The church faces new challenges in every generation.[1] In the eighteenth century, for example, the English-speaking church faced intense theological attacks on the doctrine of the Trinity. Today, doctrinal challenges revolve mainly around the ethics of human sexuality. Where Enlightenment…
Editor’s Note: The following article appears in the Spring 2024 issue of Eikon. The church faces new challenges in every generation.[1] In the eighteenth century, for example, the English-speaking church faced intense theological attacks on the doctrine of the Trinity.…
Editor’s Note: The following article is part of a multi-denominational forum on the state of complementarianism. Q: What do you believe the Bible teaches about God’s design for men and women, particularly in the home and the church? How do…
Editor’s Note: The following article is part of a multi-denominational forum on the state of complementarianism and appears in the Spring 2024 issue of Eikon. Q: What do you believe the Bible teaches about God’s design for men and women, particularly…
Editor’s Note: The following article is part of a multi-denominational forum on the state of complementarianism. Q: What do you believe the Bible teaches about God’s design for men and women, particularly in the home and the church? How do…
Editor’s Note: The following article is Part III of a response to Christianity Today’s April 2024 cover story on gender and appears in the Spring 2024 issue of Eikon. Parts I and II can be read here and here. One…
Editor’s Note: The following article is Part II of a response to Christianity Today’s April 2024 cover story on gender and appears in the Spring 2024 issue of Eikon. Parts I and III can be read here and here. Gordon…
The April 2024 issue of Christianity Today includes three cover stories addressing ongoing differences between complementarians and egalitarians. Titled “Division of Labor,” the cover asks whether egalitarians and complementarians are really as opposed to one another as people suppose. Inside…
Editor’s Note: The following series of articles appear in the Spring 2024 issue of Eikon. Part I: Denny Burk, “Do Egalitarians Need Safe Spaces?” Part II: Tom Schreiner, “Are Husbands and Wives Addressed in 1 Timothy 2:9–15?” Part III: Brad…
In a previous article, I listed six things that 1 Timothy 2:8–15 does not mean. In this article, I list six more. That post and this one complement Sunday’s message on 1 Timothy 2:8–10 and anticipate the coming message on…
8 I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling; 9 likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold…
Amy Peeler. Women and the Gender of God. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdman Publishing Company, 2022. Feminist theologians have long wrestled with the question of God’s gender. In particular, they have chafed against naming God as “Father” and even against Jesus’…
