Craig

Lydia,
It is some of these “big picture” issues that I find most convincing regarding the egal position. But if it is true, then the smaller details should fit nicely in with it also.
There are so many issues involved, and I feel a bit like my “head” 🙂 is in a spin trying to sort them all out. To take your list for example:
“1. Why is there nothing in the OT against women teaching men? But now, in the NT, there is? Why more legalism in the NT? Why would the OT allow women such as Huldah and Deborah? Was that sin? Why would someone like Abigail be considered wise for going against her husband?”
I think this point is a major point for egals. The point that male authority is never clearly instituted by God but has to be implied until we get to Paul and Peter would seem strange. Even some comps seem to acknowledge that they would not get the hierarchy from the O.T. without the teaching of the new. I have read some replies to this from comps but I think I favour egals on this one. I don’t like calling it “legalism” as you do. I am not sure that it is accurate and possibly clouds rather than clarifies the issue.