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Scot McKnight

Libertyville
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The Christ Vision

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By Scot McKnight
| Substack
From my Everyday Bible Study on Ephesians and Colossians, with questions by Becky Castle Miller. Colossians 1:15-20 1:15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
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Redefining "Pastor": Albert Mohler's Agenda

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By Scot McKnight
| Substack
In the following Substack, by Kelley Mathews (link below to her Substack), Albert Mohler, president at Southern Seminary in Louisville, raises once again his opposition to women being called pastors in the SBC. Before we get to Kelley’s fine discussion, I want to add a couple comments: First, it is profoundly unbiblical to talk about office vs. function in the New Testament. The NT authors know nothing of this distinction.
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Women Elders?

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By Scot McKnight
| Substack
By Sandra Glahn, with her permission Image from Sandra Glahn’s generated by AI Sometimes people ask me, “Were women elders at the time of the earliest Christians?” If they mean like a village elder, sure. They did it all the time. If they mean “elder” as an office in the church rooted in the Pastoral epistles, the answer gets way more complicated. Let me begin by saying we could benefit from some consistency in translation here.
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