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Comment on Is God a Respector of Persons? by Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:51:33 +0000

The divisive nature of this male dominance movement is finally showing itself to be problematic to many. If they keep preferring males over females in such obvious and harmful ways, many of them may become like the secessionists of 1 John and move out of mainstream Christianity into a new denomination.

Comment on Is God a Respector of Persons? by Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:47:18 +0000

Liz, I always thought that way too. I identified with the fear of Moses a lot as well as his real desire to please in the face of his own sense of inadequacy. And then I identified a lot with Deborah, wanting to be strong like her. I thought guys did that too. Now I really like Huldah, Paul and John. :)

Comment on Is God a Respector of Persons? by Don

Don — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:46:48 +0000

One of the ways to make the Bible’s stories personal is to read each story and ask yourself how YOU are like this or that person in the story. Since we are human, we contain the ability to do good or evil and the potential to do anything recorded in the Bible and more. And obviously, we want to repent of the sinful parts of our human nature, but if you are not even aware of them, how much more powerful they can be.

Comment on Is God a Respector of Persons? by Liz

Liz — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:58:27 +0000

There’s another factor which might be worth mentioning.
When girls grow up reading and listening to bible stories, should they only be taking notice of what women were recorded doing ?
As I was surrounded by bible accounts growing up I thought that it all applied to me. I could potentially be a David, or a Josiah or Samuel as well as Paul, Timothy or John. I remember telling this to a young guy who was persuaded to see scripture from the hierarchical point of view and he was amazed that I thought that way. He just couldn’t imagine girls or women seeing themselves as warriors, priests or leaders in any sphere.

Comment on Is God a Respector of Persons? by Liz

Liz — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:04:52 +0000

Charis..thanks for that link. It is so very encouraging and even though it would take a long time to read all the comments, it would be worth keeping for future reference in times of criticism and rejection. Wonderful to read such a diverse range of statements and to know there are so many supportive men out there.

Comment on Is God a Respector of Persons? by Charis

Charis — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:09:11 +0000

Rachel Held Evans has posted a lot of very uplifting links by gentlemen providing biblical encouragement for God’s daughters and defending femininity as vital to the church and to God’s image: http://rachelheldevans.com/brothers-speak-out-john-piper-masculine

Comment on Is God a Respector of Persons? by Frank

Frank — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:45:17 +0000

Well, I have reviewed the latest comments by Don, Donald Guffey, SDD, and TL. All were excellent, and were done, I believe, in the true spirit of 2 Timothy 2:24-25. I don’t think there is any more that I need to add, especially since Trevor and Liz appear to have given a fitting close to the discussion. However, if anything I said in my comments appeared to be too blunt or harsh, I apologize. Sometimes, in a desire to be a champion of truth and justice, one can come across as being more belligerent than one intended to be.

Comment on Is God a Respector of Persons? by Liz

Liz — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:53:34 +0000

Hi Wes.

Thanks for the comment re our task of telling others about God being the primary thing we should be involved with. That is so true and hopefully we do that alongside defending what we each think is the truth of scripture. Each of us will have to give account to God for all we have done, said and even thought so we need to keep that in mind.

Much as we can be passionate about what we believe and why, God looks at the heart and so we should attempt to understand another person’s heart and treat them with utmost respect.

Comment on Is God a Respector of Persons? by Trevor

Trevor — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:31:58 +0000

“These debates are no longer fruitful. There is no effort to understand the opposing viewpoint. According to the one perspective, the others are heretics and deluded liars distorting God’s Word. Though these interactions deeply sadden me, and I vehemently disagree with the egalitarian understanding of Scripture, I am confident I will see many of you in Heaven. I appreciate the small amount of healthy debate.”

Thank you BT for spending so much time here attempting to convey your viewpoint but you must understand that this is an Egalitarian site and most of us here have arrived at this position, as TL has stated, from living for a time within the hierarchical position. The fact is we HAVE examined the issues and are not likely to be persuaded backwards. Besides, usually it is egalitarians who are regarded by the others as, “…heretics and deluded liars distorting God’s Word.”

Thank you that you graciously concede that you will see many of us in heaven, very few complementarians who visit this site ever give us that courtesy. It is sad when debate appears fruitless and I am aware that you believe that you are defending God’s character and the testimony of Scripture. What you need to understand is that this is exactly what we believe, that God’s character is being maligned and that Scripture is being misinterpreted. We could equally say that you really haven’t attempted to understand our argumentation throughout these many comments because you are predisposed to disagree. It only goes to prove that this is a “revelation” issue and not a logical argumentation issue.