Jennifer

“I will simply share with you what the whole context of the Word states that women can do …. and SHOULD be doing ….. instead of seeking to usurp male authority in church and family”

Lord, how pathetic. There it is again: it’s all about male authority. Men don’t HAVE authority over women and there is NO human hierarchy in the church!! You can’t grasp this, can you? Males MUST have authority and that’s what you prefer to believe in, instead of people sharing equally in fellowship. This doctrine really is pitiful and obsessed with authority. Maybe if men concentrated more on God being the only Priest and King and treated their sisters with respect, they wouldn’t have time to listen to Satan tickle their ears with promises of power and fill their hearts with greedy lust for hierarchy?

I noticed you ignored all my other points, perhaps because you couldn’t refute them? Once again, the ridiculous claim that we haven’t used Scripture. Once again: It is in Scripture that Christ said it was not good to raise princes among ourselves. It was in Scripture that the word “preach” is used more than the word “pastor”, which comps have tried to wield into a position of spiritual king. It was in Scripture that God spoke of Adam and Eve as being equal, of one flesh, made to rule the world. It is NOT accurate or Scriptural to say that women are equal, yet try to limit them in the spreading of God’s Word in ANY way. It is in Scripture that God warned Eve she’d prefer her husband over God, and that he would sinfully rule her. Are you having trouble finding these verses, Happy? Can you not comprehend that there are at least six other threads on this site discussing Timothy? Scroll up the page and look on the right, to “Categories”. They’re all right there, nice and simple. It would give me great satisfaction to see you try and tackle them, rather than threatening to run away like a pompous child.