Dr. James Willingham

I did not read all of this round 9 as my strength is limited, but the idea of God as Sovereign was the very truth that I found that could explain how Sandy Creek Church could have Eldresses in the 1700s. Being Sovereign, God can do as He pleases. And his word does not always mean what our limited methods determine that it must mean. His ords mean what He wants them to mean. Just consider the mesage of Jonah to Nineveh. The statement, for days and Nineveh shall be overthrown, was not litterally fulfilled, because its purpose was to bring the city to repentance so God could spare the city. Jonah wanted the Ninevites destroyed, but He expected God would spare it. So when we come to the idea of women in ministry, the prophetesses of the OT & NT, show us that thre were exceptions andGod certainly has the right to make exceptions. In fact, our salvation is an exception to the law, His law, and it is an exception that He worked out in our behalf.