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TinyTim posted...
Good post, Tinytim :wavey:
TinyTim posted...
Freeatlast, Just curious.. how many women are you a leader of?
Are you a pastor, deacon, or what office do you hold in church?
And if you were around when Philip's daughters were prophesying, what would you have said?
OR if you were around when Deborah was a judge, would you have told her she was against God?
You seem to think that anyone that disagrees with your assessment and opinion of that particular passage is automatically against God.
I disagree with you, and I am not against God. I have just seen God use many women in leadership roles inside our church, inside our association (YES, we even have a woman moderator for our association!!!).. and inside our denomination. (uh oh, have I mentioned that a woman is the president of the West Virginia Baptist Convention every fourth yr?) It is very evident that God uses women to lead. We witness this by the fruit that is being brought forth for the glory of God.
Paul was addressing a problem within that particular setting. The overall principle is that women were uneducated, and in that society were property of the man. As such, if they were to teach, it would have been a problem.
I see a much bigger problem in today's time... It is one that doesn't depend on Gender.
It is this...
UNeducated preachers and teachers in the church that have never learned how to use proper hermeneutics, and they try to stand and teach "truths" that are actually their opinions of what they believe. They try to force 1st century culture onto a 21st century church. Or worse yet, they think their southern USA culture is the norm for all of Christianity. Many are well meaning, but are ignorant to the fact that God is a God of diversity, and there are many great congregations, that Love the Lord, and are glorifying Him around the world. And yes, some even have women pastors, teachers, etc. I have set under some, and I have to say, they are much smarter than people who come on here with their uneducated opinions.
I start Seminary this month for a M.Div. and I am happy to say that I will be having women teaching some classes... They are qualified, and educated in this society, (unlike the 1st century)... And I expect to gain from their knowledge of ministry.
Good post, Tinytim :wavey:
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