I'm reading through I Timothy 2 and am confused. What was the position of women in the early church? Was it the apostles' opinion that women were in some ways unfit for leadership? Did they think that women were inferior to men?
Islands in the Stream- Ernest Hemmingway
The Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis
The Wasteland and other poems- T.S. Eliot
Shogun- James Clavelle
The Keys to the Kingdom- A. J. Cronin
Hamlet- Shakespeare
A Thousand Splendid Suns- beautiful book by Khaled Hosseini
Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade- James Reston, Jr.
Islands in the Stream - my favorite Hemmingway
Leaves of Grass- Walt Whitman
The Last Battle- C. S. Lewis....for about the 50th time
I was recently discussing this passage with a few friends and they came to the conclusion that "women will be saved (restored) through childbearing" is actually a reference to the birth of Christ. I disagreed with them because earlier in the passage Paul talks about all people being saved...
God didn't punish humanity because of Adam and Eve's mistakes. Through his love He gave them back a portion of what they had in Eden, namely perfect fellowship with him. It is through His unconditional love that we are able to know him today.
I'm not sure that I understand the last part of...
Is God's love conditional? How can it possibly be conditional. If we believe in a God, a Creator, an Omnipotent being how could we think that He would need our love in order to love us? God is a self-sufficient being not relying on anything that we can give. Not only does He give us a pure and...