Comments on: Biblical Roles of the Sexes (Part 1)

By: MInTheGap

MInTheGap — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:17:14 +0000

Unfortunately, that’s where a lot of people get their idea that there are many ways to interpret the Bible and the whole “God promotes mass murder,” etc. They don’t take into account the context or the results.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:25:26 +0000

Good point. I’ve often heard this but not often put quite as clearly as you did. Not every story in the Bible is a good one for emulation. That’s why I’m glad those stories are there, to learn from the mistakes of those before us.

By: MInTheGap

MInTheGap — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:55:19 +0000

Thanks for that point, Leigh Ann. I’ve been meaning to go back and study out Deborah. In many of these cases, people like to take a look at a given event in Biblical history and say that a historical action means that God directed the thing– or (like you said) that a positive outcome necessitates that God was the one behind it. When in reality it’s God using our frail means for His glory.

By: Leigh Ann

Leigh Ann — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:42:28 +0000

Very good post. In a discussion I had with someone about women, I said the very thing about Deborah who seems to be a poster child for women in leadership and authority in the church. Never mind that the text never says that she was moved by the spirit of God or raised up by Him. The fact that God uses anything (even the wrath of men will praise Him) seems to indicate to some that the activity automatically has His stamp of approval, even when we read elsewhere in the Scriptures that such thing is not to be done.

By: bipolrfrenzy

bipolrfrenzy — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:52:42 +0000

Good post on the fruits MIn. We can never outrun them, can we? As you say, many people superficially look at the text/story and conclude that God must be duplicitous, when He certainly is not! Going against His design for our roles as men/women- and our roles as Christians, only invites the consequences of sin into our lives.