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These verses are a classic example of a great church leader mistaking his own culture’s norms for the word of God. Silencing women is bad. For everyone. It’s a lot easier for us to wrap our heads around this truth in 2019 than it was in Palestine two thousand years ago.
People mistake their own cultural values for God’s values all the time. It’s an easy and understandable mistake to make. I’m guilty; I suspect most of us are. Why does it happen? How does it happen? How can we know the difference between our cultural assumptions and values and the mind and will of God? These are not easy questions. At all. To pretend otherwise is a disservice to everybody. But they’re important questions, and this passage should lead us to an urgent discussion–because when we get it wrong, it can cause a lot of needless hurt.Share
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