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Originally Posted by ILG
The pastor at the church I attend started a series today called "Putting Women in Their Place" (finally lifting them up instead of putting them down!). He said that when he was going through seminary they did an exercise in a class and the teacher said "Pretend you are the opposite gender" and then they had to discuss this in small groups. The pastor said "I spoke first and I said that I realized that I would have to leave the church I was attending." He said this exercise hit him hard because he had been somewhat ambivalent on this issue but this exercise made him realize that he would actually have to leave the church he was attending if he was a woman because all his gifts weren't "supposed" to be had by women. He then realized how difficult it must be for women who do have these gifts to actually use them.
I think it is a great series and I am looking forward to the next sermons. So, how about it? What if you were the opposite gender?
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Interesting point, but one must assume (if he holds to the no female Pastors view) that the gift is not genuine or God-given.