Amy

Cheryl, I like your blog, having recently been encouraged to study the Bible more by the Calvinism/Arminianism debate. So I appreciate your view point. The only thing I’m confused about in this article is the present tense of “least in the kingdom”. Are there other areas in the Bible that you know of that talk about the present tense of the kingdom? I read Jesus’ speech as kingdom in the future, since I interpret the kingdom being the resurrection kingdom after Jesus’ return. John is the greatest human now, and we (in our resurrection state) will all be greater than a mere unresurrected human in the future. However, having not studied the Greek grammar, I certainly could be wrong. So that’s why I would hope to see “kingdom” present tense in other passages. Thanks for your thoughts.

“I certainly want to be gracious about this and to respect CBMW’s position, but it seems inconceivable to me that an organization of Christian men dedicated to spreading the complementarian position and who sincerely believe that women are in sin for teaching the bible to men can ignore my request for dialogue.”

Is it so inconceivable? Keep in my mind that if this organization is made up of men who believe it is a sin for women to teach the Bible to them, then of course they are not going to be interested in biblical exegesis that comes from a woman, no matter how good or logical it is. They reserve a right to ignore or reject teachings that come from a woman, because they assume it is simply wrong for a woman to teach them anything, even if she knows something that they don’t.

Yes, Cheryl!! Well explained!! 🙂 Male domination of the world over the centuries is a result of sin. In Genesis, when God gave the ‘curses’ to Eve about her husband ruling over her, he was foretelling, not condoning, the situation he knew would occur in the future.