Children Mature But Wives Never Do (?)

Wifely submission/subjection doesn’t come up in the Ten Commandments (which is interesting, what with the way it’s proclaimed by some to be the answer to societal woes). Children are to obey parents in the Big Ten, but wives (and slaves) are not commanded to obey. Apparently, their subjection wasn’t important enough to rate [...]

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The Declaration of Independence excluded women

According to the CBE Scroll, the authors of the second paragraph of the U.S. Declaration of Independence excluded women when they wrote:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of [...]

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Biblical manhood and womanhood

Both complementarians and egalitarians claim that their interpretation of the the Bible is the one that reflects “Biblical manhood and womanhood.” Both sides have biblical scholars who present evidence from the Bible which, they say, supports their viewpoint.
Do you feel that it is right for either side to claim the label of being “biblical” with [...]

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What does the Bible say?

Every once in awhile I like to summarize some of what I’ve been hearing in comments on this blog. I’d like to do that now by listing some of the things that the Bible says or does say does not say about the gender issues. When I use the word “says,” I am referring to [...]

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women in church leadership

This Side of Sunday blog recently wrestled with questions about the interpretation of Bible passages having to do with women in church leadership. The post was written by a former complementarian who now believes that the Bible teaches egalitarianism.

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The KIND of woman matters?

I lifted this blog post off of the Triablogue blog, posted by Gene Bridges concerning Isaiah 3:12, which says,
As for My people, children are their oppressors,And women rule over them.O My people! Those who lead you cause you to err,And destroy the way of your paths.NKJV
(I found that reading the chapter from the beginning helps [...]

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What does "one another" mean in Eph. 5:21?

One of the differences between some completarians and, I think, all egalitarians is in how they interpret and/or apply the meaning of Greek allelois (English “one another”) in Eph. 5:21. Egalitarians understand this word to refer to mutual relationships within the Body of Christ, that is, that each Christian is to submit to each other [...]

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submission and subordination

Maybe I do a better job of asking questions than answering them. In any case, I have tried to follow the arguments for and against eternal subordination of the Jesus Christ the Son to God the Father. I believe I have also heard it taught that wives are to be subordinate to their husbands.
But I’m [...]

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Does naming imply authority?

Some complementarians believe that naming someone implies that you have authority over them. They believe that because Adam named Eve and himself in Genesis 2:23, Adam had authority over Eve. Hebrew scholar John Hobbins blogs today on this question. John concludes:
Naming is not always about wielding authority. It can be an expression of love and [...]

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Is There Such a Thing as a Complegalitarian?

For fun tonight I googled on “complegalitarian.” There were hits to this blog or to posts on other blogs about this blog. Then I spotted a hit on the title “Is There Such a Thing as a Complegalitarian?” It’s an essay by my friend Mark Strauss. Mark is a complementarian. Sometimes he refers to himself [...]

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