The tension: 1 Corinthians 7:14 says the unbelieving spouse is sanctified through the believing one; Acts 16:31 promises the Philippian jailer that he and his household wil…
The tension: Acts 18:26 has Priscilla (with her husband Aquila) instructing Apollos in "the way of God" — a clear example of a woman exercising teaching authority in the ea…
The tension: Matthew 28:19 has the risen Jesus command baptism "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost" — a Trinitarian formula.
The tension: Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:5 reports that the risen Jesus appeared "to Cephas, then to the twelve." But by the time of the resurrection, Judas Iscariot had alrea…
The tension: Romans 13:1-6 commands universal submission to governing authorities on the grounds that they are ordained by God, are God's ministers, and punish only evildoe…
The tension: The contradiction sets the silencing-and-subordination passages — Genesis 3:16 (the husband rules over the wife as curse), 1 Timothy 2:12 (woman may not teach…
The tension: Acts 1:9-12 places the ascension on the Mount of Olives (Olivet), with the disciples returning to Jerusalem from there "a sabbath day's journey." Luke 24:50-51…
The tension: Genesis 13:14-17 and Genesis 17:8 record God promising the land of Canaan to Abraham and his seed as an "everlasting possession" (achuzzat olam).
