The argument relating to women’s ordination is pretty weak. It seems basically to be “well, Paul’s practice was inconsistent with his writings, so we follow his practice. Faced with contradictory bits of the Bible, then we get to go the way we decide is best. But if the Bible isn’t contradictory, that option isn’t open to us.” (This is about 19m 30 in.) Which isn’t a great argument if you want to use the authority of Scripture as the basis for some other things you say!
gerv
As the guy says later, “Adopting a ‘pick and choose’ attitude to Scripture makes a mockery of the whole notion that the Bible has any kind of authority.” (25 minutes). He should have a conversation with the minister interviewed at 19m30 :-)
Aber mit der Heimat
geht man immer herum,
durch die Welt,
dort und dort
Peter Handke
No one could describe
the Word of the Father;
but when He took flesh from you, O Theotokos,
He consented to be described, and restored the fallen image to its former beauty.
We confess and proclaim our salvation in word and image.
Kontakion of the Triumph of Orthodoxy
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The Venerable Bede
God our maker,
whose Son Jesus Christ gave to your servant Bede
grace to drink in with joy the word
that leads us to know you and to love you:
in your goodness
grant that we also may come at length to you,
the source of all wisdom,
and stand before your face;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
God’s Word
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. (Psalm 1:1-3, ESV)
