Women in Leadership

Why Didn’t Jesus Come as a Woman?

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If Jesus was about tearing down all of of the cultural barriers that kept people from God why didn't he come as a female? If God really wanted to challenge the patriarchal culture of his day would it have been better for Jesus to have come as a female instead of male?

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Was Junia a Female Apostle?

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Questions surrounding the “Junia” of Romans 16:7 have been circulating for centuries in the Church. For the first 1,000 years of Church history, the vast majority of commentators agreed that this name should be translated as Junia, a woman's name.

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Why does Paul tell women to cover their heads?

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To understand this larger passage, a good starting point is in verse 10: "For this reason a woman ought to have a symbol of authority upon her head, because of the angels."

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Why Didn’t Jesus Come as a Woman?

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Was Junia a Female Apostle?

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Why does Paul tell women to cover their heads?

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