One of the topics we will be looking at this fall deals with gender roles in the church. It is in the Bible and so it is important that we do look at but we need to remember two things:
1. It is not central. Jesus is. We need to remember that we are not saved by our doctrine but by a person. If we were required to have correct doctrine to be saved then where would be grace? Doctrine is important but it follows, not leads.
2. It is not something that we should continue to hammer away at. We need to talk about it then agree to disagree but not keep coming back to it. When we do that we are again saying that this is a central doctrine even if we don't think it is. Our actions says something different.
Yes we need to talk about it. If we cannot talk about it in the church then where can we talk about it? The world is not where we should get our opinion but rather from the Word of God.
2 comments:
Is the term "agree to disagree" a biblical term or a term christians have come up with?
I don't think "agree to disagree" is a Biblical term but it was practiced by the early church. Just see the disagreement between Peter and Paul re John Mark. However, we should never be disagreeable.
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