The culture of the time was that women were property. Paul clearly states that his opinion and God’s will are two different things. There is nothing wrong or against God’s will by women teaching in church.
The first person mentioned in the New Testament as being filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesying was Elisabeth, the mother of John the Baptist.
Luke 1:41-42And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
Later, John’s father was also filled with the Holy Spirit and Prophesied.
Luke 1:67-68
And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
IN Matthew 11, Jesus told a multitude of followers that John the Baptist was a prophet.
Since Elisabeth, Zacharias and John the Baptist were the first family outside of the Holy Family who believed that Jesus was the Son of God. it seems like no one would think it strange – or outside of God’s will – for an entire family – mothers, fathers and children – to be filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesying.
In Luke 2:36-38The prophetess Anna was among the first to begin proclaiming that Christ had come —38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of Him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusale
And if there aren’t enough men to do the job? God has used all kinds of people to spread the word. Yes, men are supposed to be the leaders of the church and the home, with women as the supporting role. But, how many times has God used women first? What if the men aren’t the leaders they are supposed to be? I’m a Pentecostal, and I have no problem with a female pastor, as long as she preaches the Word. In fact, I have a cousin who is a pastor in a church in Missouri.
The Bible is a compilation of very old writings by primitive tribal sheep herders and fishermen who didn’t know where the sun went at night. The Hebrews were a repeatedly-conquered primitive backwater in a time when real science, advanced learning and knowledge were being developed in the great civilizations of the Greeks, the Mayans, the Incas, the Vikings and the Chinese, with some advances in Persia and India as well.
While there may be occasional flashes of inspiration and primitive wisdom in the Bible (as in any ancient book of myths and legends), the Bible as a whole is a compendium of mythology, filled with numerous atrocities (supposedly commanded by god), explicitly erotic passages that no religious conservative would allow in schools or libraries in any other publication, direct internal contradictions and factual errors the cherry-pickers never seem to include in their Sunday School lessons. This becomes clear if we examine the origins and structure of the Bible, compiled over hundreds of years by scores of writers, each with their own biases and often conflicting opinions and values.
The Bible — written by simple sheep herders and fishermen who understood less about the cosmos than the average twelve-year-old today, with many elements of its origin stories plagiarized from earlier Sumerian and contemporaneous Babylonian mythologies — is no better and certainly no more literally factual than the mythologies of the ancient Greeks, Romans, Vikings, Incas or Mayans, who were far more advanced in science, math and culture than the primitive tribal Hebrews, and whose religious mythologies evolved into modern sciences, unlike the anti-science postures of Bible literalists.
It also says I can stone my rebellious child at the city gate. How many of you have sewn two types of fabric together?Also, slavery is okay (under certain strictures.)
emiesty 10 months ago
Mary of Magdala is known as “the apostle to the apostles.”
lovelandclay Premium Member 10 months ago
The culture of the time was that women were property. Paul clearly states that his opinion and God’s will are two different things. There is nothing wrong or against God’s will by women teaching in church.
LoisG Premium Member 10 months ago
The first person mentioned in the New Testament as being filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesying was Elisabeth, the mother of John the Baptist.
Luke 1:41-42And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
Later, John’s father was also filled with the Holy Spirit and Prophesied.
Luke 1:67-68
And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
IN Matthew 11, Jesus told a multitude of followers that John the Baptist was a prophet.
Since Elisabeth, Zacharias and John the Baptist were the first family outside of the Holy Family who believed that Jesus was the Son of God. it seems like no one would think it strange – or outside of God’s will – for an entire family – mothers, fathers and children – to be filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesying.
In Luke 2:36-38The prophetess Anna was among the first to begin proclaiming that Christ had come —38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of Him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusale
Bee1950 10 months ago
Who the heck is Giertych?
Robert Miller Premium Member 10 months ago
And if there aren’t enough men to do the job? God has used all kinds of people to spread the word. Yes, men are supposed to be the leaders of the church and the home, with women as the supporting role. But, how many times has God used women first? What if the men aren’t the leaders they are supposed to be? I’m a Pentecostal, and I have no problem with a female pastor, as long as she preaches the Word. In fact, I have a cousin who is a pastor in a church in Missouri.
Davis D Danizier (3D) 10 months ago
The Bible is a compilation of very old writings by primitive tribal sheep herders and fishermen who didn’t know where the sun went at night. The Hebrews were a repeatedly-conquered primitive backwater in a time when real science, advanced learning and knowledge were being developed in the great civilizations of the Greeks, the Mayans, the Incas, the Vikings and the Chinese, with some advances in Persia and India as well.
While there may be occasional flashes of inspiration and primitive wisdom in the Bible (as in any ancient book of myths and legends), the Bible as a whole is a compendium of mythology, filled with numerous atrocities (supposedly commanded by god), explicitly erotic passages that no religious conservative would allow in schools or libraries in any other publication, direct internal contradictions and factual errors the cherry-pickers never seem to include in their Sunday School lessons. This becomes clear if we examine the origins and structure of the Bible, compiled over hundreds of years by scores of writers, each with their own biases and often conflicting opinions and values.
The Bible — written by simple sheep herders and fishermen who understood less about the cosmos than the average twelve-year-old today, with many elements of its origin stories plagiarized from earlier Sumerian and contemporaneous Babylonian mythologies — is no better and certainly no more literally factual than the mythologies of the ancient Greeks, Romans, Vikings, Incas or Mayans, who were far more advanced in science, math and culture than the primitive tribal Hebrews, and whose religious mythologies evolved into modern sciences, unlike the anti-science postures of Bible literalists.
sedrelwesley2 Premium Member 10 months ago
It also says I can stone my rebellious child at the city gate. How many of you have sewn two types of fabric together?Also, slavery is okay (under certain strictures.)
i_am_the_jam 10 months ago
BUSTED. :D :D :D