The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum More Sticky Issues of Women in the Church

There is no disputing that Paul directs believers to: "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.". But for the last time, you have not established that this injunction pertains specifically to corporate worship. There is no mention that ONLY men should "admonish one another". Rather it is a universal statement which applies to ALL believers and the context would indicate that he is speaking about daily living and NOT formal/corporate worship. If you cannot establish that Col 3:16 and/or Eph 5:19 is primarily an instruction for formal worship, then your argument is null.

Further, if you are wanting to eisogete these passages by introducing an element that doesn't exist, then again, you have yet another problem which is that if ONLY ordained men can "admonish, sing, teach, etc.", then this passage would apply only to Elders/Bishops. Where do you find that in either of those texts?

Where you get the idea that I hold that women can teach the overseer in the church is beyond me?? Can you point to where I even hinted of such a thing? <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/scratch1.gif" alt="" />

In His Grace,