Finding the Big Points: What Really Matters in the Biblical Equality Debate
The scholarly debate is vast and can be quite confusing to navigate, but there are some big, central points. In the key passages, complementarian expositions depart from Scripture or add to Scripture what is not actually there.
Holey Exegesis: Schreiner vs. Sprinkle
New Testament scholar Preston Sprinkle has created quite a stir with his new book, From Genesis to Junia: An Honest Search for What the Bible Really Says About Women in Leadership. Formerly ‘complementarian’, Sprinkle has changed his mind. Though he did not initially know where his study would land, after three years of intensive study of […]
God’s Design for Man and Woman – A & M Köstenberger
Rightly Handling God’s Word – A Contrast Between Principles and Practice
A review of God’s Design for Man and Woman: A Biblical-Theological Survey, by Andreas J. and Margaret E. Köstenberger. (Crossway, 2014).
Ten Ways the Bible Points to Male-Female Partnership
One of the most beautiful truths in the Bible is male-female partnership. In this article, I sketch ten ways in which the Bible points to it.
Men and Women in the Church – DeYoung
Through Distorting Spectacles:
A review of Men and Women in the Church: A Short, Biblical, Practical Introduction, by Kevin DeYoung
(Crossway, 2021).
Do the Biblical Qualifications for Elders Insist on Only Men and Not Women?
Unpacking 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:5-9
Junia the Apostle – Honored, Denied, Rejected, Rediscovered
Junia touches a raw nerve. Her existence as a woman apostle challenges those who uphold a rule reserving spiritual and teaching authority in the Church exclusively to men.
Women in the Church – Köstenberger & Schreiner
Divorcing 1 Timothy 2:11–15 from the Context; A Review of Women in the Church: An Interpretation and Application of 1 Timothy 2:9–15, edited by Andreas Köstenberger and Thomas Schreiner. (Crossway, 3rd edn, 2016)
Embracing Complementarianism – Beynon & Tooher
Complementarianism Laid Bare?
A review of Embracing Complementarianism: Turning Biblical Convictions into Positive Church Culture, by Graham Beynon and Jane Tooher
(The Good Book Company, 2022).
Are Complementarian or Egalitarian Teachings Novel or Historic?
If you think that complementarian teachings are historic and egalitarian teachings are novel, we invite you to read on. The truth is rather different. It is also more complex than a simple binary of novel or historic.