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Hey there Molly by Golly 🙂 I am not sure what pamphlet was sent with the DVD as I am not involved with the shipping. I do know that our ministry stands firmly for testing everything and holding fast ...

“Under Much Grace”, Yes, Amen! The fact that it was the sons who inherited in the Old Testament and Christ has made us all sons gives us the reason that we all are joint heirs with Christ. Those who ...

Especially concerning that first quote from MacArthur, this essentially means that God’s Word is not all sufficient. If a woman speaks God’s Word, it loses it’s potency unless voiced by a man since it...

Cheryl, I listened to the debate earlier today while driving and I was absolutely appalled at Matt’s behavior towards you. In spite of his adamant disagreement with your biblical egalitarianism, such...

ccanuck, teknomom answered you: “In addition, women who are gifted to teach, shepherd, lead, etc. are being called heretics and sinners.” I think there are two basic issues here. The first is that s...

ccanuk said: > Paul wasn’t saying that if someone has a different view they shouldn’t be recognized, he was saying that if someone wants to be a prophet or speak in tongues they need to acknowledge w...

Hi Tiffany, Thanks for such great questions. Christ is the head of the church in that he nourishes the body and is the agent of growth to the body. > Eph 5:29 for no one ever hated his own flesh, bu...

The evaluation of  prophetic tongues as authentic is to be reserved for those in authority ( patriarchalist belief).  The laity and women in particular have NO RIGHT OR AUTHORITY to make evaluations. ...

“I had an email from someone who said that it was egalitarians who were responsible for dividing the church and being divisive” This is what they are being taught. There is a lot of repeating what ha...

An excellent exposition on [1 Corinthians 14:34,35](logos4:///Bible/1Co 14.34,35): Relative to every truth, there are extremes. Extremes are not seen on God’s part, but they enter in as a result of m...

John, I am thankful that you are still here.  It must mean that you are willing to try to hear us out.  Coming into a blog atmosphere where the majority believe in women’s freedom to serve without re...

John, In your comment #97, you copy and paste from a scholar that you say gives an excellent exposition.  This scholar says: > Paul with this explanatory injection states the reason why these women ...

I will be away when this goes live, Cheryl but I thank you for engaging so intelligently in this debate for the edification of us all. Yours In Christ Rachel I’ll catch up with it when I return....

Cheryl, will you please delete my first post and replace it with this one? Thanks. Mike, you said,” The [1 Corinthians 14](logos4:///Bible/1Co 14) passage has to do with the corporate worship setting...

Alison, You said: > 2. If God didn’t intend for women to be leaders, why did He give them leadership gifts? This is a question for complementarians that has really bugged me. No one doubts that wo...

> Again [1 Cor 14](logos4:///Bible/1Co 14) and 1 Tim are church gatherings. What you and others here are classifying as church are not what Paul is discussing. If you can disprove this please do? The ...

Great post CHeryl! I always look at gifts as not a gift that is given to me, but rather a gift that is given through me. This is why it needs to be used for the edification of the body, because it ha...

Dave, > Ephesians 4:7-14 also suggests this (if I am reading it right) as Christ has given the gifts of apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers to build the body of Christ – not so some lu...

Jim, I would like to give you a special welcome to my blog. I think that it is a very brave thing for you to comment on this blog after silently following the blog for some time. Kudos to you! I thi...

…continued… Mark, you said: > Also in relation to the ‘prophecy’ of the New Testament, it has to be understood that we can not relate it exactly to the prophecy of the Old Testament. For example t...