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Women, Helpers, and Ribs: Part 2
By: Scott Lencke | February 16, 2016
Woman is opposite to man, but not in an antagonistic, or inferior, way. Rather, she comes as the suitable one for man. Or as other translations have it, she was “fit for” man. Remember, none of the animals measured up to the ‘ezer role God had imagined for man’s great helper. It was woman [...]
From Timothy To Creation: Part 1
By: Scott Lencke | February 8, 2016
Complementarians believe they are moving from creation to Timothy, but it seems that their theology is being settled through their particular reading of Timothy and then that theological bent is being read back into the creation story. This is where they construct their understanding of the “original creation order.”
Eve
By: Wm. Paul Young | September 15, 2015
Eve (fiction novel) opens a refreshing conversation about the equality of men and women within the context of our beginnings, helping us see each other as our Creator does—complete, unique, and not constrained by cultural rules or limitations.
Book Review: Malestrom: Manhood Swept Into the Currents of a Changing World
By: Susan Larson | May 14, 2015
Manhood is under siege and not because there are women in the board room and men in the laundry room. The crisis that threatens men has ancient roots according to James, and the only real solution is to recapture the even more ancient imago dei we find revealed in those first two chapters of Genesis.
Was It Adam's Responsibility to Relay God's Command About the Forbidden Fruit to Eve?
By: Margaret Mowczko | December 17, 2014
In Genesis 2:16-17, God commanded the first human not to eat the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Some Christians believe that the first man was given the responsibility of telling the woman about God's command and warning. This assumption, however, has no biblical basis.
3 Questions About Genesis
By: Philip B. Payne | December 9, 2014
Philip Payne examines questions of creation order, the term translated as "helper," and God's statment that Adam will rule over Eve in Genesis in order to properly interpret the creation narrative in an egalitarian context.
Defining Desire: How should we understand Eve's desire in Genesis 3:16?
By: Allison Quient | December 5, 2014
In many Christian circles, women are taught that their supreme calling in life is to be a good wife, complying with a God-ordained order where women joyfully submit to the servant leadership of their husbands. Where does this idea come from?
Chain of Inference: "Seeing" Male Authority as God's Design in Genesis
By: Bob Edwards | December 5, 2014
Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” (Gen. 2:22–23)
On Paul's Use of Creation Narratives
By: John Jefferson Davis | December 5, 2014
First Timothy 2:11–15, and especially verse 12, has long been a focal point in modern discussions of the leadership of women in the church.
The Genesis of Equality
By: Kevin Giles | October 31, 2014
Gen 1–3 speaks of the substantial and essential equality of the two sexes, the subordination of women being entirely a consequence of the Fall. The evidence is compelling and the support far reaching. This is a devastating finding for contemporary complementarians who ground their entire case for the permanent subordination of women on the premise that [...]