Cheryl Schatz

Jimmie,

I agree with you that it seems very odd for a woman in ministry teaching men in a non profit organization and having authority over men in this organization on the discussion board would be fighting so passionately against women in ministry outside of her little in-house kingdom.

I listened to Lee Grady give a speech once where he talked about this same kind of situation.  He had preached on women’s ability to serve in the church using their gifts for the benefit of men.  He was preaching a message of freedom from the scriptures, but his message had an opposite reaction with many of the women.  They were cold and angry at him preaching such a message.  He said that the women were more against him than the men were.  Why is this?  If I remember his words right, he came to understand hat the women were offended because the thought of freeing women to do what they were forbidden to do because of their own personal circumstances, caused them to feel jealous.  And the men were fearful of having some “special” rights taken away from them.  So his understanding of the strong reaction is that it is a combination of fear and jealousy.

I am seeing this fear come to life in what has been written about me.  Why would someone be so afraid of my bible teaching that I have become enemy number one to the church?  Why is a particular person so afraid to admit that they have watched my DVD series?  I don’t have answers to these questions but I do tend to agree with Lee Grady.  Men who are godly men and have a confidence in their calling and gifting by God do not need to fear Christian women.  Those who refuse to look at the evidence or who have looked at the evidence but are afraid to admit they have looked, and who hide in their own little corner content to slander and tell half-truth lies are not real men.  Real men stick up for their sisters in Christ.  Real men are willing to humble themselves and serve a sister in Christ and they will open doors for her to serve instead of shutting doors in her face.  Real men live for Jesus instead of living to protect their own name.

I thank God that there are many real men in the Church.  I have met many of them here on this blog.