Women leading...in the Bible! (with Dr. Nijay Gupta)

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In this episode I sit down with Dr. Nijay Gupta to discuss how he changed his mind on Women in ministry and what he wants Christians to know about women leaders in the Hebrew Bible and early Church. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:28 - Nijay’s academic journey since he and JM’s Gordon-Conwell days 00:10:31 - The Bible Project 00:12:29 - The 2nd most-Bible-nerdy dissertation title of any Dojo guest so far! 00:16:30 - How to read Ph.D dissertations for FREE! 00:17:44 - ‘Religion’ is not a negative! 00:18:53 - John Piper, Wayne Grudem, and how Nijay came to change his view on women in ministry 00:25:37 - Nijay’s journey to Wesleyan theology 00:30:43 - Misconceptions about people who change their theological views and cultural pressures 00:37:27 - ‘Hidden Figures’, the ‘prohibition passages’, and why our Biblical starting point matters! 00:39:50 - John McArthur and Beth Moore 00:42:16 - Why Deborah matters as a starting point 00:47:23 - ‘confidence’ as opposed to ‘certainty’ 00:51:24 - Is egalitarianism really just a ’slippery slope’ toward progressive sexual ethics? 00:56:42 - Interpreting 1Timothy and the Household Codes: The ‘golfers’ facial hair’ and ‘chemotherapy’ analogies 01:05:34 - Where to find Nijay’s podcast Books by Nijay Gupta mentioned in this episode: * Tell Her Story - https://www.amazon.com/Tell-Her-Story-Taught-Ministered/dp/1514000741 * 15 New Testament Words of Life - https://www.amazon.com/15-New-Testament-Words-Life-ebook/dp/B09N8LFBPZ **DiscipleDojo swag is available in our online store! - https://tinyurl.com/24ncuas2 ***Become a monthly Dojo Donor at - https://www.discipledojo.org/donate ------ Go deeper at www.discipledojo.org Subscribe to the Disciple Dojo podcast for more in-depth teaching and discussions: SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/discipledojo Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/26BDZz70HmnT5eoD9BEKQ7 iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/disciple-dojo/id1002934837 Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=181458&refid=stpr Amazon - https://tinyurl.com/uz8dbfet Disciple Dojo is a 501c3 Nonprofit organization. As such we rely on donor support to make this teaching available freely online. Please consider supporting this ministry if you benefit from the videos or podcast at http://www.discipledojo.org