I wanted to capture here a brilliant and extremely helpful response to the ongoing debate between complementarians and egalitarians by Andrew Bartlett. Tom Schreiner is a cherished NT scholar and an ardent defender of male leadership in the home, the church, and the world. Prestonread more ➜
NOTE: What follows is an article that Dr. Emily Hunter McGowin wrote some years back and she has graciously allowed me to host it here. This piece convincingly argues that “If Christ in his male body saves women through their shared humanity, then women, throughread more ➜
This podcast is a fine introduction to Christa McKirland‘s upcoming release addressing the nature of authority, the structures of and roles within the church, and some very keen insights on 1 Timothy 2:11-15. Listen carefully and learn from one of the sharpest minds I know.read more ➜
I wish I had Households of Faith: Practicing Family in the Kingdom of God when I lived less than 2 miles from Focus on the Family campus headquarters. It’s no surprise that they prioritize the nuclear family over just about everything else. I attended church with manyread more ➜
Those who follow my site will not be surprised to find that I hold to an egalitarian reading of those passages in Scripture pertaining to the roles of men and women in the home, the church, and the world (see my posts here). Apparently Mikeread more ➜
Murray Vasser has published a nice sum of the mistaken interpretation made by Wayne Grudem on the notion of submission in marriage. Here’s an excerpt but do read the entire article or download a PDF of the article here. Grudem … has argued for more thanread more ➜
The short answer is “books like Kevin DeYoung’s Men and Women in the Church.” Over at Ian Paul‘s site, he passes along Andrew Bartlett’s review of Kevin DeYoung’s book, which I believe needs to be captured here. Bartlett shows (to my mind, at least) all thatread more ➜
If we’re going to play a game, we have to follow the rules, right? I mean, who wants to show up to board game night only to find a table full of people making up the rules as they go? Imagine World Cup playoffs whereread more ➜
This is a guest post by Christy Hemphill on how complementarians misuse Ephesians 5 and utilize/sexualize the household code. Ephesians 5 is a hot topic at the moment, thanks to the controversy over a book excerpt posted and then removed from The Gospel Coalition website on Marchread more ➜
A few months back I listened to a podcast hosted by Lynn Cohick featuring Amy Peeler about the release of Women and the Gender of God. I found her thesis compelling, so I ordered the book and read it when it became available. Numerous curiosities were raised for me as Iread more ➜
Another fine, FINE, article on Ian Paul’s site as he teams up with Andrew Bartlett showing that complementarianism and “complementarity” (yep; that’s a thing) fail. Here’s the conclusion: Men and women are the same as each other (human beings, made in God’s image) and areread more ➜
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