Hillary

What a fantastic article. I always wondered why outright disobedience (Adam) was somehow better in the comp view than deception (Eve). Thank you for writing this.

Fascinating discussion! I look forward to more. 🙂

I have not yet read the entire post but a quick comment on the quote from Ray Ortlund:

…was not his (man’s) equal in that she was his “helper”.
and
A man, just by virtue of his manhood, is called to lead for God. A woman, just by virtue of her womanhood, is called to help for God. (my emphasis)

As he says that a man by virtue of his manhood is called to lead, then technically according to his logic, would a woman not “help lead” and thus equate her as a leader as well? Furthermore, if this is not the case then it would be logically so that if man were the leader, then woman would be a follower. . . which is not in Scripture. Therefore, it is my humble opinion that this interpretation by Ray Ortlund is sadly in error.

Hello Cheryl!
I just discovered this community and am so thrilled. I wanted to make a comment regarding the first comment to this post:
Don wrote:
“I do not think authoritarian leadership means there will be abuse, but I think it greatly increases the chances. It depends on the authoritarian leader using their power for good. The only one I can trust to do that consistently is God.”

One thing I am learning –open to correction :-)– is that there is a distinction between authoritarian and authoritative. Personally, I would be very interested in hearing of an example where authoritarianism did NOT lead to abuse in some form. Maybe this is purely hermeneutics; it is something I am very interested in myself and look forward to further commentary.

Thank you for providing this place!
Hillary