Cheryl

Sandy,
I am so happy that you stopped by!! I speak for myself but I think I can speak for most people here when I say that we love our brothers and sisters in Christ even if they disagree with us on the women’s issue. Our tie together in Christ is far greater than any disagreement on the secondary issues of faith. You are very welcome in this place and I invite you to participate as much as you would like in the community here because the emphasis is on unity and Christ-likeness while we lift up women in ministry.

I am sure that there will be some who will have good things to give you regarding how God views women in the OT. If you haven’t read a series of four articles that I did on “Does God have one unique law?” I encourage you to follow the links to the articles because they tie in with the Old Testament since the basis of the law and what is and isn’t allowed has its foundation in the OT. Also I think you will find the articles thought-provoking if nothing else. Part one is here:
http://strivetoenter.com/wim/2006/11/29/does-god-have-one-unique-law-part-one/
Part two here:
http://strivetoenter.com/wim/2006/12/07/does-god-have-one-unique-law-part-two/
Part three here:
http://strivetoenter.com/wim/2006/12/09/does-god-have-one-unique-law-part-three/
and part four here:
http://strivetoenter.com/wim/2007/01/19/what-law-does-satan-agree-with/

My expertise is more on the hard passages of scripture regarding the question of whether a woman is allowed to teach the bible for the benefit of the entire body of Christ. During my two year research project, I felt that the weak area that hadn’t been sufficiently dealt with and needed some work was in answering all of the problem areas in these hard passages that still had some contradictions that needed answering. When the passages that “seem” to restrict women are dealt with decisively in context, then all the other wonderful passages on scripture that had already been adequately dealt with by others would stand strong on their own.

I look forward to having others put their two cents worth in for Sandy’s benefit.
Warmly,
Cheryl