Clay in the Potter's Hands
"God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them." Genesis 1:27 If you are active in the Christian blogoshere at all, you are aware of the hailstorm that John MacArthur brought down when he made a statement about Beth Moore a while back. He said that she should "Go home." John MacArthur believes, along with the vast majority of church leaders throughout history, that Scripture teaches that men are given the task of preaching and church leadership. Women are given important and honorable work to do - in the home and at church, but it is not the work of preaching and pastoring. This is very clear in multiple places throughout the New Testament. My purpose here isn't to recount all of those, but rather to point to a disturbing trend. Over the last 150 years (and more), there has been a subtle rebellion against the God who "created them male and female". This rebellion has often not ...