Obaremo David

The position that women should not serve as pastors or elders is not a cultural preference or a personal opinion. It is grounded in specific texts and Bible eclessiology that give reasons rooted in creation not culture. 1 Timothy 2:12-13: "But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over a man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve." The Bible restricts the teaching and authoritative office over men to men, and it does not ground it in the culture of Ephesus. It grounds it in the order of creation: Adam was first formed, then Eve. This is significant because it means the argument cannot be dismissed as culturally conditioned. When the Bible roots a command in creation, it is telling us that it was God's design before any culture or dispensation. You'll find the same notion in Corinthians 11 on headship as well as in Matthew 19 on marriage. When Scripture anchors a principle in creation, it is signalling that the principle is not negotiable by cultural context. See 1 Timothy 3:1-5: "This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife." The qualifications for the office of bishop which is same as overseer, pastor are given in masculine terms throughout the Bible. Husband of one wife is not incidental language. It is a qualification that assumes the elder is male. You'll find the same structure in Titus 1:6: "If any be blameless, the husband of one wife." The author had every opportunity to use gender-inclusive language if he intended the office to be open to women. He did not. Scripture does not. The underlying point is that men and women are equal in dignity and value before God but have different roles in the home and the church. This is the consistent reading of the relevant texts across scripture and church history. Galatians 3:28, "there is neither male nor female in Christ" is sometimes used to argue for women pastors. But Galatians 3:28 is about soteriological equality. Equality in salvation, worth and access to God. It is not about the erasure of all role distinctions in every context. The same author of Corinthian, Timothy and Titus wrote Galatians 3:28 and also wrote 1 Timothy 2:12. There's no contradictions because one is about standing before God and the other is about function in the church. So men and women are equal in worth but differentiated in role. Now, this position does not say women cannot teach. They can and should other women, children, and in appropriate contexts. It does not say women cannot lead. Women lead extensively and necessarily in the body of Christ. It does not say women cannot preach in the broad sense of proclaiming the gospel. What it is saying is that the specific office of a pastor, elder, or overseer, and anyone who carries governing authority over the congregation including men is reserved for qualified men. Also, this is not even a statement about capacity. Women could be more gifted communicators, more spiritually mature, and maybe more pastorally sensitive than many of the men in the room but they're not qualified for that office. It is a statement about design. The same way headship in marriage is not about capacity. A wife could be wiser than her husband. It is about the ordered structure God designed for the covenant. Like I initially pointed, Christian women may want to contest this in an age where feminism is popular and this even include serious believers. But the texts are not obscure. They are specific. They give reasons. And the reasons are rooted in creation not culture. Scripture is clear.

It is so weird that when the Christian men who demonize feminism want to speak on it, they dive right into the deep end and describe feminism solely by the most extreme parts of it. What of the parts that have made it possible for your wives, mothers and sisters to be educated?

Pastors should leave marriage counselling alone if they are not certified 👏

If we overlook environmental degradation, can deforestation reduce the rate of banditry in Southwest Nigeria?

Surprised our son for his 18th birthday. We got him a car but the agreement was he would have to work to pay the car off and we would pay for half. He worked his butt off being a Taco Bell employee straight for two years. Never missed a day or a car payment. Even on top of that was able to save substantial money in his bank account. Just told him today we paid his car off. His first response was perfect: are you guys sure? I can still work. These moments I’ll always remember.

A born again Christian who becomes a Muslim is STILL SAVED. He is just God’s son who lost His mind. You may forget your owner, your owner knows you. This is not the first time people denounce their parents yet their children look like the Parents they denounced. DNA is not a mental construct. Just because you removed your surname doesn’t mean you have removed your father’s gene. The prodigal son remained a son even in his sins. Yes, he wasn’t enjoying all the realities of sonship because his mind was corrupted and actions were corrupted but he was always a son! Nothing changed about his sonship! “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 KJV We have been BOUGHT WITH A PRICE! We are not our own! We may act like we own ourselves but in God’s mind, we are His! He bought us! These are spiritual realities, not mental issues. If you have a friend who was on fire for God and later became an atheist, don’t assume he or she is lost, he or she may be lost mentally but the seed of God remains in him or her spiritually! Your responsibility should be to keep reminding him or her of true identity! “being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.” 1 Peter 1:23 KJV SALVATION IS FOREVER!!

Lmaooo. Some of you are just not only unintelligent but also evil. From the start of this clip, someone who has a full working brain can see that he actually builds up from roman or hellenistic use of that term which was the ceremonial arrival of a King or high-ranking official

You can scaremonger against Muslims all you want. But you can’t return to a “Christian Britain” because that doesn’t exist. The churches are empty. That’s not because of the Muslims. So when the only choice is between hedonism and Islam, who do you think will win?