smallbeans
Puritan Board Freshman
Hi, Fred. I'm pretty sure Keller, or whoever espoused that dictum, probably didn't have in mind the idea to allow women to be licensed to preach, per BCO. In a kind of real way, an "unordained" man licensed to preach has some subspecies of ordination anyway - a calling to do a certain task that a woman may not be called to do.
As for your knowledge of behind the scenes matters, it is hard to discuss an issue if your evidence for a certain position can't be revealed. It is a bit like a "trust me, if you knew what I knew, you would agree." But the problem is that I don't apparently know what you know, so I have to go on publicly verifiable information. Plus, I was a student at Covenant for three years, so I got to know the faculty pretty well and was impressed with their stand on these issues. The people who teach on this issue are Doriani and Jones - NT and ethics, respectively. That's what's important - that the men who teach the issue have it right.
As for women reading scripture on Sunday Morning, you know I agree with the idea that this constitutes ministering the word and should not be done. But at the same time, the BCO says "or other qualified person" (or something like that) so it isn't as clear as it needs to be to cut off the practice for those who don't view it as ministering the word. I'll go check out the South Florida case.
As for your knowledge of behind the scenes matters, it is hard to discuss an issue if your evidence for a certain position can't be revealed. It is a bit like a "trust me, if you knew what I knew, you would agree." But the problem is that I don't apparently know what you know, so I have to go on publicly verifiable information. Plus, I was a student at Covenant for three years, so I got to know the faculty pretty well and was impressed with their stand on these issues. The people who teach on this issue are Doriani and Jones - NT and ethics, respectively. That's what's important - that the men who teach the issue have it right.
As for women reading scripture on Sunday Morning, you know I agree with the idea that this constitutes ministering the word and should not be done. But at the same time, the BCO says "or other qualified person" (or something like that) so it isn't as clear as it needs to be to cut off the practice for those who don't view it as ministering the word. I'll go check out the South Florida case.