idols all around

This is a fantastic piece on the role of women in ministry. Great quote:

"The story here is not these men's stance on women in ministry, it is the light this whole controversy sheds on the violence we all do to scripture at times in service of our own understandings. When we insist that Scripture speaks with a clear and unified voice concerning women in ministry (or any of a number of other issues), we are making God's message into our own image.

"The Bible is not a policy manual, nor is it a legal code or a scientific treatise. It is a diverse collection of writings reflecting a variety of genres, contexts, personalities and understandings of how God has been revealed. " - Dalan Jackson