Gender is Everlasting…
The Scriptures show that that feature of us will go on forever. What does that say about the gift and our identity?
Category: Asymmetries of Gender
The grand distinctions of how men and women love each other differently.
As Much A Part of God As Commanding
The Trinity teaches us that submission makes up God’s nature as much as ruling. Christ’s eternal generation shows itself in His glad obedience.
Man and Woman Make a Mission
The Bible shows God calling men and women together in mission. In spiritual work, we see a representational leadership of man and a critical enactment of woman.
Appreciating the Overlap…and Not
This month, fencer Stephanie Turner declined to face a male opponent. In response, USA Fencing made the same mistake as Serena Williams made in tennis in 1998.
The Adulterer, Karl Barth
On this infamous anniversary, we must ask, how can someone speak good when doing evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Looking Back to the Law
Contrary to the idea of a progression, the apostle’s method of “looking back to the law” makes gender principles feel enduring and so needing our heeding.
Do Baby Girls Have More Cooties?
After my daughter’s birth, I asked a Hasidic mother of 7, “Why is a mother is ritually unclean for 1 week after she bears a son, but 2 weeks for a daughter?”
The Two Principles Always Active in Gender
Just as we see them side by side in the Bible, they need to be side by side in our lives, to move forward in love for Valentine’s Day.
Good Preaching
I spend a lot of time yearning for people to get the goodness of the Bible’s teaching about gender. I think, “If they could see how this works in the lives of the counter-cultural folks living it out, they would see its beauty. The lights would go on.” So I am always on the lookout for preachers or teachers who …
Women Wanted for the Whole Job
I was this week reading a theology book by a reverent, orthodox yet creative theologian for whom I have immense respect. But my esteemed teacher misspoke.