OWL for Everybody

This passage of Scripture is worth reading in the context of this discussion: 1 Timothy 3English Standard Version (ESV) Qualifications for Overseers 3 The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. 2 Therefore an overseer[a] must be above reproach, the husband of one wife,[b] sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.… Read more...

I have appreciated reading the various postings and uploads to OWL. They have expanded my learning of the Church and clarified my own thinking on the issue of Women’s Ordination. Yet, as observed on this Forum, there are two distinct perspectives still in play.… Read more...

Brothers and sisters, we ought to be confident that God not only sets the plumb line of Women’s Ordination as a test but also he has provided the deliverance which he promises us by saying ‘My yoke is easy and my burden is light (Matt 11:30)’ and ‘No testing has overtaken you that is not common to everyone.… Read more...

It’s always there saint / sinner law / gospel (but please always end with the gospel – otherwise I am left to my own resources and that is despair! lonesome death) Jesus the Christ welcoming women / choosing 12 men. Which side do I see saw down on?… Read more...

I have just taken a brief look at the two contributions listed under “Digging a little deeper” today. While I have not yet digested them in detail, I cannot help but be heartened by this voice of concern from a sister in Christ.… Read more...

I come from a position that is still unsure what the Bible teaches on this matter. What concerns me the most though is the ‘against’ position which makes reference to the warning ‘If he ignores this, he himself will be ignored.’… Read more...

Why are we not talking about the church as a whole? It is God speaking and doing the ordaining and this seems to be divorced from the discussion. So how is today’s feminist interpreter – male or female – able to discern what is authoritative for the church if he or she can seriously accept something as absolutely authoritative i.e.… Read more...

Greetings to all. Thank you Lord for our church. I am, we are blessed through her, frail and flawed as she, and we are. This matter of WO perplexes and we fling wisdom mingled with desire into the ‘respectful dialogue’. Mmmm..Lord… Read more...

Sister Joan Chittister- The Divine Feminine: The Foundation of the Abrahamic World. Listen at http://youtu.be/OvArr4vZmbM… Read more...

I think I finally understand. I am afraid. You are afraid. We are afraid. We fear. What do we fear? We fear that if the LCA remains as is, that there will be no place for me there. That if it changes, there will be no place for me there.… Read more...