Table of Contents for The Silent Queen
A word before
The roar of the Lord
Part A: The story of men and women
1. Your royal invitation
2. The silent queen
3. Athenian supermen
4. God’s gift to women
5. What did the apostles think about women in ministry?
6. What did the Church Fathers think about women?
Part B: Questions and answers
7. Are wives merely helpmates?
8. Were women created to serve men?
9. Did Jesus say infidelity is the only excuse for divorce? What about abuse?
10. Should women stay silent in church?
11. Can women teach and preach?
12. Can women pastor?
13. Can women lead men?
14. Should women submit to male ministers?
15. Should wives submit to their husbands?
16. What if your husband is a jerk?
17. Is the husband the head of his wife?
18. Are women more easily deceived than men?
19. Are women saved by making babies?
20. Are women weaker?
A word after
List of boxes
2.1 The unnamed women of the Bible
3.1 The Jewish view of women at the time of Jesus
4.1 The radical geography of Jesus’ preaching
4.2 Jesus, the pioneer of women’s education
4.3 Why didn’t Jesus appoint female apostles?
5.1 The new normal of the New Testament
6.1 Is the King James Bible sexist?
9.1 Domestic abuse in the church
9.2 Marriage and divorce in Judaism
11.1 Was Junia the only female apostle in the Bible?
11.2 The church and the education of women
12.1 Paul vs the polygamists
13.1 The women who made Moses Moses
15.1 The apostle we read at weddings
15.2 Marriage advice from Jesus
The roar of the Lord
Part A: The story of men and women
1. Your royal invitation
2. The silent queen
3. Athenian supermen
4. God’s gift to women
5. What did the apostles think about women in ministry?
6. What did the Church Fathers think about women?
Part B: Questions and answers
7. Are wives merely helpmates?
8. Were women created to serve men?
9. Did Jesus say infidelity is the only excuse for divorce? What about abuse?
10. Should women stay silent in church?
11. Can women teach and preach?
12. Can women pastor?
13. Can women lead men?
14. Should women submit to male ministers?
15. Should wives submit to their husbands?
16. What if your husband is a jerk?
17. Is the husband the head of his wife?
18. Are women more easily deceived than men?
19. Are women saved by making babies?
20. Are women weaker?
A word after
List of boxes
2.1 The unnamed women of the Bible
3.1 The Jewish view of women at the time of Jesus
4.1 The radical geography of Jesus’ preaching
4.2 Jesus, the pioneer of women’s education
4.3 Why didn’t Jesus appoint female apostles?
5.1 The new normal of the New Testament
6.1 Is the King James Bible sexist?
9.1 Domestic abuse in the church
9.2 Marriage and divorce in Judaism
11.1 Was Junia the only female apostle in the Bible?
11.2 The church and the education of women
12.1 Paul vs the polygamists
13.1 The women who made Moses Moses
15.1 The apostle we read at weddings
15.2 Marriage advice from Jesus