by Tim Wade When it comes to the subject of gender identity the culture has been outpacing the courts for years.  And as the courts begin to catch up and address “the new normal” we as believers are often left searching for a way to respond. On Friday, February 15, a memorandum was sent out to...

By Owen Strachan Recently a brand-new conversation began among complementarians. Wendy Alsup wrote a post called “A New Wave of Complementarianism” that met with an enthusiastic online response. Many took note, and key leaders weighed in, including Kevin DeYoung and Thabiti Anyabwile. Any discussion on complementarianism is inherently interesting and important to me, and so...

By Harry Reeder “And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” Gen. 1:27 My wife is Cindy. Cindy and I are different. Praise the Lord! This is an obvious statement. In fact, it is more accurately an understatement. In legal terms...

By Baptist Press Even before U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that the military was lifting its ban on women in combat, professor and theologian Owen Strachan was speaking out against such a possibility, saying it not only went against Scripture but also defied common sense. The new executive director of the Council on Biblical...

Link to full article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323539804578260132111473150.html?mod=googlenews_wsj By Ryan Smith, The Wall Street Journal America has been creeping closer and closer to allowing women in combat, so Wednesday’s news that the decision has now been made is not a surprise. It appears that female soldiers will be allowed on the battlefield but not in the infantry. Yet...

By Owen Strachan, CBMW Executive Director Complementarian Christians are the most pro-women people around. We love women. We rejoice in them. We celebrate them. Many of us in actual terms are “them,” of course! We know that God has created them with dignity and worth. We know that their structure and form display his ingenuity...