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Based on his study of a key word for “teaching” in the New Testament---an activity often thought to be prohibited to women---and on various other kinds of public speaking in which women in Scripture clearly participated, scholar John Dickson builds a case for women preachers. Focused and purposefully limited in its conclusions, Dickson’s argument has potential to change minds and appeal to...

the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation. (italics added) This is as close to a definition of prophecy as we find in the New Testament. Paul says it is comprehensible speech that builds, encourages, and/or consoles members of the church. This is not far off what preachers might want to say about the purpose of their own sermons. In his important commentary on 1 Corinthians Anthony Thiselton insists that prophesying is “the public proclamation
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