A recent article from Christianity Today should have our attention: “Researcher: Most Evangelicals Support Women in Church Leadership.” As the summary explains, “Despite the ongoing debates over gender roles, surveys show significant agreement in favor of female Sunday school teachers, worship leaders, speakers, and preachers.” What does this article tell us? Well, I believe it tells...

J. I. Packer, whose writings and leadership have left an indelible mark on the evangelical world, died on July 17. He was 93. Packer was a lifelong member of the Anglican church, yet he held commitments that were both evangelical and Reformed. He began his career in England, teaching at a number of schools, including...

Don Balasa (JD, MBA) is a member of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, serves as CBMW’s legal counsel, and is an adjunct professor at Trinity International University. On June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court announced its decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, an important federal employment law case.  The Court...

I am very excited to announce the release of our Spring 2020 issue of Eikon: A Journal for Biblical Anthropology. At just under 200 pages of brand new content, including several original essays, interviews, and critical book reviews, this issue engages some of the most pressing questions of our day with the timeless truth of...

In her new book Recovering from Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, Aimee Byrd takes me and Owen Strachan to task for our understanding of 1 Corinthians 16:13. The verse reads as follows: “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong” (my translation). In particular, she takes umbrage with our interpretation of that...

Editor’s Note: The following essay appears in the Spring 2020 issue of Eikon. Until 2019, I held the common, historic Protestant view of divorce, namely, that adultery and desertion were the only two legitimate grounds for divorce allowed by Scripture.[1] This is the position set forth, for example, in the Westminster Confession of Faith (1646):...