Excerpt from: Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. Edited by John Piper and Wayne Grudem
This point is often missed by evangelical feminists. They conclude that a difference in function necessarily involves a difference in essence; i.e., if men are in authority over women, then women must be inferior. The relationship between Christ and the Father shows us that this reasoning is flawed. One can possess a different function and still be equal in essence and worth. Women are equal to men in essence and in being; there is no ontological distinction, and yet they have a different function or role in church and home. Such differences do not logically imply inequality or inferiority, just as Christ’s subjection to the Father does not imply His inferiority. (pp120-121)I find this paragraph cool. Do you?
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Ladies, similar to men, are to utilize these endowments to pastor to the assortment of Christ (1 Peter 4:10); their services are vital to the life and development of the congregation (1 Corinthians 12:12-26). There are numerous case in the New Testament of simply such services with respect to talented Christian ladies (see Chapter 5 in this volume). To be consistent with the New Testament, then, the contemporary church needs to respect those changed services of ladies and to urge ladies to seek after them.
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