Category Archives: Complementarianism

A Trustworthy Word, Pt 4

Posted on October 1, 2019 by

Sunday, September 29th, 2019.   Sources: Luke Timothy Johnson. The First and Second Letters to Timothy (AB). New Haven: Yale, 2001. Ally Kateusz. Mary and Early Christian Women: Hidden Leadership. Cham: Palgrave McMillan, 2019. Craig S. Keener, Paul, Women & Wives: Marriage and Women’s Ministry … Continue reading →

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Sinners and Saints: Deborah and Barak

Posted on October 3, 2018 by

Sunday, September 30th, 2018.   Sources: Susan Niditch. Judges: A Commentary (OTL). Louisville: WJK, 2008. Tammi Schneider. Judges (Berit Olam). Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2000. Barry G. Webb. The Book of Judges (NICOT). Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012. K. Lawson Younger Jr. Judges/Ruth (NIVAC). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002.

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A (Sort of) Book Review: Gospel Women

Posted on April 23, 2016 by

Richard Bauckham. Gospel Women: Studies in the Named Women of the Gospels. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002. Richard Bauckham is without a doubt an exceptional scholar of both biblical theology and the non-canonical texts of early Christianity and Second Temple Judaism. Gospel Women … Continue reading →

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A (Sort of) Book Review: Partners in Christ

Posted on March 9, 2016 by

John G. Stackhouse Jr. Partners in Christ: A Conservative Case for Egalitarianism. Downer’s Grove: IVP Academic, 2015. I have openly and unashamedly argued in favour of an egalitarian understanding of gender on many occassions and in many different forms of … Continue reading →

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The Galatian Principle: Or, Do Complementarians Deny Justification by Faith? (A Guest Post)

Posted on February 10, 2016 by

This post is written by my colleague and friend, Spencer Boersma, Pastor of First Baptist Church Sudbury. Spencer has two degrees from Heritage College and Seminary in Cambridge, Ontario, and just submitted his dissertation for a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology … Continue reading →

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Recovering FROM Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, Pt. 5

Posted on February 5, 2016 by

One does not simply disagree with scholars of a certain status. In previous responses to RBMW, I was replying to people whose status as biblical experts is fairly restricted to their own circle. But within the circle to which Piper, … Continue reading →

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A (Sort of) Book Review: Man Enough

Posted on November 25, 2015 by

Nate Pyle. Man Enough: How Jesus Redefines Manhood. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2015.* Social media can be a very effective and helpful thing. It has its dark side of course, but it has also been at times a real blessing by allowing … Continue reading →

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Recovering FROM Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, Pt. 4: Q & A with Piper & Grudem

Posted on October 21, 2015 by

John Piper and Wayne Grudem. “An Overview of Central Concerns: Questions and Answers”. Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. John Piper and Wayne Grudem (eds). Wheaton: Crossway. 56-85. The fact that this chapter exists should alert us to something very, very important in … Continue reading →

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Recovering FROM Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, Pt. 3: Genesis

Posted on September 17, 2015 by

obfuscate [ob-fuh-skeyt, ob-fuhs-keyt] verb (used with object), obfuscated, obfuscating. 1. to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy. 2. to make obscure or unclear: to obfuscate a problem with extraneous information. 3. to darken. To this, I would add: 4. Raymond C. Ortlund Jr. “Male-Female … Continue reading →

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Recovering FROM Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, Pt. 2: John Piper’s Vision

Posted on September 3, 2015 by

Before this, please read the housekeeping stuff first. *** Not all articulations of complementarianism are the same. Labels are always difficult, and within this umbrella of views called complementarianism there are varying nuances and differing terminology, and important distinctions. Definitions … Continue reading →

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