Moderns start with the idea men and women are basically the same—we all are anti-creation equalizers from childhood basically. So we see the Bible as limiting the world’s preconceptions, rather than using it as the basis for God’s principles. The passages relating women to men are not all bound by the public/private distinction. It is not ok to be bossy and domineering in private, but quiet, modest, and polite in public. Do not start with must be allowed by God, but be led by His Word in all things. —ed. of Christiannewsmo.com
May 9, 2022
When I listened to the back and forth between Aimee, Todd, and Carl over at The Mortification of Spin, on the issue of women teaching men, I noticed something. From my perspective, the conversation began at the wrong end of the stick as so many issues do these days. The end of this particular stick is the structure in which the teaching itself took place. This led the group to spend most of its time focusing on women either teaching men in Sunday Schoo…