Cheryl Schatz

Mark,
You said:

“I noticed right away that you said “it is my opinion”. Wow, enlightening! Isn’t any exegesis or interpretation one’s attempt to explain a passage.

There is a difference, Mark, between someone’s opinion and giving reason for your opinion. You have yet to give a reason for why teaching is restricted to elders. That may be your opinion and your are entitled to it, but that is just your opinion. It is my intention to push people towards giving reasons for the hope within them. When you use logical fallacies rather than biblical reasons, it isn’t good enough. I know that you are really trying, Mark and I respect that. But your personal opinions doesn’t have the weight of Scripture. If you want to persuade and defend, you will need to do it with Scripture taken in context and with well reasoned logic from the Scripture.

Let me give you an example of what I see you doing:

The Scripture says that elders are to be husbands of one wife and ones who have their children under submission. Therefore only elders can be husbands of one wife and only elders are allowed to have children under submission.

Do you see the difference between something that is necessary for elders to do and your position that only elders may do the actions? It does not compute. It does not go together. It is a logical fallacy and inappropriate for Scripture argumentation.