Mad as Hell
We must squarely face the perennial obstacle of intergendered unions: anger. In our marriages, Jesus brings us to deep repentance and so deep redemption.
Category: Intergendered Intimacy
Gender is a gift given to foster intimacy in relationship. Intergendered relationship build intimacy in sometimes counterintuitive ways.
The War Brides of Deuteronomy
You could hear a pin drop after reading this passage, what my wife calls a pew-gripper. We were going through Deuteronomy…
At the Crossroads She Takes Her Stand: Can Erika Kirk’s Point Turn America
I recently gave a somewhat pessimistic assessment of America’s fortunes, based on a steady look at cultural movements. But a recent event has given me pause.
Harem-Taking Runs Deep in Fallen Man
The Bible’s early narrative may demonstrate a gendered fundamental of the fall of Man: the desire to depart from the goodness of marriage.
The Real Gender-Nonconforming (Giving Up Hope on Relationship)
One of the worst doctrines of our current culture dictates that little boys who like pink, or little girls who like dump trucks, are “gender nonconforming.”
The two-in-oneness of husband and wife expands with a child into a three-in-oneness
A long Echoing Voice The Dutch theologian, Herman Bavinck, has been called the most important theologian of the twentieth century. My son and daughter in law named their dog after him, so there’s that. If you know the name, you probably associate it with his four volume Reformed Dogmatics, happily translated into English just in 2009. He was a …
A Gay Man on Intimacy -review of The Madness of Crowds
Douglas Murray, with honesty and wit, critiques our culture, while honestly examining the monogendered experience in comparison to the intergendered.
Preaching about women and men? Anticipate ancient contradiction
When it comes to describing gender, we might think that we face novel difficulty…until we note something about the apostle Paul’s addresses on gender.
Rejected at Christmas? Welcome to the Family!
Jesus was rejected by family and neighbors. It is sometimes hard to endure family. It is even harder to tell the truth in the right way when scorned.
Where We Were and Where We Were Heading
15 years ago, a short booklet called “Marriage and the Public Good: Ten Principles” appeared. Happily, it is still available and last year saw a 2nd edition.