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geomic1 said:

Helmut Koester's view:

Romans 16 is a letter of recommendation, the earliest letter of recommendation for a Christian minister, and it's written for a woman, Phoebe, who is, in the beginning of the chapter, said to have been a deacon, not a deaconess -- but a deacon in the sense of a preacher, a minister, because Paul uses the same word for himself.

I presume Helmut Koester's view is also your own. If that's true how do you respond to the links that Pilgrim has provided for you in his reply?

Dr. Helmut Koestner is promoting egalitarianism (or so-called "evangelical feminism") which the Bible does not teach. He has gone through a lot of trouble to try to support his views. Unfortunately many evangelicals today have surrendered to the culture of our day rather than transforming it according to the Word of God.

Wes

When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of Glory died, my richest gain I count but loss and pour contempt on all my pride. - Isaac Watts