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#152 - Can women lead in church? Why does 1 Timothy tell women to ’be silent’?

Ask NT Wright Anything

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Men in the Church - I'm a Christian and I'd Rather Not Be a Part of It.

In our platonic western world we have discounted femininity and think that masculinity is worth it no actually they both matter. I once got into a conversation with a well-known evangelical Calvinist Mark Driscoll who was on my podcast many years ago at the height of his sort of fame. He challenged me in that podcast to say how many men do you get along to your church. His view was if you don't have a man leading you won't attract men but within the church God moves in many mysterious ways. There is some wisdom in seeing how the complement complementarity of men and women does work for instance the Cassio movement.

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