Re: [TruthTalk] Once saved, always saved?

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In a message dated 12/23/2002 9:14:21 AM Central Standard Time, GJ Tabor writes:

Are there distinctions between men and women in how they live?  Did Paul
teach women to keep silent in the church, or did he teach both men and women
to keep silent? There were some reasons for this in Bible times.  People met to worship in homes and there was limited space.  If the men listened to the teaching then they could instruct the women later.  Also  people traveled awhile to get there and the women were busy fixing meals, tending to children, and mending the evangelists garments etc. At least that is what I was taught by some Mennonite friends I visited in PA. Did Paul teach that both men and women should not teach, or
was it only the women? Women were not supposed to teach men and that is still true some places.  I think those who adher to this are missing a blessing because God uses women today in amazing ways. Did Paul teach any distinction between men and women
with regard to hair length and head coverings, or did he teach a distinction
between how men and women should live?  Yes and that still holds true today among some groups and so what if they feel God wants them to observe certain standards -  Standards are different from Biblical principles.  Did not Paul teach that the man was
the head of the woman, as Christ was of the church?  YES and when my husband was living he was the head of our household and me.  Two heads would make a monster.  I know women who are the main source of income and who are more than capable of managing a household BUT they are under the authority of their husband.  Laura