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Last Friday night on Nightline, Patricia Ireland (President of the National
Organization of Women) challenged Steve Chavis (is he related to Benjamin
Chavis?), spokesperson for Promise Keepers, to sign a document essentially
promising not to dominate/hurt women & gays.

I'd like to see Promise Keepers take up that challenge.  They shouldn't bow
down to a NOW agenda, but PK should biblically address those issues &
concerned expressed.

The document should include how, although PK believes that homosexuality is
wrong and against God's plan for sexuality, it is no worse than the sins
which each PK struggles with himself.  
In regards to women, they should express their belief in Ephesians 5:21-30,
and how men must be like Jesus in terms of holiness, and that no authority
can be expected without it.

A passage that should be meditated on is John 4, with Jesus and the
Samaratan woman.  She was clearly abused by men. So what did Jesus do? He
came to her humbly, and addressed the issues she presented:

John 4:19-22 (just after Jesus told her -without judgment - that she had 5
husbands and was living with a 6th man):

"Sir," the woman said, "I can see that you are a prophet. Our fathers
worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must
worship is in Jerusalem." 
Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship
the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 
You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for
salvation is from the Jews.

In the same way, PK'ers need to address issues presented by feminists, but
ultimately point to the need of Jesus by all of us. 

Also, PK should offer to critics such as Ireland a document or statement
which asks Critics to judge PK  by the standard set by Jesus Christ.  It is
because of Jesus that each Promise Keeper is who he is. It is because of
Jesus  that those hurt by men can become free from that pain.

Working on aga'pe love

--jp-

j.p. paulus                               4625 N. Kenmore Avenue  #2
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j.p. paulus                               4625 N. Kenmore Avenue  #2
shadowm@ripco.com                              Chicago IL 60640-5024
http://pages.ripco.com:8080/~shadowm/index.html         773/784-5640
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