Truly Complementarian (A Muse)

Leap-frogging off of something Eric mentioned a while back, or perhaps just blatantly stealing it (since he’s off to the land of Israel for a few weeks and can’t protest-ha) after researching it for myself and finding it legit,  it is my understanding that complementarity, among other things, means that the complementary persons or groups need [...]

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Guest Author, Eric W: What Comp/Egal Tenets can be (or are) Used to Support Abuse?

Hey, y’all, a few simple wording changes or additions can make my questionnaire such that even though it hasn’t been some days in preparation, a splendid time is guaranteed for all. And I somewhat generalized it so it can apply to both marriage and church relations and relationships by changing “the male” and “the female” [...]

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“stimulus package” for gender issues communication

Stimulus packages have been developed during these difficult financial times. They are intended to help restore financial health to the economy.
We all recognize, I think, that it is often difficult to have healthy communication over gender issues. What kinds of “stimulus packages,” or parts of packages, hints, practices have you found helpful in your own [...]

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Birds of a feather … do not all prefer nesting

I’ve noticed a number of comments that the WordPress comment nesting system is confusing, making it difficult for some to find their comments. So I will return the comment system to the previous comment style where there is no comment nesting. Instead, comments will simply appear under a post in the order in which they [...]

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complementarity and Complementarianism

There has been some discussion in recent comments on this blog about what might be a more accurate label for the side in the gender debate which is the other side from egalitarians. It has been correctly noted that egalitarians believe in complementarity within marriage and the church. So do Complementarians.
Here’s how I see a [...]

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This is the Complementarianism I Knew (What Does Wifely Submission Look Like?)

An excerpt from a question posed on, “Practical Submission,” an article from the Boundless Webzine, a ministry of the well-known Focus on the Family:
What does submission look like for Christian women, in a concrete, practical way? It seems like there are reams of paper written about how submission is biblical, produces good fruit, and (most importantly, [...]

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A question on I Timothy 2

“First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, [...]

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Carolyn Custis James: The Spots on the Line Where Women are Told to Stop

I’m a fan of the author and seminary professor, aka, “The Old White Guy,” Steve Brown’s, “Steve Brown Etc” podcast.   My parents have been ordering tapes from him for years, via his Key Life ministry, which they initially found through his spot on Moody radio.  No offense to the many Key Life tapes I was told [...]

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