Letter to Timothy: Church Offices (14): Women in Church Office

Dear Timothy, Dear Timothy, You will recall, if I may for a moment review our discussion, that we were talking about this whole question of whether Scripture permits women to hold the office of deacon. In an earlier letter we showed that Scripture nowhere speaks of deaconesses. Because this was somewhat of an argument from silence, we went on to show that Scripture expressly forbids women to hold office in the Church. We briefly examined two key passages, I Cor. 14:34, 35, and I Timothy 2:11,...