Thanks for the update!  God is indeed good and his way is perfect.  Keep following hard after God and he will not fail to lead you in the way that he desires.

It is proving very difficult because I could write 3000 on 1 Tim alone. Anyway, just marveling at it all - that this summer struggle that I contacted you over has now propelled me to theological college - and it’s fascinating. I am being taught by the principle Christina Baxter of St John’s Nottingham and she has done much to further the cause of women priests and bishops and was on the General Synod in July which finally decided that women can be consecrated to the Episcopate in the Anglican Church UK. I feel very blessed.

love Rachel at re vis.e re form

God certainly does work for the good in everything.

I am separating the threads so that it will be easier to follow.  I look forward to finding out who you really are

It would be lovely if someone from this site introduced themselves to the British people on my site. Hoping to hear greetings from you across the pond.

Every blessing hrht or called or me - I will disclose who I am quite soon if I feel I can muster up enough support on my site to feel the confidence to do so. 

I would like to continue to discuss the Paul/Matthias issue. I just have my mind going in so many different directions right now that I want to respond to your reasons with clarity. Your well thought-out proposals deserve a well thought-out answer. I pretty well know how to answer you, but I do want to meditate on your points more especially because I respect you a lot and don’t think we have to rush this discussion. It isn’t a discussion that should get me the “honor” of being banned from my own blog, eh? I have really appreciated your ability to passionately fight for your opinion and even your caution to me. I do not believe that you need to worry about my fight for recognition of the apostle Paul as a detriment to someone’s belief in women in ministry, but I respect you for sharing that. My plan was to get back to this discussion later on today. I really love this back and forth discussion as it is truly a push to dig into the scriptures and should result in a two-way result of iron sharpening iron.

**Note the comments about whether Paul is the twelfth apostle or not have all been moved to the comments under http://strivetoenter.com/wim/2008/06/11/pauls-ordination/

I realize you have a lot going on, so you can choose if we continue to discuss Paul and not Matthias as one of the 12.

Thanks for the audio files.  I will listen to them shortly.  I am also interested to hear what he has to say about the Trinity especially since I have just finished refuting Bruce Ware’s view of the eternal subordination of the Son.

http://www.stalkmunds.stixworx.com/mp3/rightconduct.mp3

I am looking forward to the second part of the lecture on the trinity because I feel as though it will be where they try to argue that subordinationism in the trinity justifies the subordination of women. They’re are on very dodgy ground here, theologically.

The lecture on ‘right’ conduct didn’t worry me too much but I think it was a clever way for this vicar to explain to his congregation why he doesn’t recognise the power of his Bishop Alistair Redfern of Derbyshire. The Lambeth Conference will debate the question of women in the episcopate in July 08 and if things don’t go our conservative friend’s way then following this lecture he might be more able to secure the ‘flying bishop’ (if he can find one!) he will require - ie a bishop who similarly won’t recognise other women bishops.

Enjoying your site

Yours in Christ
hrht

Prophecy is for edification, exhortation and comfort for the church.  Pentecost was considered by most to be womens ‘Emancipation Day’, and the avaliablity and access of the spirit was made avaliable to both men and women as the text states.  When we see the devaluation of the work of the Holy Ghost in mens lives we also see the silencing of the sisters.  When the Holy Ghost is rejected/grieved men begin to lead themselves as the spirit is no longer welcome.  Authority structures is no substitute for the leading of the spirit, or you end up with what we are seeing today………….no healing, no miracles, no words of wisdom etc. = no spirit.