The Ways God Speaks

God spoke to me through a former student and sister in Christ.  Getting back to blogging has been on my mind the last few weeks but I was not set on a topic.  Nothing was coming to me and I was praying that God would give some kind of inspiration to enable me to return to this passion.  Well, tonight I read an email asking me questions about the role of women in the Church. 

In regards to blogging, I have been out of the saddle way too long and I am eager to get back into blogging.  I am especially excited to be starting a new Bible series. Yet, I realize this topic has been covered many, many times.  So many times in fact that you have probably already decided not to read any blog posts about it.  However, let me ask you a few questions:

·         Have any of the teachings you have heard on the woman’s role included the Old Testament?

·         Have any of the classes you have heard on the woman’s role discussed prophetesses or deaconesses?

·         Have most of the teachings on this topic been from a few verses in Paul’s letters?

·         Have the classes you have been in on the woman’s role focused mostly on teaching and leadership roles (to the exclusion of the many other roles in the church)?

If you have answered yes to any of the above then please consider getting involved in discussion that will be taking place in the next few weeks/months.  My goal is to offer a unique viewpoint to some of the questions listed above and provide an alternative to the more traditional approaches to this topic.  In order to accomplish this task the first few posts will be about proper biblical interpretation.  Too many times this topic has been taught with more tradition than sound biblical research.  I thank God for answering my prayers and I now pray that he will guide me in speaking truth to the best of my ability.  Amen.