Have you ever stopped to ponder that in many Christian circles men and women are told in premarital counseling that they are entering an adversarial relationship? They are. It is very common and I believe it causes many problems down the road. In Christian premarital counseling, a woman is instructed that part of the curse …
I’ve written about The Theory of the Fourth Turning a number of times on my other blog, but wanted to also bring it up here because I think it provides an interesting framework in which to look at some of the issues facing the church. I can’t even do it justice to try to explain …
The terms complementarian and egalitarian are used all the time, but they are’t two simple terms. There can be quite a lot of nuance for each one. For example, what someone might mean when they identify as one or the other may not be at all what the other person envisions. So it’s interesting to …
Back when we were discussing the impact of p*rn and sex on the church, Brandy made this astute observation (bold mine): I think that when you said “the p*rnification of the church” you really hit the nail on the head, Sallie. I really appreciated Challies’ review of the Driscoll sex book (henceforth the DSB ha!). …
According to Doug Wilson’s post on John Piper’s Desiring God website, it is this: We must be masculine in our ministry for the sake of the women in our congregations. Because men are naturally competitive, they are more prone to see the differences between the sexes in terms of that competition. Women are more realistic …
Denny Burk wrote a post about Christianity Today’s list of “50 Women to Watch: Those Most Shaping the Church and Culture.” The list ran the gamut in terms of theology and practice. Burk’s biggest problem with the list was the mingling of complementarians and egalitarians. He writes: The article doesn’t include much of a discussion …
I like to people watch. And I like to wrestle with ideas. So one of my favorite things to do is watch people wrestle with ideas. It’s been fascinating watching the reactions to Rachel Held Evans’ A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and …
