A great article along the lines of the homemaking theme from our last post.
A couple of Sundays ago a prominent pastor preached on 1 Timothy 2:11-15 in a sermon entitled “Women in the Church”. He has a rather interesting understanding of verse 15 (“But women will be saved through childbearing — if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety”) and rests his premise in part on his understanding of current cultural issues.
Rather, I should point out that he rests his premise on his misunderstanding of cultural issues.*
Falling Over Figures Of Speech
First, we need to see how he views verse 15. The pastor acknowledges that many people in church history have considered that verse as referring to the birth of Jesus: a woman gave birth to our Savior, and this childbirth is part of salvation. The pastor, though, thinks this teaching is faulty and that Paul really did mean all women – women in every generation…
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Ruth Perry
Becky Buck
The Beautiful Kingdom Warriors 
Thanks for the re-blog, Ruth. I really appreciated your last post too on homemaking. Left a comment there.
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You write great stuff! I’ve only just recently found your blog and have very much appreciated your writings. 🙂
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