I am currently proof-reading my husband’s master’s thesis on pastoral transitions, and I started to think again about the biblical role of a pastor’s wife. As I read through his paper, I saw a good pattern for establishing a biblical perspective on a debated issue. The role of a pastor’s wife has been debated by… Read More »
Yesterday, I posted a list of nine spiritual gifts that I believe are no longer operative today. Here is a list of the remaining six that have been in use in the church since its birth at Pentecost.1 Teaching (Rom 12:7; cf. teachers, 1 Cor 12:28, 29): Teaching involves one’s proper understanding and effective communication of… Read More »
Paul lists nine spiritual gifts in 1 Cor 12:8–10, all of which I believe to have ceased sometime shortly after the end of the apostolic era. Here is a list of those gifts with a brief description of each. Word of Wisdom (1 Cor 12:8): A word of wisdom involved prophecy that had more to do with the… Read More »