I guess the next argument is over the nature and delineation of the gifts in
Eph. 4 and right now, I just don't have the time for that.  Let's just say
that's where I start with the gift of teaching/preaching (IOW, there's no
distinction between gift and the nouns listed in Eph. 4).

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Pastor Chad Richard Bresson
Clearcreek Chapel
Springboro, OH
http://breusswane.blogspot.com


On 2/28/06, H Dorrington <hjdinfl@...> wrote:
>
> Where do we find the gift of preaching in Scripture? I have come across
> many pastors who certainly don't have the gift of preaching.  Now the gift
> of teaching I have found several Godly women who have been given that gift.
> One is the mother of the current President of Westminster Seminary whom I
> have enjoyed her wisdom and insights. There were several women also at Bible
> College who were gifted teachers.
>
> May we rejoice and celebrate in our oneness in Christ. "There is neither
> Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor
> female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."
>
> Harry
>
> Chad Richard Bresson <breusswane@...> wrote:
> >If God does not want women in leadership positions, why does he
> consistently give them the >gifts necessary to fit them for such
> positions?
>
> He doesn't. You know of a woman who has been given the gift of preaching?
>
> Not all gifts are equal either in authority or function. God gives gifts
> that, among other things, are according to gender. IMHO, the authority
> structure found in Eph. 5 is merely a reflection of the greater reality
> permeating the entire body life... and it all flows out of the Trinity's
> inner authority "structure".
>
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