The women should keep quiet in the churches, for they are not authorized to speak, but should take a secondary and subordinate place, just as the Law also says. But if there is anything they want to learn, they should ask their own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to talk in church  - 1 Cor. 14:34-35 Well, what can you say? No, I guess the question is to women: What can you say? James Scott from the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) tried to put his spin on this troubling bit of scripture (that simply summarizes about 30 other verses on the Bible about how wicked, stupid,  or worthless women are). I’m sorry...

Happy Easter, Everybody!!! If you’ve been to church on Easter in the last 50 years, you’ve probably heard the pastor call out, “He Is Risen”, with the congregation expected to answer, “He Is Risen, Indeed!” I’ve always been a little uncomfortable with chanting anything in a monotone voice, as it reminds me of zombies walking the streets with their eyes rolled back in their heads. And, I’ll admit – this got me thinking about zombies… This illustration is dealing with two separate (but related) sections of scripture to illustrate the point! The guards shook for fear and became like...

Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.  Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.  For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink!” – John 6:53-55 Growing up in the church, and spending the majority of my life involved in ministry, it wasn’t until I had to explain the act of Communion to my own children that I was forced to take a step back and really think about what it looked like to “outsiders”. “Drink his blood? That’s gross!”...