Can I Have An Eraser?: Women in the Church with Steve Luxa

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What do we do with these texts?!

“women should keep silent in the churches”

“if there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home.”

“I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather she is to remain quiet”

Yikes.

Are we faithful to the Scriptures and accept this even if it feels regressive and cruel? Or are we faithful to our conscience and downplay these texts in order to fit with what feels right?

This is basically an impossible choice. And, as it turns it’s a false binary.

Steve Luxa joins us to discuss these texts and show us what it looks like to wrestle with them.

He also lets us into the process of and the emotions of transitioning a church’s thinking on this issue and these texts. It’s a wonderfully honest conversation about the difficulties both theologically and emotionally; there’s disagreeing, there’s confession, there’s reflection… it’s really good stuff.

Interested in pure Bible? The first half will thrill you. Interested in theology playing out in real time, and the workings of the local church, the whole thing will thrill you.

Enjoy the podcast!

Resources:

For a lightish read and a great introduction out of the binary thinking often dominating this debate:

Finally Feminist, John Stackhouse

For an interesting conversation on 1 Corinthians 11 that will surely thrill you if your interest was piqued here:

Bible Project Podcast "Family of God Episode 10 - Why Do Cain's Descendents Show Up After the Flood?" (skip to 19:35 for the 1 Corinthians discussion)

Quarantine Corner:

Peter's Video Recommendation

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This episode was edited by Mike Loretto

For info on Mike’s work as a Spiritual Coach: mikelorettocoaching.com