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Did God “stab” the woman in the Garden of Eden?
God didn't "stab" Eve! by Bruce C. E. Fleming, DEA Tru316 Foundation, Tru316.com In the story of Lord of the Rings, the hero Frodo is stabbed in a battle by a Ringwraith’s terrible blade. In that story the wound never heals! In the mistranslations of Genesis 3:16 they...
Ten Suggestions for 1 Timothy 2:12
The verses in 1 Timothy 2 are not about an order of creation but about an order of restoration!
Do you believe in God’s Grace and Mercy? Lessons from Eden and Ephesus!
God’s ministry of saving and appointing for service. Examples from Paul, from Eve and from the wayward overseers of Ephesus, by Bruce C. E. Fleming May 29, 2024 Paul said of himself that he was the chief of sinners. But he was also a second-degree sinner in that he...
Is God “for” or “against” women? The answer should be clear!
Many churches are minimizing God’s call to women. They are holding back and harming their sisters and mothers and daughters. Are their actions really based on Scripture? A growing number of churches are not minimizing women. They are teaching that God uses women too,...
Mary’s Easter Song
Mary’s Easter Song! © Bruce C. E. Fleming Easter Sunday 2024 She stayed with him beneath the cross while others jeered and others fled. She went to where they buried him out there among the dead. Then, she came to care for his remains that early Easter morn. The tomb...
1 Timothy 2 is NOT about “a creation order”
WHAT DISTINCTION is Being Made in 1 Timothy 2? A Tru316.com blogpost by Bruce C. E. Fleming In 1 Timothy 2:13 there is NO distinction being made based on any “creation order.” That idea is being pasted over the meaning of Paul’s point in bringing up Adam and Eve. In 1...
A Double Meaning for “Spring Cleaning”
Much of the pollution of the theology on women and men can be traced to the mistranslation of the first Line of 3:16. It has been made to read like God struck woman with pain in the hours of childbirth. The Hebrew text in Line 1 of 3:16 tells us that God took action in Line 1 in two ways. But neither action had to do with pain in childbirth!
Have you noticed these Garden Basics from Genesis 2-3?
by Bruce C. E. Fleming, Tru316 Foundation (Tru316.com) 1:28, 2:25 Creation order. United in image and likeness of God, naked and unashamed 2:18 Human relations. Equal partners - husband and wife. 3:12-13 Attack & responses. Two levels of disobedience – 1st degree...
The “My Three Sins” Section of 1 Timothy 2-3, 1 Timothy 2:8-3:13 – Overseers Corrected and Restored by Jesus the Faithful Word
People are VERY interested in the verses in Section 2. Because word patterns convey meaning as well as word definitions it is absolutely necessary to take into account the prophetic rhetorical template, or the jump, jump, high jump pattern used in 1 Timothy 2:8-3:13.
The JUMP, JUMP, HIGH JUMP Sections in Ephesians 5-6
Ephesians 5:15-6:9 is built out using the “prophetic rhetorical template” also known as the “jump, jump, high jump pattern.”
Missing the Word Patterns Leads to Misunderstanding!
What word patterns have people missed that has led them into promoting hurtful theology? In Genesis 2-3 about the Garden of Eden: 1. People have missed the 7-point chiasm of Genesis 2-3, in which the high point is 2:25 that highlights the two wonderful relationships...
Should we prohibit the prohibition of women from teaching?
When some say “No” to women teaching in church they are seriously in error.
SUPERVERSEs!
by Bruce C. E. Fleming SUPERVERSEs! What comes to mind? Super Man? The comic book from 1938? Super Book? The cartoon series from 1981? Super Fans? The book from 2019? It is time for SUPERVERSEs! What kind of verses? These are the Bible’s super verses on...
My First Trip to Kala, Zaïre … and back
Did I ever tell you how, long ago, we lived and worked in Africa? by Bruce C. E. Fleming I was at Kala Village on the banks of the Ubangi River in 1981. How did I get there? I don’t really recall. But on my way home I rode my dirt bike more than 100 miles into...
Victims of Domestic Violence Helped by the Tru316 Message!
Did you know? Victims of domestic violence, and those who minister to them, report being greatly helped and encouraged by the Tru316 Message. What is the Tru316 Message? My wife, Dr. Joy Fleming, studied deeply the Genesis 2-3 passage on the Garden of Eden and...
Is Genesis 3:16 about Pain in Childbirth? Yes? or No?
Did God talk about the act of childbirth in either Genesis 3:16a or 3:16b? by Bruce C. E. Fleming, Tru316.com Most people think God punished the woman with multiplied pain in childbirth. Their translations from the Hebrew Bible of Genesis 3:16 give them that...
What was good about Good Friday? The Promise made to Eve in 3:16!
“You shall bruise him on the heel.” God said to the serpent tempter, in Genesis 3:15. And he did, on what came to be called Good Friday. But God also promised the woman's Offspring would bruise the serpent tempter on the head. God confirmed this Good News to her...
Genesis 3:16b
How the Hebrew Text of Genesis 3:16b Can Be Translated. by Joy Fleming, PhD, PsyD Genesis 3:16 can be translated as follows (with line b in bold): I will greatly multiply your sorrowful toil and your conception. With sorrow you will bring forth children. Your...
Genesis 3:16a
How the Hebrew Text of Genesis 3:16a Can Be Translated. by Joy Fleming, PhD, PsyD Genesis 3:16a can be translated as follows: I will greatly multiply your sorrowful toil and your conception. With sorrow you will bring forth children. Your desire is for your husband,...
Do you have a Tru Story to tell? About the Launch? The Podcast?
Do you agree the church has a problem in its messaging about women and men? Have you experienced this or heard it is a problem for others? We take this problem seriously. At the Tru316 Foundation we have discovered the problem usually can be tracked back to Genesis...
Open Letter to Beth Moore after listening to her new Memoir!
Minneapolis, March 23, 2023 Dear Beth Moore, Elizabeth! Wow! I just finished listening to your reading of All My Knotted-Up Life. I’m thrilled at God’s grace in horrific situations and your terrific grit! This prompts me to reach out to you through this Open...
