A good rule of interpretation is to interpret the unclear with the clear. In the role of women in the church in Scripture, there is a tension. In many places in Scripture it appears that there are great liberties given to women. And then in a few places it seems...
“A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became...
“There is an intimacy found in the place of brokenness, that only the broken have access to.” -Heard this week
Suffering is the place of molding. (And molding can be a long process.)
It was a tense moment and brokenness stood before them in the form of a guilty woman. She had been caught. And now she was being publicly humiliated and was facing perhaps even death. She was probably a weeping, trembling mess. It was a perfect trap for Jesus. She...
