This post is apolling.

Several have commented that it would be helpful for us to zero in more closely on specifics of differences among us. To help us do that, I’ll create a poll (with others to follow) to see where we differ.
To keep things as clearly focused as possible, I will deal with just one Bible passage (Eph. [...]

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Biblical submission illustrated

I owe you all a followup to my preceding post on biblical submission. This is it. It turns out that I probably have less to say in this followup than I would like, but I have been known to use many words and not say a lot so we’ll see what happens as I write.
What [...]

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blog focus

Taylor commented:
I have been following this blog for some time, but have not really discovered what its ultimate purpose is…
A bit of history may help. One of my biggest passions in life is Bible translation, both for Bibleless peoples (this is my official job) and for those who speak languages which already have Bibles, [...]

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Evangelical Theological Society: Between the Gender-Debate Booths

I’ve been relatively quiet lately. Since the Complegalitarian blog first started, I think I’ve posted just twice. That’s not because I feel “unsafe” or “unwelcome” here; it’s just that I’ve been frantically busy at work. Every year at this time, the company I work for releases new Bible study products at the annual conferences of [...]

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free books, from CBMW

CBMW’s Gender Blog announces a list of books available as free e-book downloads from the CBMW website. Several of them have been listed on this Complegalitarian blog’s Bookshelf for several weeks.

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Apology; let’s try again

I have continued to struggle over how both sides in the gender debates have felt negatively impacted by posts or comments on this blog. As many of you know, I have pleaded with us all to try to speak to each other in ways that do not hurt people. I believe that everyone has tried [...]

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godly husbands and the matter of authority

The most recent post on Cheryl Schatz’ blog is about godly husbands and the matter of authority. I recommend Cheryl’s post for each of us to read.

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Christian Submission—-What Is It?

Author and homeschool leader, Stacy McDonald, recently posted her views on submission—views that are fairly accepted in conservative circles and found in many popular books written from a complementarian/patriarchal perspective. While we wait for The Great Leman to post his thoughts on Biblical submission (hint, hint, Wayne!), I thought it might be helpful for us [...]

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Jesus was Pro-Male Rule (Since He Made Man That Way)?

Suzanne McCarthy, in the comments section of the previous post, said,
“As you know, I believe that the teaching that women was created in paradise to be a submissive and man the leader is wrong. To teach that the ideal human dyad is composed of a submissive and a dominant is diametrically pposed to every single [...]

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Grudem on the State of the Gender Debate and the Way Forward

Wayne Grudem presented a paper on the gender debate and the way forward at the recent annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in San Diego. During his talk he said:
I am surprised that this controversy has gone on so long. In the late 80’s and early 90’s I expected that this would [...]

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