tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875356.post3653106318201299835..comments2008-10-02T01:43:56.513+01:00Comments on the blue fish project: How to do unity in a Christian Union, in practice....dave bishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02894433115379089423noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875356.post-66591117008468767572008-10-02T01:43:00.000+01:002008-10-02T01:43:00.000+01:002008-10-02T01:43:00.000+01:00Hi Dave. I think we may have met a number of years...Hi Dave. I think we may have met a number of years ago - but I came across this very interesting article and couldn't help but put my 2 cents in! From 2002-2003 I was the President of the CU at Exeter Uni, and at that point the CU was probably 50/50 charasmatic & conservative evangelical christians. Up to that point women speakers weren't invited to speak (unless it was an evangelistic event), aussiegileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12453504731731394367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875356.post-88073545746228528292008-07-23T22:44:00.000+01:002008-07-23T22:44:00.000+01:002008-07-23T22:44:00.000+01:00The problem is that the cautious approach still as...The problem is that the cautious approach still assumes one position is right. Your correct is someone else's incorrect - and if the issue is not to divide over it, why not be accepting to the other rather than guarding of self?If we go by forbidden... its ok that you say women teaching is forbidden - but that assumes the validity of your (and my) position on the issue. To the egalatarian it dave bishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02894433115379089423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875356.post-60940785877920535612008-07-23T21:04:00.000+01:002008-07-23T21:04:00.000+01:002008-07-23T21:04:00.000+01:00"Instead, with careful explanation, CU1 would be w..."Instead, with careful explanation, CU1 would be wise to go against majority preference and be permissive about women speaking and the exercising of gifts."How do you imaging this working in practice? Would this CU actively invite a woman to address their meeting, or would they just be open to accepting the idea if an egalitarian member of CU suggested it.As a complementarian, I want egalitariansBen Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08180387993747753614noreply@blogger.com