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The Sword & The Trowel

TS&TT: Should Women Be Theologians? — Complementarianism, Patriarchy, & the Bible

The Sword & The Trowel

Founders Ministries

Education, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9794 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden talk about Complementarianism, Egalitarianism and Patriarchy. They address the recent conversations around women studying theology, women teaching theology, women pastors and more. Included in this episode is also an exciting announcement regarding our 2024 National Founders Conference. SHOW NOTES: 2024 National Founders Conference: Remember Jesus Christ | https://founders.org/conference/ Serious Joy: Reflections and Devotions on Jonathan Edwards’ Seventy Resolutions - https://press.founders.org/shop/serious-joy/ Find out more about The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org Support Founders Ministries and become a part of the F.A.M: https://press.founders.org/fam/ Founders Church Search: https://church.founders.org Founders Sermon Podcast Stream: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sermons-by-founders-ministries/id1613963681 Shop the Founders Press Store: https://press.founders.org/ Become a part of the F.A.M. https://press.founders.org/fam/ The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/ Wield The Sword: https://founders.org/wieldthesword/ Follow Founders Ministries: Website: https://founders.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FoundersMin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

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0:00.0

Thanks for joining us on the Sword and Trial today in this episode. Graham and I talk about

0:04.4

complementarianism and patriarchalism, some of the larger conversations that are taking place,

0:10.7

not just in our society, but in the evangelical world, and trying to suss out a little bit

0:16.4

about what the Bible actually says regarding women's roles, not just in the church, but in general,

0:23.2

the distinctions between men and women

0:25.0

that God's woven into creation,

0:26.7

and then the responsibility that both men and women

0:30.1

as disciples of Christ have to grow in His grace and knowledge.

0:34.1

We hope that this conversation will be useful

0:36.6

to you and to those in your church.

0:46.8

Welcome to the Sword and Trial. The Sword and Trial is a podcast of Founders Ministries and Founders

0:50.9

Exists for the Recovery of the Gospel and the Reformation of Local Churches.

0:54.6

I'm Tom Askell.

0:55.4

And I'm Graham Gunden.

0:56.5

Thank you for joining us today.

0:58.3

Graham and I want to talk about one of the issues that is being discussed pretty broadly in the

1:04.4

conservative evangelical world at the moment, and that is the role of women in churches and the place of theology in the life of a woman.

1:15.2

And there's been interesting takes, some of them very hot, some of them very poor, and a lot of

1:21.0

them that have been provocative to think about the issue more deeply, and that's what we want

1:25.4

to do in our conversation.

1:27.0

Well, I'll take your word for it. I'm not on Twitter. Well, I'm not on X anymore, so I don't know what the

1:32.2

conversations are in the Twitter sphere. We can't retweet. We repost now or something like that. I don't

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