Majeek ✨

Arsenal fans in what year did you start supporting the Arsenal?

On issue on gender and inequality in Christianity. This is why Voddie is one of my favourite. “It’s not about value, it’s an order issue”

The quiet Arsenal fans have bought all the jerseys. Lol.

The sounds of children in the church service are not distractions—they are signs of life and the future of the faith.

Not so, brother. Not so. Your argument isn't as airtight as you think it is. In 1 Timothy 2, Apostle Paul wasn't issuing a universal ban on women in church leadership for all cultures and all generations. When you examine the whole counsel of Scripture, you'll see that the claim that God categorically forbids women from pastoral authority is difficult to substantiate. First, the Bible itself repeatedly shows women exercising spiritual authority, leadership and teaching roles with God's approval. Paul himself commends women in ministry in Romans 16 where Phoebe is explicitly called a deacon or minister of the church. Priscilla helped teach Apollos, one of the most powerful preachers in the early church, “the way of God more accurately” (Acts 18:26). Junia is described as “outstanding among the apostles” in Romans 16:7. These examples alone creates a serious contradiction with your claimthat women are categorically barred from spiritual authority over men. You cannot simultaneously argue that women may never hold an authoritative spiritual office while Paul himself recognizes women as deacons, teachers and even apostles. Second, the same Paul who wrote 1 Timothy 2 openly permits women to speak spiritually in church gatherings as it is written in 1 Corinthians 11:5 where it says: “Every woman who prays or prophesies...” Paul does not forbid women from speaking. Instead, he regulates HOW they should speak. And “prophecy”, in the New Testament was not a minor activity. According to 1 Corinthians 14, prophecy edified, instructed and strengthened the church. It involved speaking God's word publicly to believers — including men. So how can women publicly prophesy to the gathered church under Paul's approval, yet supposedly be universally forbidden from any authoritative ministry to men? If you interpret the prohibition in 1 Timothy 2 in an absolute, blanket manner, you'll end up creating contradictions with Paul's own teaching for yourself. Third, Scripture itself gives multiple examples of women exercising leadership over men with divine approval. Deborah governed Israel as judge, prophet and national leader. Huldah was consulted by priests and royal officials concerning the Book of the Law. Miriam was recognized as a prophetess over Israel. If God's design universally forbids women from spiritual authority over men, why does Scripture itself repeatedly show God raising women into positions of authority? And no, Deborah was not an “exception”. No portion of scriptures supports that assertion. And even if she was an exception, some exceptions still reveal what God permits. Fourth, your creation-order argument in 1 Timothy 2 is wrong. That “Adam was formed first” does not automatically establish eternal male ecclesiastical authority. Being “first” in creation does not automatically equal permanent authority. Eve was a helper not a subordinate. Fifth, the “husband of one wife” argument is weaker than it appears. If we take that portion of scripture literally to mean gender restriction, then unmarried men cannot pastor, widowers cannot pastor and Paul himself would fail the qualification. Clearly, Paul was describing the moral character expected of overseers in a patriarchal society, not constructing an eternal biological exclusion clause.The phrase speaks to covenant faithfulness, not necessarily gender limitation. Sixth, in Galatians 3:28, Paul says: “There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” This is not merely about “salvation status.” Paul intentionally echoes Genesis language — “male and female.” The point is that in Christ, the old covenant barriers tied to ethnicity, class and gender are being radically reconfigured. That is precisely why the Spirit is poured out on both sons and daughters in Acts 2.

There is also a conversation we need to have with Christian men. Because some of you speak about women with an underhanded disdain that is deeply un-Christlike, then hide behind “biblical order” to justify it. You cannot simply look at every Christian woman who resonates with feminism and dismiss her as rebellious. History has shown women have had reasons to fight. The Church is not entirely innocent in the abuse and silencing of women. We have sometimes weaponized Scripture instead of rightly dividing it. Some women did not become angry because they hate God. They became angry because people used God against them. There are women who have been talked down to, ignored, diminished, spiritually manipulated, and emotionally controlled in church spaces while men quoted “submission” at them like a threat. And when women begin to push back against that, you cannot automatically label them rebellious without enough humility to ask: “What exactly are they reacting to?” Because even in Scripture, God did not condemn women who challenged systems. The daughters of Zelophehad fought. They contended. They challenged a structure that disadvantaged them. And God said: “The daughters of Zelophehad speak right.” (Numbers 27:7) Not rebellious. Not dishonorable. Not with the spirit of Jezebel… Right. Some of you need to realize that being male does not automatically make your interpretation superior. Statements like: “Woman was created later, therefore she is lesser,” “Eve was deceived, therefore women are inferior,” “Men are naturally superior because Adam came first,” do not make you sound spiritually mature. They make you sound biblically unintelligent. Genesis 1 says: “Male and female created he them.” God did not create woman as an afterthought. He had both genders in mind from the beginning. And Genesis 2 is not about superiority. It is about order. Order does not mean value. Christ and the Church have order. The Father and the Son have order. Order is not inferiority. In fact, biblical leadership is not domination. Christ never used His position to belittle the Church, He died for her. So how did some Christian men become more arrogant than Christ? You brandish submission like a weapon. You speak about masculinity like it is superiority. You talk about women as though leadership means lordship. News flash, you are not a biblical male. You are carnally minded and we all know what that means. To lead in our Kingdom is to serve. Where is your service?! And if creation order is your argument for superiority, then goats should be greater than men because animals were created before Adam. The logic collapses immediately. The truth is many women are angry because they encountered distortion disguised as doctrine. Male ego preached as theology. Misogyny defended with proof texts. And instead of constantly rushing to call women rebellious, maybe Christian men need enough self-awareness to ask: “Have we represented Christ properly?” Because many women are not rejecting Christ. They are reacting to men who looked nothing like Him. Love and Light… with a sprinkle of Holy Ghost Fire.