Pastor Phil’s maddening blog post is back:

Q: “How can [a woman] use [theological] instruction for the betterment of the church?
A: The church is bettered and strengthened when her women do not, as we would expect women of the world to do, for the sake of worldly acclaim or domestic ease, cast off their sex and play the man.

Where in Scripture does it say that a woman has to remain in the kitchen and is not allowed to venture forth into the world and if she does, she is playing the man? There is nothing wrong with staying home and no one is pitting me against other godly Christian women who take pride (godly pride) in their domestic skill but I will not have men like this belittle women who desire to pursue where they believe God is leading them (especially if their church and husband supports them).
This really gives Christianity a bad name and furthers the world’s misconception of us. Now we appear to be saying that the only job a woman can hold is wife and mother.
The church is strengthened by women and men who study theology and then help others understand it. I have been told by many women over the years that they have been helped by my teaching. If I did as this pastor suggests then I would not have been of any help to them or myself. I would never have understood the freedom that I have in Christ and I would not have been able to help others understand it as well.