Mark

Kay,

I’m some what in agreement with you about interpretation. Thus a good proper solid exegesis is required.

It is not simply good enough to say…’well that doesn’t apply ot us anymore’, nor is it exceptable to say that ‘everything literally applies’.

The former is what Fee offers for 1 Tim 2 and seemingly what Dave suggested. This is a pure liberal hermeneutic. That is not rhetoric but fact.

Thus something else must help us. Consider that ALL Paul’s teaching on these issues are grounded in creation. Therefore, there is something significant about it. A holy kiss on the other hand is never associated in the same way and linked to the OT in it’s command. Therefore again, we need to distinguish the two.

To simply dismiss 1 Tim 2 ad hoc is a liberal hermeneutic and DOES open the way to BIblical rejection. We have seen this in the past, the most telling for egals was when CBE had to branch off from it’s sister organisation who went completely liberal.

I’ll comment more later Craig and Marg