Although the church has often been far too slow to follow his lead, Jesus' insistence that women, as well as men, bear the full image of God has had a way of sparking reform movements across the centuries.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There were so many outstanding women in scripture that were leaders. And, you know, the organized church sometimes puts boundaries on us that the Bible doesn't.
There is too much theology in the Church now, and too little of the Gospel.
The pope is an intelligent man and realizes that time marches on. He says the Church has a long way to go in developing a real strategy that integrates women - but clearly he is baffled as to how to do it.
In the Church, and in the journey of faith, women have had and still have a special role in opening doors to the Lord.
God's plan is to make much of the man, far more of him than of anything else. Men are God's method. The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men.
Over the years, I have studied church history as well as the contemporary church, and I noticed how rare it is for a God-glorifying transition of leadership to take place in a local church.
Every minister knows it's harder to get the guys to church than the women. We ought to be asking why this is.
The women's movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal religion less by attacking it than by simply leaving it behind.
It is by letting the world go and coming unto Christ that we increasingly live as women of God.
The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation.