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It's time for the Line of Fire with your host, Biblical Scholar and Cultural Commentator Dr. Michael Brown,

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And now, here's your host, Dr. Michael Brown.

Welcome, friends, to the line of fire.

This is Michael Brown.

My joy to be with you.

Today, I am only taking questions that were previously solicited on social media on the Ask Dr. Brown Facebook page.

So sit back, no need to try to call in today.

Sit back, enjoy the broadcast.

I'm looking at a bunch of wide-ranging biblical, exegetical questions. What do these verses mean? I think you'll find this

really enlightening, helpful. It's part of our commitment, not just to make radio enjoyable and give

you an outlet for asking questions, but it's part of our commitment to educate, to strengthen,

to bring health to the body however we can

to contribute to having us be people of the word, people of the word and practice, people of the word

and spirit. So let's dig in together, let's learn together, let's grow together. You can always write to our ministry. Just go to the website, s. Dr. Brown.org. You can always contact us with your questions. And of course, we do our best as many days of the week as possible to open the phone lines. We'll start with a question from Keith. In your opinion, how much did the Artemis cult practices in Ephesus

influenced Paul's directives to Timothy in 1st Timothy 2, 9 through 15, since women there had certain

authority like priestesses. There's a source called the Physiastica by Xenophon of Ephesus about this.

What's your take? Thanks.

I'm more expert in the biblical sources there than some of these external New Testament sources

and better with Old Testament external sources than New Testament.

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