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The Silence That Shouts
(Copyright) by Pamela Walford (Canada) “Dismembering the concubine’s body and sending parts to each of the 12 tribes was intended to awaken Israel from its moral lethargy and to marshal the tribes to face up to their responsibility. It is ironic that the one who issued such a call was himself selfish and insensitive. See also Saul’s similar action in 1 Sa 11:7” (Barker 355). For many women, the rape and murder of the Levite’s concubine in Judges 19 and her subsequent dismemberment is among the most horrifying of all biblical narratives, particularly since God appears to be blatantly silent about […]
Let Your Women KEEP SILENCE
(Copyright) by Rich Traver (Clifton, Colorado) Long-Standing Tradition, in Churches of nearly Every Persuasion Generally Excludes Women from serving in Pastoral Capacities. What is the Source of Our ongoing Prohibition Against Women Speakers? The Apostle Paul addressed a growing question that was beginning to raise concerns in the early New Testament Church. In synagogues of that generation the issue would not have come to the fore, as women were strictly prohibited from participating in any speaking capacity. The focal scripture is the passage found in 1st Corinthians 14, verses 34 and 35, which reads: “Let your women keep silence in the churches: […]