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Jory Micah: If Matt Chandler Had a Degree, Sopposedly He’d Be an Egalitarian

February 3, 2017 by wagraham 3 Comments

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William Murphy. Source. CC BY-SA 2.0

Recently Jory Micah, a relatively well-known advocate of women pastors, argued that Matt Chandler teaches the most unjust evangelical doctrine (that women cannot be pastors) and that this is due to his lack of seminary education. She continued to criticize Chandler on Twitter and explain her position:

Wake up folks.@MattChandler74 is planting churches through @Acts29 all over the world & spreading complementarian injustice rapidly.

— Jory Micah (@jorymicah) February 2, 2017

In Micah’s view, male pastors without seminary education like Chandler push complementarian teachings because they are insecure, thus perpetuating the injustice of sending women to seminary without the possibility of receiving a pastoral position.

And this scenario in which a woman goes to seminary without gaining a pastoral position is what makes complementarianism the most unjust doctrine of evangelicalism. Seminaries admit female students with the promise of a pastoral career, which does not materialize and female students are left with 80 grand in debt (see also: here):

Women are graduating from complementarian seminaries with 80 grand debt & can’t get pastoral jobs, but men can get jobs with no seminary.

— Jory Micah (@jorymicah) February 2, 2017

I find Micah’s critique of Chandler and of evangelicalism’s supposedly most unjust doctrine wanting. In fact, I find her critique of Chandler to be unfounded, assuming that an educated person could only hold to the egalitarian position (women can be pastors). I also find her critique of evangelicalism to be parochial, something that can only proffered in America which is supposedly the centre of the evangelical faith. [Read more…] about Jory Micah: If Matt Chandler Had a Degree, Sopposedly He’d Be an Egalitarian

Filed Under: Culture, Theology Tagged With: Complementariansim, egalitarianism, Jory Micah, Matt Chandler

Trump, Manifest Destiny, and Canada

November 17, 2016 by wagraham 1 Comment

And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever.

– Thomas Jefferson

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Some Christians in the USA have viewed this election cycle as if the nation’s existence depended on November’s vote count. If the wrong candidate won, the USA would go into decline, causing Christian freedom and/or witness to shrivel. In effect, the election would either continue or curtail the USA’s manifest destiny.

But the worry of many US Christians is unfounded. The election of an immoral candidate will not destroy the USA’s economy or its place as a world power. The hypothetical demise of the USA (something I would never wish for!) would have zero impact on God’s kingdom.

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Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Manifest Destiny, Politics, Trump, USA

When You Need to Define Your Gender with a Purple Gender Unicorn

November 3, 2016 by wagraham 2 Comments

 

When you need to define your gender with a purple gender unicorn, something is amiss. As part of an educational toolkit for Albertan schools, the purple gender unicorn aims to help students define their gender across a spectrum of gender. [Read more…] about When You Need to Define Your Gender with a Purple Gender Unicorn

Filed Under: Culture Tagged With: Education, Gender, LGBTQ

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