tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432829881659791534.post3209234740478606643..comments2023-11-03T07:37:40.604-04:00Comments on Men and Women in the Church: "A Deeper Theological Issue"Deidre Richardson, B.A., M.Div.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04415891901162852180noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432829881659791534.post-72725712814047270852010-11-11T23:10:10.626-05:002010-11-11T23:10:10.626-05:00Wiley,
You are right indeed! Thanks so much for ...Wiley,<br /><br /> You are right indeed! Thanks so much for commenting here.<br /><br /> I agree with you; the source of the false teaching started with the false teachers, before the women are even mentioned as having anything to do with the heresy. In fact, in 1 Timothy 1:1, the very first verse of Paul's first epistle to Timothy, Paul states that Timothy was to stay in Ephesus to "charge some that they teach no other doctrine, nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith" (1 Tim. 1:3-4, NKJV).<br /><br /> When one attempts to arrive at a biblical theology of teaching (what the entire canon of Scripture has to say about teaching), one sees that the issue God has with teaching is teaching that is "false," not with what gender should teach. As Christians, we believe that no one passage in the Bible contradicts another. If the Spirit gives gifts as He decides (1 Corinthians 12:11), then how could Paul turn around and argue that women cannot exercise the gift of teaching (provided that the Spirit gives it)? Would Paul then not be saying, "Possess a spiritual gift but not use it?" And finally, think about what that would mean. Would not the complementarian position contradict Scripture, since the gifts are given "for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ" (Eph. 4:12)??<br /><br /> I think that hermeneutics (biblical interpretation) explains a lot of why complementarian thought prevails in much of our world. We simply don't understand how to interpret Scripture; as a result, one can hold to the complementarian view without examining all the other passages of Scripture that oppose the comp view. <br /><br /> Thanks for commenting. Continue to read the work done here...and pray for the blog.Deidre Richardson, B.A., M.Div.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04415891901162852180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432829881659791534.post-31055976282734511152010-11-11T22:42:23.326-05:002010-11-11T22:42:23.326-05:00Deidre,
If I am understanding you correctly, Thei...Deidre,<br /><br />If I am understanding you correctly, Theilman is basically blaming all of the false teaching only on the women. If that is the case, does he not connect with Acts 20:29-30 where Paul warns the elders of Ephesus about "wolves" and that "30Even from your own number<br />some will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them" speaking directly to the elders? This was 2 or so years before 1 Tim was written if I remember my dating correctly. Paul is telling the elders that some of them listening to what he has to say will be led into this false teaching (Gnosticism) along with many members of the church in Ephesus in just a couple of years from their meeting.<br /><br />Peace.<br /><br />WileyWiley Clarksonhttp://www.clarksons.orgnoreply@blogger.com