Kay

gengwall, I’m glad you brought that out.

Greg, I have thought for some time that Paul is majored on more than the direct teaching/Words of Jesus in many circles. It’s really astonishing how many of the things Jesus said and did that must be overlooked/over-ridden to justify hierarchy among believers. Like for instance, Matthew 20 – “You know that the rulers of the heathen have power over them, and the leaders have complete authority. 26 This, however, is not the way it shall be among you. If one of you wants to be great, he must be the servant of the rest; 27 and if one of you wants to be first, he must be your slave– 28 like the Son of Man, who did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life to redeem many people.”