Israel, without spending too much time getting into the weeds.
He spends some time on Deborah and Huldah, among other influential women, explaining that they had some kind of leadership role over men. The bible does not present this as wrong but actually contrasts them with men who fail to act righteously.
— Dec 23, 2025 11:35AM
He spends some time on Deborah and Huldah, among other influential women, explaining that they had some kind of leadership role over men. The bible does not present this as wrong but actually contrasts them with men who fail to act righteously.
