A sincere thank you Pilgrim. We too pray that the Word of God would find rich soil in our son's heart, by God's marvelous grace.<br><br>As to the novelty of the position, I have run across it a couple of times, though I did not write it down when I did. I think the OPC position paper on singing uninspired music makes an allusion to it, and I would say Matthew Henry is very close:<br><br>"the woman should be in subjection and not assume or usurp the man's place. This is the situation in which God has placed her; and for that reason she should have a mind suited to her rank, and not do any thing that looks like an affectation of changing places. Something like this the women of the church of Corinth seem to have been guilty of, who were under inspiration, and prayed and prophesied even in their assemblies, v. 5. It is indeed an apostolical canon, that the women should keep silence in the churches (ch. xiv. 34; 1 Tim. ii. 12), which some understand without limitation, as if a woman under inspiration also must keep silence, which seems very well to agree with the connection of the apostle's discourse, ch. xiv. Others with a limitation: though a woman might not from her own abilities pretend to teach, or so much as question and debate any thing in the church yet when under inspiration the case was altered, she had liberty to speak. Or, though she might not preach even by inspiration (because teaching is the business of a superior), yet she might pray or utter hymns by inspiration, even in the public assembly. She did not show any affectation of superiority over the man by such acts of public worship. It is plain the apostle does not in this place prohibit the thing, but reprehend the manner of doing it. And yet he might utterly disallow the thing and lay an unlimited restraint on the woman in another part of the epistle. These things are not contradictory. It is to his present purpose to reprehend the manner wherein the women prayed and prophesied in the church, without determining in this place whether they did well or ill in praying or prophesying"<br><br>Also, I would just say in terms of the approach being interesting, I can say with a clear conscience that I was not probing around looking for the escape route due to a personal dislike for the practice or capitulation to the feminist age. I held to the continuance view and was fine with it, until I led a Bible study on 1 Corinthians. Interestingly, it was not until I finished chapter 14 that I had second thoughts, and as I explained earlier, I think there is compelling contextual evidence for the view.<br><br>In any event, I also respect your position and those who continue this practice in the fear of the Lord.<br><br>Sincerely in Christ,<br><br>~Jason<br><br>