Thanks for your excellent argument concerning women and headcoverings.
Re: women in authority in church, I like what Calvin said to Knox...
""Two years ago, John Knox in a private conversation, asked my opinion respecting female government. I frankly answered that because it was a deviation from the primitive and established order of nature, it ought to be held as a judgment on man for his dereliction of his rights just like slavery — that nevertheless certain women had sometimes been so gifted that the singular blessing of God was conspicuous in them, and made it manifest that they had been raised up by the providence of God, either because he willed by such examples to condemn the supineness of men, or thus show more distinctly his own glory. I here instanced Huldah and Deborah." (John Calvin in a letter to William Cecil, 1559)
My pastor used to say, "If God blesses their ministry who am I to question it."
Thank you. I just posted something similar to this to Kosta but wish I had read yours first. It says it much more succintly. Perhaps he/she will read both.
What a shame it would be to quiet a woman who was filled with knowledge of God and an ability to teach.
Thank you for this one, too!