Happy Promise Keeper

So far, all I have seen is opinion and conjecture ….. along with the usual character assasinations which point to desperation. No Scripture, which is very telling. Some of you see it as a kind of “defeat” for CBMW to not respond to Cheryl’s DVD’s in exactly the way she demanded of them. Sorry, but an organization as large as CBMW simply does not have the time or resources to respond to every inquiry. Their ministry is very broad, as compared to sites such as this with only one basic thrust. If you check their site thoroughly, you will see many refutations offered to many different people who have questioned them or written articles promoting feminist theology. I wouldn’t take it as a slight that CBMW didn’t act exactly the way some here would have desired. Can you imagine the way they must be flooded with inquiries from feminist theologians/egalitarians??? How can they possibly respond to them all? Simply put, they can’t. No one with such a far reaching ministry could ….. and it is unrealistic and perhaps a bit prideful to expect them to drop everything and automatically respond to every single inquiry. Do you think the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association responds to every contact? Any large ministry? I would think not, as common sense would dictate. Your answers lie in simply reading at CBMW as they refute the egalitarian error.

Pinklight, God created men and women equal in value and personhood but different as far as the roles in church and home. This is modeled throughout the Scriptures. The ONLY times we see women elevated to authoritarian roles over men in Scripture was when men abdicated their God-given roles and judgement fell. This was mainly in the Old Testament. It was considered a dishonor for women to assume roles they were not designed for and usually we see those women TAKING the role instead of being APPOINTED to the role. It is the same today.

If women were to simply humble themselves and follow what they CAN do in Scripture, they would have no time to assume roles they CANNOT assume through the Word. Really, I see this issue as more of a failing of men than I do any “divine” raising up of women. When men fail or abdicate, women must necessarily rise up. What we are seeing in today’s church are too many males but not enough men.