“I am a Christian, therefore I am a complementarian. I believe the Bible, therefore I am a complementarian.” –John MacArthur Earlier this evening we all received the sad news that Pastor John MacArthur had passed away at the age of…
Editor’s Note: The following review article appears in the Spring 2020 issue of Eikon: A Journal for Biblical Anthropology. John Piper and Wayne Grudem edited Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood in 1991, and now Aimee Byrd has written Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood some thirty…
Editor’s Note: The following article appears in the Spring 2025 issue of Eikon. There may be no better example of the Reformation in action than in the home life of the Puritans, who masterfully applied God’s Word to every area of life…
On Tuesday, President Trump attended a prayer service at the National Cathedral and was upbraided by the preacher directly from the pulpit. The preacher was Mariann Edgar Budde, who is a progressive activist and Episcopal Bishop of the Washington, D.…
Editor’s Note: The following book review appears in the Fall 2024 issue of Eikon. Graham Beynon and Jane Toher. Embracing Complementarianism: Turning Biblical Convictions into Positive Church Culture. The Good Book Company, 2022. Intro If there was ever a time a book…
Editor’s Note: The following article appears in the Spring 2024 issue of Eikon. Why do we not put adulterers to death anymore as prescribed in, for example, Leviticus 20:10–16? And since we do not, why insist, then, on the enduring importance of…
Editor’s Note: The following article appears in the Spring 2024 issue of Eikon. As American culture continues to degrade, Christians increasingly find themselves needing to defend biblical ways of thinking. Two recent books aggressively defend the Christian view of man and woman…
Editor’s Note: The following article appears in the Spring 2024 issue of Eikon. A very strange thing happened a couple of years ago. During Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Senate hearings for her appointment to the Supreme Court, Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee…
Editor’s Note: The following article appears in the Spring 2024 issue of Eikon. The first time I knew myself to be a Southern Baptist was in the year 2000 when, while watching the news, I saw the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) had…
Editor’s Note: The following article appears in the Spring 2024 issue of Eikon. Defining male and a female has become difficult for educated people. On March 23, 2022, the United States Senate was holding confirmation hearings for President Joe Biden’s nominee to…
Editor’s Note: The following article appears in the Fall 2024 issue of Eikon. Several years ago, a debate surrounding the inner workings of the Trinity erupted. One theologian whose views were in the crosshairs was Wayne Grudem, recently retired distinguished research professor…
Editor’s Note: The following article appears in the Spring 2024 issue of Eikon. The Greek philosopher Heraclitus (535–475 BC) famously quipped, “There is nothing permanent except change.” From one angle, we can understand what he meant by this oxymoron. As…
