Page 6 - No Apologies

Introduction

You may wonder why I chose No Apologies as the title of this book. During my entire
adult life I have been made to feel as if I must apologize for teaching a Biblical view of
womanhood. What God has to say to women is highly unpopular today. Yahweh’s
instructions to wives, and all women in the church, flies in the face of political correctness
and current societal norms. The Biblical definition of a godly woman is offensive to the
fallen human nature. God’s instructions to women in both the Old and New Testaments are
viewed as backward, chauvinistic, and the undesirable offscouring of an ancient patriarchal
society.
Having served as a Bible teacher for many years, whenever I have taught on this
subject I have felt as if I needed to justify doing so. My approach has been one of much
timidity, fearing the backlash that I expected to come, and it has come time and time again.
I was like a man who had been injured by an exploding object he had been working on.
Forever after he would approach similar objects with timidity, inching forward, reaching
hesitantly to touch them, fearing lest he should experience an explosion once again.
It is impossible to fulfill God’s call on my life to teach faithfully the truths of His
kingdom if I am afraid of the reaction with which I will be met. I am reminded of Paul’s
words of exhortation to Timothy.

II Timothy 1:6-8
For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through
the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power
and love and discipline. Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord...

Christ has appointed me to be a teacher to the body of Christ, to women as well as to
men. There is much in the testimony of Christ that offends, but I will not be ashamed of His
words. I will own them, proclaim them, defend them, and I will make no apologies for
teaching Christ’s counsel on this, or any other topic. Those women who desire to know the
mind of Christ deserve no less than the complete truth.
My aim is to be bold, but not brassy, courageous but not crass. The goal before me is
to speak the truth in love. I wish to avoid a watered down truth. I would resist the
temptation to embellish, or to diminish, the counsel of God; eschewing all pressure to make
truth more palatable by altering, or removing, that which offends.
Many were offended by Christ’s words spoken in the days of His earthly ministry. The
Son of God did not change His message to make it agreeable to the heart of sinful and
selfish men and women. On one occasion when great multitudes were following Christ He
spoke a very difficult word. Many were offended. Most deserted Him. Even among His
disciples a large number left and would follow Yahshua no more.

John 6:60-63
Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying;
who can receive it?" When Yahshua knew in Himself that His disciples complained
about this, He said to them, "Does this offend you? What then if you should see the