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Originally Posted by RJR
I agree, it does not appear too many women posting on this thread has a man of God who is over them.
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RJR, you are in no position to assert this. Certainly no man on this forum is in the position to be in authority over any woman here. I am submitted to God, my husband and other authorities in my life; not strangers on the internet.
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Originally Posted by Pliny
So you have no positive proof for your assertion. Not to worry, I didn't expect any. Based upon your logic Luke was a pilot since he is never said not to be a pilot...
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What assertion? You made an assertion and I simply commented that it was a poor argument. I'm now asserting something? I'm pointing out that you can't use the fact that something wasn't
recorded as a strong argument for "it didn't happen." You seem like a smart man, so I'm not sure why you want to argue about this particular comment. A lack of record isn't proof of much, other than a lack of record.
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Originally Posted by rdp
...On what biblical-textual basis do you assert that a man can pastor a church & yet not preach? Or, that a man can teach & not preach....esp. since "teaching" is lexically defined as "to exposit from the Scriptures" (which it would be virtually impossible to not do while "preaching")?
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Can you provide the biblical-textual basis that asserts a man must preach in order to pastor a church? Unless you're using the terms "bishop" and "pastor" interchangeably, which I don't believe scripture does, I'm not sure where you're getting that.
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But, since you've appealed to Strong's (which is actually a poor source) - here's what he has to say about the Greek verb translated as "speak" in I Cor. 14.34 - "Women should be silent during the church meetings. It is not proper for them to speak. They should be submissive, just as the law says."
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Why is Strong's a poor source, and what is a better one? I'm willing to dig deeper, but I don't think scripture needs to be taken four languages deep to be understood. Lay people should be able to read scripture with nothing else in hand and understand it. I get a little suspicious of any doctrine that requires a theology degree to explain. It feels like we're reverting back to Catholicism when you have to have "priests" explain to the ignorant laity what scripture says and what it means.
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"Preach, say, speak. A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words -- Preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter (http://biblehub.com/strongs/greek/2980.htm).
Will you also accept Dr. Strong's primary definition here?[/B][/COLOR]
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I have no reason not to. If you do accept that definition, it complements the fact that Paul deliberately used the word "teach" instead of "preach" in
I Timothy 2. If he had used
laleo, then a stronger case could have been made for very literal silence of women in church.
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Originally Posted by RJR
...1Ti 1:7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
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Are you a teacher of the law?
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