Gender Issues
Episode 93: On 1 Timothy 2:12 and Recent Complementarian Kerfuffles
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 06.25.2019What does 1 Timothy 2:12 specifically forbid? How can we have charitable conversations about our differences?
Episode 54: On “Broad” & “Narrow” Complementarianism
By J. Leeman, M. Dever | 05.29.2018Complementarianism is an umbrella term, under which Christians with both “narrow” and “broad” convictions stand.
Men, Women, and the Place of True Equality
By Trillia Newbell | 9Marks Journal: Church Life: Our True Political Witness | 04.17.2018In our rush to explain and emphasize the differences between men and women, we too often forget to emphasize the gloriously counter-culture truth of the equality of men and women.
Mailbag #73: Dealing with Cultural Commands in 1 Corinthians 11 . . . Must All Elders Be Teachers?
By J. Leeman, T. R. Schreiner | 02.23.2018— How should we interpret the passages in 1 Corinthians 11 about women cutting their hair? — Should teaching be the primary function of every pastor/elder?
A Word of Empathy, Warning, and Counsel for “Narrow” Complementarians
By Jonathan Leeman | 02.08.2018I might disagree with Piper on women teaching in seminaries, but before I scream “Injustice!” I should recognize that this is a jagged-line issue, and he can make a different yet still reasonable judgment than me.
Ministry to Women When There’s No “Women’s Ministry”
By Carrie Russell | 07.31.2017Events and programs aren’t bad. But when we depend on them to do all the work of discipling and relationship-building, we should expect them to eventually fail.
Mailbag #50: Does Genesis 2 Call Women to “Help” All Men?
By Jonathan Leeman | 02.03.2017— Looking at Genesis 2:18–20, would you say women are designed to help their husbands or everyone with a special focus on their husbands?
Book Review: Word-Filled Women’s Ministry, ed. by Gloria Furman and Kathleen Nielson
Review by Jamie Dunlop | 10.16.2015This book reshapes our view of “women’s ministry” toward a more biblical “ministry among women” for which we should all be deeply thankful.
Book Review: The Accidental Feminist, by Courtney Reissig
Review by E. Bratcher | 09.08.2015This book helpful addresses these questions: Can God be trusted? Can God’s design and purpose for you be the most fulfilling thing in your life? Is God’s Word really that trustworthy and authoritative?
Book Review: The Pastor’s Wife, by Gloria Furman
Review by Kristie Anyabwile | 08.06.2015It’s clear from the first pages that the main character of this book is Christ, and the pastor, his wife, their family and church are all supporting players.
Preaching to Women: Things for a Pastor to Consider
By Erin Wheeler | 9Marks Journal: Expositional Preaching | 06.18.2015Like all Christians, women need the ammunition of the gospel for another week of battle in this hostile world.
Can Women Teach Under the Authority of Elders?
By Jonathan Leeman | 05.22.2015Jonathan Leeman continues a conversation with John Piper, Tim Keller, John Frame, Tom Schreiner, and others.
The Doctrine of the Church in a Post-Indiana America
By Jonathan Leeman | 04.10.2015The doctrine of the church is about to prove itself as important as ever in the history of America. Churches where that doctrine is weak, I fear, will soon look like what Proverbs calls a city without walls.
A Brief History of Complementarian Literature
By Owen Strachan | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism & the Local Church | 03.19.2015Just as the Reformation constituted a mighty preaching and writing engine, so evangelical complementarianism has produced many millions of words that have revived and strengthened God’s church.
Complementarianism as a Worldview
By Owen Strachan | 9Marks Journal: Complementarianism & the Local Church | 03.19.2015Complementarianism has explanatory power on a range of major, life-shaping matters. But more than this, it has apologetic power, both in the living of this doctrine, and the speaking.
