zwagmeister

correction – pls forgive the typo – that should read ‘wonderful’ husband! and my request related back to #34.
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k

Charis,

i would LOVE to read/hear your hubby’s journey/testimony.
pls tell him it would mean a lot to me (and no doubt many others) if he would be willing to share it.
My wonerful husband and I are still on different ‘sides’ of the comp-egal fence and I am always looking for encouragement regarding how husbands have moved from head = authority towards spiritual equality in marriage.

Many thanks
Kerryn

thanks Patricia!
i have three beautiful daughters and pray that they might grow up with that freedom to be all that God has called and gifted them to be too!
in Christ
Kerryn

Cheryl

Amen to the above!

The more i study the issue of Women in ministry the more i have become aware of the importance of the ‘attitude’ behind (whatever) the teaching (is).

Many of the verses used to restrict women from ministry (eg 1 tim 2:11-15) are challenging and their meaning is widely debated. What IS perfectly clear and ‘non debatable’ is Christ’s command to show ‘selfless’ love to one another in the body and treat our neighbours as we would want to be treated. As soon as I read anything from any ‘teacher’ that does not fully embody these explicit and blatently clear commands – ie they exhibit an attitude of arrogance or their teaching smacks of judgment and belittling of others the warning bells go off big time for me. My heart really breaks over the division that this issue causes in the church, but mostly over the bitterness and anger that some let it cause in their own spirits.

I continue to appreciate the humble and loving attitude in which you share your beliefs Cheryl. Don’t let others who refuse to show you the same courtesy pull you down to their ‘level’.

watching and waiting for more….!

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Kerryn

thanks Cheryl,

i appreciate you clarifying things above. And i look forwards to your further postings on the topic with interest.

You state:
“Yet while all of us have become tainted by Adam’s sin, only the males physically pass on the seed of Adam and that seed has been tainted through and through with the sin nature.”

In your upcoming comments, could you pls elaborate on why all “males” are especially linked with Adam and the scriptures to support your argument. Is it to do with the fact that sperm carry ‘life’? Or???

God bless you Cheryl. keep fighting the good fight!

in Christ
Kerryn