Greg Anderson

Cheryl,
There is an open letter to egalitarians out here written by Wayne Grudem (CBMW).  In it, there are 6 points he takes to task concerning egalitarian interpretation of scripture:
http://www.cbmw.org/Journal/Vol-3-No-1/An-Open-Letter-to-Egalitarians
In point 3, he belabors the Greek “or” construction as a means by which Paul affirms 1 Cor. 14:34-35 as valid and binding.  Basically, Dr. Grudem is saying that verse 36 is a “fence” of sorts that affirms the silence of women in corporate assembly.

The letter is a nice way of saying to all of us who hold egalitarian views of scripture to either “put-up” or “shut-up”.  You Cheryl, Paula, Suzanne McCarthy and others have done an admirable job of “putting-up” so to speak.
But just in case there’s a Godly woman reading this blog right now and who is struggling with gender issues, please reiterate that God has no such “law” silencing women.  She may be paralyzed with fear right now that it’s the serpent whispering in her ear…..”hath God said?”….