True or False?

Here are some questions to ponder as we see God's wisdom and desing for us as women.

1. As we study the entire Bible, we can minimize the Bible’s continuous revelation (in Old and New Testaments) of the God's design for women because of Galatians 3:28: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

2. The plain reading of scripture regarding God's design for women, as well as in historical narrative in the Bible, is often an offense and hindrance to sharing the gospel.

3. The infrequent mention of women throughout the Old Testament, especially in the genealogies, reflects a patriarchal society which undervalues women.

4. The spiritual devotion of christian women can be measured primarily by their assertiveness, Bible knowledge and leadership abilities.

5. Instead of quiet service behind the scenes, christian woman do best to seek to employ their skills and abilities in a way that affects the most people.

6. Difficult biblical passages (such as those discussing women being silent in the meeting, not teaching or usurping authority, having power on their head, and being saved in childbearing) are hard for us to understand, therefore, they should not be considered of great importance to our understanding of God's design for women.

7. Women who do not study the entire Bible are more likely to understand God’s design for women.

8. The examples of women like Abigail, Esther and Deborah demonstrate the fact that the norm for christian women is that they be leaders.

9. The church today is not meeting the unique needs of modern christian women for sound Bible instruction and apologetics, so women must look for other ways to gain knowledge, such as female Bible scholars, teachers, authors, podcasters, and women-led Bible conferences.

10. We should expect, as with most other areas and priorities of life, that the Bible’s revelation of God’s design for women will be at odds with that of the world’s priorities.

11. From the panorama of scripture-- Genesis to Revelation-- we see the upward progress of women: starting from a role of subjection to men and then gradually attaining more and more recognition, equality and independence, just as we see in the rest of human history.