Dr. Mohler’s recent article “Is the Megachurch the New Liberalism?” is thought-provoking along several fronts, but one in particular struck me. He writes:
What about theology? This question requires a look at the massive shifts in worldview now evident within American culture. Trends foreseen by researchers such as James Davison Hunter of the University of Virginia and others can now be seen in full flower. The larger culture has turned increasingly hostile to exclusivist truth claims such as the belief that faith in Christ is necessary for salvation. One megachurch pastor in Florida recently told me that the megachurches in his area were abandoning concern for biblical gender roles on a wholesale basis. As one pastor told him, you cannot grow a church and teach biblical complementarianism.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the pushback I got for this half-serious post at The Thinklings blog
last week, specifically on the #8 point in that list, where I reveal my
position against women in pastoral authority. The comments became an
exercise in vain disputations, and while the vast majority of the
feedback was positive, the still sizable portion that wasn’t, was quite
vitriolic. I’ve been called more “choice words” in the last two weeks in
public than my whole life combined. (But, remember, I’m the graceless
one.) Those disagreeable sorts who weren’t angry, were at the least
flummoxed.
The post has been reprinted on a few other sites and was even
mentioned on a radio show, and the questions it’s received are
revealing. It’s not the accusations of misogyny or sexism that bug me —
those are understandable and not unexpected. It’s the question behind
the question — “Wait. What’s wrong with female pastors?” Continue at Jared C. Wilson
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