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The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood’s signature document The Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood’s Affirmation #4 (paraphrased, of course. Read the actual #4 at http://www.cbmw.org).

#4. They say that The Fall messed things up between men and women. As a result, ...


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Ready for this? Now we are going to discuss the second part of the Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. I have paraphrased each Affirmation and got to the essence of the Affirmation, just as I did with their Concerns. Read the full thing on their website http://www.cbmw.org. Here we ...


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Somebody has to explain this in “plain English” and I have taken on that task. When biblical scholars start writing, only they know what they are saying and what it actually means. So let’s finish their 10 Concerns about how women are destroying families, government, sexuality, and religion. Please feel free to laugh out loud.

We can’t laugh too long, how...


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“Wives, you must submit to your husbands.”

I wonder if Susie (name changed) heard those words as she sat in her Baptist church. By his own admission, her husband had slapped her a few times, no more than four or five. At least that is how many times he admitted to in the deposition just before his trial. “I love my wife,” he said, and “slapped her only seldom” durin...


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Danvers Statement #4 and #5

Their 4th concern is pure bonkers. They are concerned that women will not want to be mothers or homemakers or – and this one is really important – will not want to be unpaid volunteers in the church. (Note: I have paraphrased all their Concerns and Affirmations)

My response:

This Concern is that women will not ...


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