Where Does That Leave Me As a Single Person?
Single listeners have a difficult time with the principle that gender is about relationship. A big reason is the paucity of community in modern life.
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Want It in a Nutshell? The Seven Christian Principles of Gender
Gender can be complex. It is easy to get lost in considerations of femininity and masculinity. Seven principles from the Bible make this difficult topic easier to understand.
Where to See Our Genders –Reply to Claire Smith, Part II
In the first part of this rejoinder to Claire Smith’s thoughtful questioning of enGendered¸ I talked about being careful in using the label, “complementarian.” One had better define it to use it. But it is clear that Dr. Smith understood how I was defining gender in terms of relationship. That I do do, saying that close relationships are where gender …
What is God’s Gender?
A reader writes: “You don’t really tackle the gender of God, why God reveals himself with masculine pronouns.” This is a helpful question. It is also a very necessary one. Because the answer to the question confers something desperately needed by about half of the image-bearers of God. Many women grow up with a sneaking suspicion at the back of …