I have begun to read the Bible through again and stopped to ask some questions on Genesis chapter 6.

Genesis 6:4 mentions the Nephilim.  They are also mentioned in Numbers 13:33.  Who are they?

Gen 6:4 goes on to say "- when the sons of God went to ......".   Then it mentions the "daughters of men".  I don't understand who they are talking about.  Where the children of Adam and Eve the children of man?  Did God create others besides Adam and Eve and the Angels?

I don't know Hebrew.  I only have Strong's concordance that gives the Hebrew words singularly.  I think a Hebrew translation might be helpful.  

I find the first and last books of the Bible the most difficult to understand.  I tell new believers and seekers to read the Gospel of John first.  If they can get through John they have a good start of believing and becoming saved.  

How do I show my love for Christ?

I try to be obedient to God's law trying to remember His great mercy and grace.  

For me, I first had to love God and then myself.  (because I used to hate myself)  Then I realized I had to love and forgive others if I loved God.  When I started trusting in the Lord for my life, I could help others more.  Then I started praying for God to give me people to help.  So now I try to think that whenever there is someone praying for God to help them, there is someone praying for God to give them someone to help.  Try it.

It used to be that when any sex education material was being shown at a school, a note was sent home before, stating the date and time.  Parents could then keep their children home that day if they objected.  This made most people happy.  Now it is being forced on everyone because school officials insist that it is part of their "anti-bullying" program.  Don't Christians teach their children not to be bullies?  Who are the bullies?

Up until about 100 years ago or so, it was illegal in many countries to provide information about birth control or sell contraceptives.  Abortion was also illegal.  Divorce was not common either.  Living together was also illegal.

Contraception is nothing new.  Ancient cultures all have methods: some herbal, some even killed the babies.  There was a herb used in ancient Roman times that was so popular, it became extinct.  Obviously, we have forgotten why the laws against birth control were made in the first place.  
   
Many Christians believe family planning/child spacing/birth control is fine to use because they would rather trust in technology than in the Lord.  No one here has mentioned the heartbreak that infertile couples face.  

I am interested to know what types of clothing styles you ladies think of as modest.  Should Christian women dress modestly only for church or all the time?

Having to negotiate every little thing in a marriage/household all the time really would take some much time and effort.  Letting the husband lead works if you have chosen the right husband for yourself and he is leading a good Christian life.  

Pre-marriage counselling should also be recommended for all couples marrying in the church.  Knowing what you expect from each other as spouses before the marriage can save many tears later.  Too many couples spend lots of time and effort planning the wedding ceremony and honeymoon but don't plan for much later than that.

1 Corinthians 14.   The whole chapter deals with prophecy and tongues during public worship and keeping order during the worship service.  

1 Cor 14:34 the particular phase you quoted refers to women remaining silent.  1 Cor 14:29-33 deals with people prophesizing in turn so everyone is not talking all at once.  When I used to attend a Pentacostal church the women used were more moved emotionally than the men.  Often more women prophetized than men as well.  Perhaps it was this way during Paul's time.  Paul didn't say no one or only men should prophesize but that order should be kept during the service.

My bible footnotes explain that there is a God-ordained order.  Women are to be in submission to their husbands or fathers both at home and in church.  In 1Cor 11:5 "And every women who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head - it is just as though her head were shaved."  He is acknowledging that women do pray and prophesize during worship but must do so with proper respect and order.  (if you don't know, true prophesy always agrees with scripture never contradicting it)

This "order of creation" and "submission"  are concepts that many women today find difficult to understand.  The family unit: husband(man) and wife(woman), has been around since the Garden of Eden.  God created the family.  

My pastor has also explained that women may have been sitting in another part of the church according to Jewish custom.  If they could not hear what was going on they would shout out questions to their husbands and disrupt the service.  However, I do not know if this was the custom (segregation by sex) practiced in Corinth at the time.  

As for what is happening at your church, I decline to comment as I don't understand what is going on there.  You had best pray that you may change and be given wisdom to deal with any conflicts that may occur.  

The more I studied the history of the feminist movement and the biographies of the leaders, the more disenchanted I have become with the movement.  You must ask yourself if any of these women were pious Christians doing what the scriptures teach.  

The original post was very interesting and informative.  I am pleased someone had the courage to address this issue.

What would happen if women left the workplace?     There would still be unemployment of men.  Ancient feudal societies didn't have any unemployment.  The nobility were supposed to take the responsibility of providing for their subjects in time of famine.  (although they often lead wars and executed people for petty crimes) However, since the industrial revolution, unemployment seems to be common.  Many nations have moved into democracy.  However, we tend to forget the Church of Christ (Church universal) is not a democracy.  

Some Christians fail to realize that a wife who stays home to care for her family is virtuous.  It is a virtue to be a good wife and mother.  Some Christians have more virtue than others.

Titus 2:5  To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
It is also a virtue to be discreet, chaste and obedient.  Most women have trouble with most of the items on this list.  This mostly do to the failure of the older women in the church.

 Titus 2:3-4  Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers, or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good.  Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God."  

Titus 1-2 deals with teaching the older men.  So the elders of the church have failed to teach the older Christians and they in turn have failed to teach the younger Christians who will fail to teach their children.  It might be a fact that some Christians are just not listening or listening to the wrong message.  

Young women ought to be encouraged to consider staying home once they are married, not just for their children but for their husbands.  It is also quite unkind to feel that Christian women should have to stay home AND homeschool all their children AND run a successful gotcha188.  If they don't do that all, they are considered lazy.  If they can do that all, they have great virtue.  But is a wife who stays home, doesn't have any children and doesn't run a business, considered to have less virtue than one who does all three?

Many divorces are caused by either spouse not being responsible in their expected role.  Traditional roles husband/father/provider and wife/mother/nuturer  have worked for hundreds if not thousands of years.  It is easier to step into a role that is well defined than always having to negotiate every little thing.  Negotiations are usually required when there is a conflict.  Pre-marriage counselling should be required by every couple planning to get married.  The family unit needs to be kept strong for our health and happiness physically and spiritually.