Cheryl Schatz

Sean Isaacs,
Welcome to my blog! Thanks for popping in.

Regarding Piper’s laughter, if someone is turned off by my comment that I found his laughter odd when it was such a serious subject, then perhaps they are too sensitive. Now if I called him a name for laughing, then that would be different. I try hard to speak about other Christians who differ with me, with respect. That of course should include John Piper although we are all allowed to question his doctrine and his advice. I think that he would agree that this is allowed.

Sean you said:

I believe this is the wrong spirit and approach to have. I am referring to “…(apparently… should really produce …”.

I am sure men and woman contact you with questions daily because they see you as an authority on Women in Ministry. It would be wrong for me or anyone else to condemn or judge your ministry by saying “…apparently these are the modern interpreters of the law…”

If I am wrong in how I am intepreting your words, let me know.

CLC answered this quite well by saying there is a big difference between answering questions and offering advice from the scriptures than trying to decipher what is sin and what is not. I choose to allow the scripture to define what sin is because God does a wonderful job of informing us what He considers as sin. This is the real problem with all the unwritten rules regarding women’s “roles”. Because godly Christians cannot find the answers in the scriptures regarding these restrictions on women, those who insist that it is a sin for women to usher, to sing in church, to pray in public, etc have to go outside of the scriptures regarding sin. That is a problem and I think that we should be very concerned when a group of men can add to the list of sins that God has not defined.

You also said:

It is the lack of demonstrating respect for the views of others that continues to keep our Lord’s body divided and hinders those who may have TRUTH from persuading or convincing their “opponents”. Ofcourse this is my opinion.

Amen! This is what I have been saying for years. For those who have viewed my DVDs they should be able to readily agree that I am grieved with the division in the body of Christ and work hard to be a peacemaker. This view is evident just from the introduction found on line here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e9TL5TWdac

Now if we could only get the other side to stop saying that those who believe differently in this area are in sin, we could have a giant step towards reconciling both sides.

I do appreciate that you have given me the opportunity to explain my view of respectful disagreement. Anything that isn’t clear in that area can be challenged.