Derek J. Brown | Pastoral Assistant Grace Bible Fellowship Sunnyvale, California As we sat down to lunch, it became apparent that this brother whom I had recently met was depressed, full of anxiety, and generally discouraged about his circumstances. He didn’t have a plan for life after college, nor did he have a job. He was...

Josh Philpot | Pastor for Worship & Administration Founders Baptist Church Houston, Texas Rediscovering Eve: Ancient Israelite Women in Context is a revision of Carol Meyers’ 1988 work, Discovering Eve (Oxford), a feminist study that garnered much praise and enthusiasm in feminist biblical studies. Meyers aims to reconsider in context “Eden Eve,” the first woman...

Godwin Sathianathan | Associate Pastor South Shore Baptist Church Hingham, Massachusetts God has given me two compelling reasons to explore Andreas and Margaret Köstenberger’s new book on biblical complementarianism: Emma and Sam. My children are too young to shape directly, but it’s not too early for mommy and daddy to start praying and preparing. What will...

Jason G. Duesing  | Editor Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood Provost and Associate Professor of Historical Theology Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Kansas City,  Missouri There is a moment in J. R. R. Tolkien’s trilogy where his fellowship is faced with the daunting task of traversing the underground mines of Moria. Once a noble and industrious...

[Editor’s Note: This review originally appeared in the Spring 2012 issue of JBMW.] The first time I heard Mark Driscoll speak I cried.  About a year ago I was attending a conference he was speaking at in Florida where he spent a few minutes reflecting on his ministry in Seattle.  This city was the least-churched...

Ligon Duncan and I were recently at a gathering of 40 or so pastors. We had a great time there.  Wonderful fellowship.  Much theological agreement.  However, when the question of complementarianism came up, though there was large agreement on theological substance, there was dramatic disagreement on strategy for presentation. The core of this essay is...