One area that RDP refuses to admit that he has inserted his own interpretation of, is regarding the word "silence". In our past discussions, he has always used the scripture in
1 Tim. 2 about a woman remaining silent. Yet, he has also said that a woman is free to sing, pray, prophesy, etc. in his church, only that she cannot stand behind the pulpit and expound on scriptures. So therefore, that is
HIS interpretation of that scripture.
The word silence means the following, per Webster's dictionary...
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.
2. (n.) Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness.
3. (n.) Secrecy; as, these things were transacted in silence.
4. (n.) The cessation of rage, agitation, or tumult; calmness; quiet; as, the elements were reduced to silence.
5. (n.) Absence of mention; oblivion.
6. (interj.) Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.
7. (v. t.) To compel to silence; to cause to be still; to still; to hush.
8. (v. t.) To put to rest; to quiet.
9. (v. t.) To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of preaching; as, to silence a minister of the gospel.
10. (v. t.) To cause to cease firing, as by a vigorous cannonade; as, to silence the batteries of an enemy.
Silence is the absence of sound or noise, and absolute stillness. By this definition, a woman should not make so much as a peep in a church service. Bro. RDP has still not explained how a woman must be silent, according to this definition, and yet still prophecy, sing, testify etc. (of which the woman in his church can do).
So... he has placed his OWN interpretation on this scripture, and beats everyone over the head who does not see it his way. I have not gotten a straight answer from him on this point, and won't, I'm sure. He will just post pages and pages of bible translations that serve to basically take up space, and detract from the discussion.
When RDP can explain how a woman can be silent without making a sound/noise, and remain in absolute stillness, and still prophecy, sing, testify etc., that will be exciting indeed. 
In all fairness, in all of Paul's teachings, he never allows for a woman to be in authority over men, as I've said in previous posts. It just goes against biblical headship and order.
However, women do have a place in the ministry as evangelists, and spreading the good news of the gospel. Jesus called ALL (meaning all spirit filled believers) to be preachers of the gospel, to share the good news. Everyone of us should be preaching the gospel wherever we go. Spirit filled believers are ALL evangelists.
THERE IS NO DIRECTIVE GIVEN BY PAUL AS TO AN EVANGELIST IN ANY OF HIS WRITINGS. Therefore, anyone can be an evangelist/preacher. There are plenty of directives for other aspects of the ministry, but the work of an evangelist was first defined by Jesus, and Paul never added or took away from that.
The work of an evangelist/preacher is to GO PREACH THE GOSPEL, and this is given to ALL who have received the spirit.
Some of this was discussed before in this thread, but knowing how difficult it is to go through pages and pages and pages of discussion, I have posted it again for those who are interested.
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