You claim the "clear" teachings of Scripture, and yet against strong
biblical support for contrary views you defend your own with personal anecdotes
and prooftexting. Seems it's less "Always Learning" and more affirming your
current beliefs.
But I don't blame you. After many years in the church, I blame the church
itself, who teaches both men and women to parrot their lines without proper
exegesis. This is what I take umbrage with.
I'll leave you with this: 1 Cor. 7:8. {I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I am.} It's right there, freeing
women to reject marriage. You're free to tell women they CAN be homemakers. It's
shameful and unbiblical to tell them they MUST.
These are the words of another reader upset with what I am teaching. They forgot to add the verse right after verse 8, "But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn."
The purpose of my blog is based upon Titus 2:4,5 "The aged women...may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed."
I have never stated that all women MUST be homemakers. I am teaching what the Bible commands for me to teach. Also, in the beginning, God knew it was not good for Adam to be alone so He created a help meet and commanded they be fruitful and multiply. He said, "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."
God created marriage and it is good. I have never personally met a woman who didn't want to be married. I know there are some out there, nuns for instance, but the large majority want to be married and many want children. This is who I am writing this blog for.
Cindy B · 615 weeks ago
Mrs. Abella · 615 weeks ago
Hugs!
Kathy · 615 weeks ago
Kathy M · 615 weeks ago
God bless you, Lori, for speaking the truth! Obviously you are having an impact!
The Provision Room · 615 weeks ago
(Even nuns want to be married. They fully consider themselves married to Jesus, which is what we all should be, right? So, I think it's completely true to say that everyone wants to be married!)
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Keri McPherson · 615 weeks ago
That is hard in today's society to get behind. But thank you so much for doin what your called to do! Keep on keeping on. God will bless you.
Lari · 615 weeks ago
I grew up in an ideal Christian home. My parents never argued. They constantly look for ways to serve each other. Seven years ago I married a fine Christian man. We have tried to follow Gods plan for the home. It's definitely harder than it looks.
My husband's parents came to The Lord after he was born. (He is the oldest of 8) I love my in laws and they really do want the best for us, I believe. However my mother-in-law somehow feels it would make men proud to compliment them. I don't know if I have ever heard anything complimentary from her about my husband. My sisters-in-law are the same. They regularly bash him and their other brothers as well. They seem to have an extreme distrust of males. I feel at times like I am the only one who stands in his defence. He isn't perfect, but he does his best to be the man God wants him to be. So here is my question, how can I help my inlaws to view him( and the other men in the family) the way God wants us as Christian women to? When I reply with a compliment they twist into sarcasm. I know she loves her husband and sons, because whenever she thinks them out of earshot she speaks well of them. How can I help her show them that she loves them? How can I help my husband and his younger brothers believe that their mom does in fact love them? Sometimes I think she had a too big family. That maybe her love doesn't quite reach around for 8 children. It looks discouraging to us to have a large family. What if that happened to us, that our love wouldn't reach around and we wouldn't know that till its too late. About half of my husbands brothers and sisters are not Christians. So maybe having a big family isn't a good idea. I am quite confused.
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jill · 615 weeks ago
Far more importantly, God does not have a plan B, nor does he contradict Himself. So, if Paul was telling folks to NOT marry ever, he contradicted God in Genesis. And, Paul would never have done that.
Very few folks are truly singled out to do God's work, as Paul was. A modern example would be Mother Teresa. As children of God, we certainly must teach his word, but to use I Cor 7:8 as an excuse to stay single, well it just is not God's plan.
blessings to you Lori,
jill
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