Jeremy

Kristen,
I appreciate the time you took to reply. I don’t agree with the arguments, but I feel like it might be pointless to go around on this. The parallel of women in ministry to black slavery and the divine right of kings is unfair. My complementarian view is based on exegesis not eisegesis. It seems the egalitarian view is really trying to justify something they believe in and want to see changed. There is a lot of reading into Scripture and sloppy word study to argue the egalitarian position. Complementarians are not denying women the right to use their gifts. There are plenty of places to use one’s gifts. The pulpit is one small forum that not even most men get to use. I return to an earlier question I posed, why do women desire the pulpit so much? Maybe it has to do with Genesis 3:16? Anyhow, I think we’ll just have to agree to disagree. I’m not going to persuade any of you, and I haven’t been convinced by any of your arguments. I do appreciate that you are trying to be faithful to God’s Word; I just think you’re starting from a faulty premise.