Donna L. Carlaw

Why don’t you ask her? 🙂

No, I’m not lost, nor am I misplaced.

I see that you are misinterpreting the idea of the eternal subordination of the Son, thus setting up straw men arguments.

The CBMW has written some excellent articles on this subject at their blog. You can check it out there, and see that what they are saying is well within orthodoxy.

http://www.cbmw.org/Blog

Just to guide your thinking about what the eternal subordination of the Son, here are some questions to ask yourselves.:

1. If one person willingly submits his will to that of another person because they are of one will in the first place, is that person’s being diminished in any way?

2. What does the phrase “the Father SENT the Son to be the Saviour of the world” say about when the Son began to obey the will of His Father? No one disagrees that Jesus was in submission to the will of His Father during the time of His earthly ministry. However, when did this submission to His Father’s will begin, right at the moment of His conception by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the virgin Mary, or before? When was He SENT, IOW?

3. The very words “Father” and “Son” show that they are in a hierarchical relationship, but one that does not diminish them in any way. God chose to reveal Himself as the eternal Father who has an eternal Son. Christ’s sonship did not begin at the incarnation and end when He returned to sit at the right hand of the Father.

Then, may I make a friendly suggestion. Some of you seem to be clueless as to what feminist theology is and what hermeneutic is being used. Some of you say that you have no labels, which is fine. There is no law that says you have to be a complementarian or you have to be an egalitarian.

There is no doubt that God can and does use whoever He pleases, whenever He pleases, however He pleases. He is the Lord of His church, and He ministers to her and trough her as He wishes, since He is her Head.

However, you really should know where you are coming from, and where your ideas are coming from. Feminist thelogy has not been developed in some secret, dark corner somewhwere, so why are you so ignorant of it’s hermeneutic and it’s presuppositions?

I fear for you , and am saying this in the most loving way possible. You are just doing shot-gun theology, but some among you are very aware of feminist theology and are actively promoting it in your midst, and you seem to be clueless.

No offense.