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Does the Son submit to the Father? Some further thoughts

I recently shared some thoughts about the relationship of the Son to the Father in the light of Aimee Byrd’s book “Recovering From Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. My position is that it is correct to say that the Son does submit to the Father but unhelpful to describe this as Eternal Subordination. Here are some… Continue reading Does the Son submit to the Father? Some further thoughts

The Trinity Controversy (Aimee Byrd and complementarianism part 2)

Blurbs about Aimee Byrd’s book, Recovering from Biblical manhood and womanhood have highlighted a few issues she picks up on, one of which is that she views that approach to complementarianism as linked to an unorthodox view of the Trinity. What is the problematic view? Well, let’s start by going back to first principles. When… Continue reading The Trinity Controversy (Aimee Byrd and complementarianism part 2)

Who is God? The obedient Son

Here is the next in our Faithroots Live videos. In this talk we look at how Jesus obeys the Father. We discuss the theory of Eternal Functional Subordination and see that we cannot talk about the Son in a way which denies his unity and equality with the Father or his distinction from Him.