Corrie

Psalmist,

I should have read your posts first because it sounds like I am copying you! LOL I am reading from the bottom up so I just now read your posts after what I wrote.

Paula said this: “But an eternally subordinate Christ is something they cannot bring themselves to model, even though Jesus told his male disciples point blank to do exactly that.”

No kidding! I never thought about this. Why are some claiming to be like Christ in all His glorious functions but when it comes to being subordinate, they then turn the tables and liken women to Christ? Makes no sense. Especially when the Bible specifically likens men to the subordinate Christ.

Also, I love Psalmist’s term “masculoidolatry”. I am not going to comment on the etymology (I will leave that to all the scholars so that I can worry about getting the stains out of laundry) of that word but it seems like a very accurate description of what is going in in some of these teachings.

It seems to me that this teaching is a new thing, am I right? In my reading, I seem to find scholars saying that Christ was only subordinate to God during His time on this earth.

About the Titus 2 thing and older women teaching younger women….that is sure true! Another thing is that there are many women who presume to be teachers of other women who should not be teaching but be learning. There are some who give their followers the impression that they have been married for a long while when they have actually been married for a shorter time than many of the “younger” women they are teaching. I am baffled why so many people are willing to follow people who they would readily disqualify as teachers in any other situation.

I am not ashamed to give my age or tell the pertinent details of my life. We should be transparent as believers. We don’t have to hang our dirty underwear in public but we should be transparent. But there are some who present a false picture to their followers and it is very concerning. Those who have nothing to hide, hide nothing. When I see leaders fudging facts and rearranging the sequential order of their life and not being upfront about some very IMPORTANT details about their families (esp. when they have ministries specifically targeting the redesigning, bettering and reformation of the family and the details of their own histories as BELIEVERS go against what they teach), I get a bit leery. Those who want to be leaders and teachers should not hide pertinent info.

That is why I am glad people like Karen Campbell are trying to reach out to the younger women. She has been married to the same man for 33 years and has raised 6 children who are walking with the Lord and has her 10th grandchild on the way.