Regarding music: Would listening to female Christian vocal artists break the command for women not to teach men?<\/p>\n\t
Much would depend on the message of the song. If the song demands that the listeners do as the singer directs, then there would be a problem. “A woman must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness. But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet<\/em>” (I Timothy 2:10-11). A song that encourages other women to live godly lives or one that expresses a love for God is not usurping any authority over men, even if a man might listen to the recording.<\/p>\n Consider that Aquilla and Priscilla thought Apollos privately (Acts 18:26). That private teaching did not place Priscilla as an authority over Apollos, and so did not violate I Timothy 2:10-11. It is the way the teaching is done that makes the difference.<\/p>\n In the same way, if a Christian woman wrote an article on some topic, nothing wrong was done even if men might read it and learn something from it. 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