Discrimination Of Women In The Sbc Can They Teach Men At All

Cheryl,

Thanks Kerryn. I would have missed that link. I am going to post here the direct link to the article:

Dr. Sheri Klouda is great and has a great record. Exposing discrimnation and using the law of the land to get justice is the way to go. The Lord has these justice systems in place so people can get a measure of justice one way or another in this sinnerful world. Of course True Justice will come when Jesus comes back!

Yes, Michael. To try to limit Dr. Klouda to seek restitution and justice from a warped system within the University or the denomination that mistreated her is simply trying to prevent her from finding justice. That reveals a lot in itself.

I can see how some might invoke Paul’s teaching on lawsuits between believers in this. But the problems in this case are that the seminary’s actions:

were very unchristlike and violate the most basic principles of Christians caring for one another, especially since she is the primary wage earner and her husband is disabled
violate Paul’s teachings on how employers are to treat employees, especially if they are believers,
are illegal in this country (since the seminary did not have such a rule before she was hired)

That last one especially is the big point. Paul’s teachings on lawsuits among believers were never meant to say we must not consider the laws of the land, but that we can and should settle our own petty disputes. Paul himself used the law when possible, for example when he was about to be beaten without a trial which was against the law for a Roman citizen. Granted the Romans were not Christians, but granted also that Paul would never have expected believers to commit illegal acts, especially by groups of leaders!

Sorry, I thought I could use “ordered lists” in the comments. The second paragraph should look more like this:
I can see how some might invoke Paul’s teaching on lawsuits between believers in this. But the problems in this case are that the seminary’s actions:
—were very unchristlike and violate the most basic principles of Christians caring for one another, especially since she is the primary wage earner and her husband is disabled
—violate Paul’s teachings on how employers are to treat employees, especially if they are believers,
—are illegal in this country

hello teknomom,

That’s right ….Paul used the law when he could…an the Roman one at that!

For an update on this story, please read the FBC Jax Watchdog blog for July 17, 2008.  There is a response by Dr. Klouda about what happened to her.