Mr O, there have been quite a few changes in my church recently. Most of them are positive. But there has been one change which has left me feeling really uneasy, and I don’t know whether I should feel like that.
Tell me about it.
In our church services the Bible reading has always been done by the preacher himself, or by one of the church officers. But now lady church members are quite often asked to do it. They are godly women, so why I am I feeling so troubled?
You shouldn’t feel uneasy or troubled. You should be shocked and heartbroken.
That’s a strong reaction, Mr O! What are you driving at?
It is written, ‘I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man’ (1 Timothy 2:12).
