tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9926207.post1307504436849208720..comments2024-03-04T00:50:02.182-08:00Comments on KeithGiles.com: Ekklesia as God IntendedKeith Gileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00328300571647154699noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9926207.post-3333305267428369022009-11-30T01:14:54.389-08:002009-11-30T01:14:54.389-08:00In such discussions it easy to spend 99% of the ti...In such discussions it easy to spend 99% of the time discussing what we do for an hour on Sunday and who sits where, speaks when and dresses how.<br /><br />As a whole the Western Church has followed those patterns which appear in the NT which are easy to follow at the expense of the hard (sometimes subtle) ones.<br /><br />For example, we read in Isa 42 that the Messiah will come to establish justice for the poor and oppressed. Then, we call ourselves the Church, the body, the incarnate Christ and don't get the idea that social justice is the key issue we should be working on. <br /><br />If Jesus is saving the world and we aren't then we are not in any sense "in Him" and shouldn't defame his name by saying we're his body.<br /><br />So what if Paul forbade women to teach - who cares? Jesus would have called this a "gnat" if anything and would ask us what we are doing about Justice and Mercy and how our Faithfulness is getting on.Marchttp://criticalbelief.comnoreply@blogger.com