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Originally Posted by Steve Epley
I never heard of her or the book until FCF. But what do you expect from a woman?  |
She taught the OK District Ladies' Conference in 2000 or 2001, and taught on jewelry, make-up, clothing and hair. At the time, my mother had already bought her book, but I chose not to.
I think what bothers me the most about it, Bro. Epley, is that a woman's spirituality as a whole is being equated with one significant item--whether or not she cuts her hair. (Not whether or not it is long in length) I understand that you believe it is wrong to even cut it, and I'm not contradicting you. However, I think you would probably agree that your wife is not summed up with her HAIR.
Christian women tend to their husbands, homes, children and churches. They are focused on good works and being of a good reputation.
Proverbs 31 comes to mind, along with Titus and Timothy. I Corinthians is more significant in regard to an admonition regarding
authority, than it is about spirituality, IMO.
When you have entire conferences teaching on outward, but no one is admonishing young women to be good wives, to stay home and care for their children, to pray every day, to study God's Word, to be charitable, to do good works--SOMETHING is
way out of balance.
Furthermore, I get a little angry at a doctrine that is veiled feminism, pun intended. My husband has just as much access to the glory of God, anointing, spirituality, miracles and mighty works as I do. In fact, I seem to recall more of these things taking place at the hands of men than women, according to NT accounts.
I know Baptist women who comprise more NT Christianity than many Apostolic women with uncut hair, and THAT is a sad fact.
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