Well if he is all knowing why not just call saints that will never backslide?
The problem is your post ignores one little fact....will.
Prax, you are ignoring the fact that when God called someone to do a specific job and they refused, He pretty much forced them to do it. Show me one example where He called someone and when they refused, He gave up and found someone else.
There is a difference in salvation that is a gift and a calling from God. Yes, both involve will, but when God wants something done, He'll make sure it gets done.
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As a lady I feel unconfortable teaching men but I have done it for there was a need...
I have never felt I was Godīs first choice and certainly not the best choice for Brazil...but when HE called I came running...
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As a lady I feel unconfortable teaching men but I have done it for there was a need...
I have never felt I was Godīs first choice and certainly not the best choice for Brazil...but when HE called I came running...
My honest opinion is...women need to be sensitive to how God created men...yes even to the male ego, when teaching. Women can be teachers but they have to understand guys.
There was a thread here on a study of how there are so few men in the church but more women. It basically said the church was too feminine for men. It was geared to women and not men emotionally speaking.
I think there is some truth to that.
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My honest opinion is...women need to be sensitive to how God created men...yes even to the male ego, when teaching. Women can be teachers but they have to understand guys.
There was a thread here on a study of how there are so few men in the church but more women. It basically said the church was too feminine for men. It was geared to women and not men emotionally speaking.
I think there is some truth to that.
yep. That is what the "Why Men Hate Church" book is about too. I just loaned my copy to a local Baptist pastor.
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Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
My honest opinion is...women need to be sensitive to how God created men...yes even to the male ego, when teaching. Women can be teachers but they have to understand guys.
There was a thread here on a study of how there are so few men in the church but more women. It basically said the church was too feminine for men. It was geared to women and not men emotionally speaking.
I think there is some truth to that.
The same can be said for male leaders. They need to be sensitive to how God created women. Men can be teachers of women but they have to understand women. It shouldn't simply be "assumed" that if a man is called by God that he is automatically able to effectively minister to women.
This sensitivity and understanding is often lacking yet women don't generally bail out of the church saying its too masculine and its geared towards men.
Personally, I don't buy this "feminization of the church" stuff among apostolic churches at all. It doesn't even make sense.
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"The only thing worse than murder in the desert is to know where the water is and not tell it!"
The same can be said for male leaders. They need to be sensitive to how God created women. Men can be teachers of women but they have to understand women. It shouldn't simply be "assumed" that if a man is called by God that he is automatically able to effectively minister to women.
This sensitivity and understanding is often lacking yet women don't generally bail out of the church saying its too masculine and its geared towards men.
Personally, I don't buy this "feminization of the church" stuff among apostolic churches at all. It doesn't even make sense.
LOL! As a lady and a "Rev" should we have expected anything less from you??
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I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
LOL! As a lady and a "Rev" should we have expected anything less from you??
Of course not.
I might add that as a youth pastor, I have an awful time with my girls because everything is geared towards men/boys and most of them want to be a part of everything and anything the men/boys are doing whether its best for them or not!
Granted, some of this is due to society and the times we are living in. But a large portion of it is also due to the church being dominantly geared towards men.
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"The only thing worse than murder in the desert is to know where the water is and not tell it!"
The same can be said for male leaders. They need to be sensitive to how God created women. Men can be teachers of women but they have to understand women. It shouldn't simply be "assumed" that if a man is called by God that he is automatically able to effectively minister to women.
This sensitivity and understanding is often lacking yet women don't generally bail out of the church saying its too masculine and its geared towards men.
Personally, I don't buy this "feminization of the church" stuff among apostolic churches at all. It doesn't even make sense.
then what is your explaination for why most churches are disproportionally(?) made up of women?
then what is your explaination for why most churches are disproportionally(?) made up of women?
Women, in general, are security minded by nature. Men are generally more independent. Women will gravitate toward that which provides them with a sense of security and acceptance for themselves and their family.
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"The only thing worse than murder in the desert is to know where the water is and not tell it!"
The same can be said for male leaders. They need to be sensitive to how God created women. Men can be teachers of women but they have to understand women. It shouldn't simply be "assumed" that if a man is called by God that he is automatically able to effectively minister to women.
This sensitivity and understanding is often lacking yet women don't generally bail out of the church saying its too masculine and its geared towards men.
Personally, I don't buy this "feminization of the church" stuff among apostolic churches at all. It doesn't even make sense.
I agree, LR.
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