Joe,
What you have written for the most part, I agree with. Yet, I do believe, there are Scriptures such as 1Tim.2:11-15 and 1Cor.14:34, which are difficult to fully understand. I remember reading a comment Luther made on 1Peter 3:18-22, where he states openly, that no one may know exactly this side of heaven what these verses fully mean. It would be foolish to get dogmatic over these type of verses, though the "Word Faith" people have done exactly that.With the former verses, I believe the church setting and problems that existed must be taken in account as well as, is it man and woman or husband and wife being considered in the Timothy passage. But most of all, I believe we as a Church need to extend grace and not get carried away in the area of silencing our women or believing a woman has nothing to offer her husband or a man in general in the area of our faith.
George