tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071048.post2280892363163892276..comments2008-09-09T21:09:03.526-05:00Dr. Bruce Prescotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09120022296004446232bprescott@mainstreambaptists.orgBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071048.post-41310595401218457682008-09-09T20:40:00.000-05:002008-09-09T20:40:00.000-05:00It should not be surprising that Mohler got it wrong again on the Bible he claims is INERRANT. <BR/><BR/>In the pseudo-Pauline letter 1 Timothy, chapter 2, the "good old boy" author insists that EVERYWHERE women are forbidden to exercise authority over any men; they are forbidden to speak in public; they are forbidden to wear expensive clothes, gold, or pearls. There is nothing in this passage to even hint that it applies only in church buildings (which didn't exist when this was written).<BR/><BR/>When will the Dixie Baptists that Mohler speaks for open up to the role of women in pastoral and prophetic ministry? Likely, when Mohler and his ilk are dead and buried; when the Dixie leaders have outgrown their indefensible doctrine that their Bible is inerrant and is to be taken literally. I would hazard a guess that the later will not happen until we see an even more precipitous decline in their membership--and more importantly, in their giving.Asinus Gravishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10352765190876126678noreply@blogger.com