![]() ![]() ![]() The other group – generally egalitarian/feminist, or some variation thereof - says that Deborah’s appearance here proves beyond doubt that any idea that God has different roles for men and women is absurd and must be discarded. One group – generally complementarian, or some variation there of - says that Deborah’s role here is so clearly in defiance of God’s defined roles for men and women that it must be a consequence of the fact that there were no qualified men, for surely there could be no other reason that God would allow this arrangement. There are two (broad) hermeneutic teams playing on the exegetical field here. Because of her gender – here’s a politically powerful woman in the middle of a book mostly characterized by the activity of men! – her role and station in this moment in history gets a lot of scrutiny. One of the stand-out features of this passage is the presence of a singular biblical figure: the judge-prophetess Deborah.ĭeborah is a fairly controversial figure in evangelicalism. ![]() On Sunday (July 1st) I preached a message from Judges 4-5 on God’s rescue of the Israelites from oppression under Jabin, king of Canaan, and his attack dog Sisera. ![]()
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