Cheryl Schatz

Paula,

I think J MacA should go into the automotive business. He gets an astounding amount of mileage out of vapors!

My husband liked this one so much, he already can figure out ways that he can use this saying!

I also believe that the women spoken about in 1 Timothy 2:9, 10 were women leaders in the congregation.  This makes their demeanor & the statement that they make by their dress all the more important for Paul to comment on.

Then accurate translations need to be made, and then teachers need to throw away the old quarterlies and start serving “meat” instead of Twinkies to Sunday School students.

I am all for serving “meat” to the body.  So many are starving for the real meat of the word after being force-fed whatever lite version of whatever is popular today.

Don,
Good comments about the rich and leadership.

Lin,
When I read (or hear) John MacArthur’s view taking modesty to mean sexuality, I cringe.  Is that all some men think about?  Certainly in this day and age, inappropriate clothing can be a sexual issue, but in Paul’s day women covered up completely.  No baring of anything was in order for them. Even a bare ankle was considered a no-no and Jewish men would not follow behind a woman lest they see her ankle when she walked and it caused them to lust.  It is absurd to import today’s dress into bible times.  Paul made it very clear what kind of “modesty” that he was talking about – it was modesty in regards to expensive outward adorning.

Don,

Everyone has a worldview which is used to fill in gaps in text with defaults.  But it is quite revealing what MacArthur’s defaults are.

I could not have said this better myself.  It is time that we just allow the scripture to speak for itself instead of importing all kinds of fanciful additions that have no basis in reality.

Paula,

May the fleas of a thousand camels infest The Comp-ound until it is deserted!

You are turning out to be our own in-house comedienne!