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The first couple were made in a different order, resulting in an asymmetry of authority and promotion.

God’s True Intentions

God’s True Intentions

By Sam A. Andreades December 8, 2023 December 8, 2023

Struggling with one of God’s gender commands? Are you seeing the law’s true intent?

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Why Would God Tell Women to Submit?

Why Would God Tell Women to Submit?

By Sam A. Andreades November 3, 2023 November 10, 2023

The Apostle Paul says that the goal of every and any of the commands in the Bible is love. But how do we see the love in this one?

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Ah, Junia

Ah, Junia

By Sam A. Andreades October 27, 2023 October 26, 2023

A New Testament mentioning of “apostle” in connection with a female name raises questions about womanly authority in the early church.

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It Wasn’t Culturally Hard To Include Women

It Wasn’t Culturally Hard To Include Women

By Sam A. Andreades August 5, 2022 August 4, 2022

The Bible’s gender asymmetries are hard to miss. But maybe they are cultural necessities. Did God limit Israel’s priesthood to men because of cultural pressure?

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Encouraging Steps of the Church

Encouraging Steps of the Church

By Sam A. Andreades June 17, 2022 June 16, 2022

In a review of the book, “Neither Complementarian nor Egalitarian,” by Michelle Lee-Barnewall, we get some of that encouragement

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What Enoch Thinks, Part III: Big gender issue

What Enoch Thinks, Part III: Big gender issue

By Sam A. Andreades February 24, 2022 February 24, 2022

In conversation with Enoch, young man at large, the college senior has seen many relationship crashes and misfires. The topic turned to gender…

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Christmas in the Book of Revelation I: The Paradigm of Gender

Christmas in the Book of Revelation I: The Paradigm of Gender

By Sam A. Andreades December 23, 2021 December 29, 2021

John’s vision of Christmas in Ch. 12 of Revelation gives us how history unfolds, through the archetypes of gender.

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The Wedding Night

The Wedding Night

By Sam A. Andreades December 3, 2021 December 3, 2021

Dating With Discernment, available where all fine subversive literature is sold, tells many stories. One of them, Connor & Violet’s wedding night, shows just how intimacy develops in a marriage.

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The High Cost of Sinful Masculine Leaders

The High Cost of Sinful Masculine Leaders

By Sam A. Andreades November 27, 2021 November 28, 2021

One reason many miss the beauty of what the Bible teaches are unfaithful Christian men who lead, obscuring the goodness of masculinity.

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How to Avoid Marrying An Abusive Husband

How to Avoid Marrying An Abusive Husband

By Sam A. Andreades November 5, 2021 November 5, 2021

Some husbands make big demands. Over time, this can become an abusive relationship. How does one distinguish mere immaturity from a lurking pattern of exploitation?

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What's a Real Man? What's a True Woman?

Is gender real? Does it matter in relationships? What does God think about it? So many diverse questions on peoples' lips today come down to the same thing: What does gender mean? Is it a construct of society or self-perception? Or is it a gift to foster intimacy and fruitfulness in our relationships?

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This site fosters honest and thoughtful conversation about the pressing issue of gender. I write from a Christian perspective, placing great value on the Bible's wisdom about it. But just understanding the Bible's message on gender is a big job for our time, and so part of what we discuss here. We also take up questions posed by our current culture's sometimes confusing views on women & men, relationships and identity.

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If you are new here, you might want to start with the Big Picture posts, Three Questions... and Want It In A Nutshell?, briefly outlining what I see as the seven main principles of gender.

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The posts consist of commentary on current events, excerpts from my general book, transgenderism book, or book on dating, Biblical exposition, praise for the culture’s gender goodness and ruminations on its errors as I see them. We also welcome guest posts from gender-savvy writers.

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