Heads, bodies, submission and BDAG: Andrew Bartlett’s response to my article on Ephesians 5

Heads, bodies, submission and BDAG: Andrew Bartlett’s response to my article on Ephesians 5 Below is Andrew’s response to my latest article.  I try to send Andrew an advanced draft of what I’m about to say and keen-eyed observers will notice that I amended the first comment he picks up on, prompted by his comment. … Continue reading Heads, bodies, submission and BDAG: Andrew Bartlett’s response to my article on Ephesians 5

Marriage at work in Ephesians

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In my detailed engagement with Andrew Bartlett’s book, “Men and Women in Christ, we’ve got to the bit where he engages with Ephesians 5 and Colossians 3.  You will probably have picked up that I think he should have made this his starting point   Now, you might think that maybe this reflects my own bias,… Continue reading Marriage at work in Ephesians

Herarchies, submission and love (A response from Andrew Bartlett)

Here is a guest post with Andrew Bartlett’s thoughts on my piece titled ‘Hierarchies, submission and love’. [1] HIERARCHY/UNILATERAL AUTHORITY? Since the phrase ‘unilateral authority’, is unfamiliar, it may help if I quote my explanation of it, from page 10 of my book: “By ‘unilateral’, I mean that the authority is one-way only, the husband… Continue reading Herarchies, submission and love (A response from Andrew Bartlett)

Responding to Andrew Bartlett on Complementarian novelty

Andrew Bartlett has responded to my article questioning whether or not Complementarianism is novel.   I thought it was worth a little response back.  I think the crucial thing to say here is that I think Andrew misses the point.  It’s important to be clar about what is being argued and what is not being argued,… Continue reading Responding to Andrew Bartlett on Complementarian novelty

Is complementarianism novel? Andrew Bartlett’s response

This is a guest post from Andrew Bartlett, author of “Men and Women in Christ”. I’m currently writing a series of articles engaging with his book and Andrew has kindly agreed to engage in response. I don’t intend to have a lengthy back and forth on each section but my plan is to publish his… Continue reading Is complementarianism novel? Andrew Bartlett’s response

1 Corinthians 7 and strawmen (Andrew Bartlett’s response)

This is a guest post. As promised, here is the first of Andrew Bartlett’s responses to my critique and engagement with his book. I will respond in a further article to his comments here. I don’t intend there to be a lenthy back and forth on each topic but there are some things worth picking… Continue reading 1 Corinthians 7 and strawmen (Andrew Bartlett’s response)

Men and women in Christ Fresh Light from the Biblical texts (Book Review)

I recently had some correspondence with Andrew Bartlett, author of “Men and Women in Christ”, in response to some of my articles on Faithroots about complementarianism. As a result, Andrew kindly sent me a copy of his book and asked me to review it.  So, here is the review or rather part one. It’s my… Continue reading Men and women in Christ Fresh Light from the Biblical texts (Book Review)

Men and women in church leadership revisited

I recently picked up on Evangelical Times’ article and podcsst about women teaching and preaching.  As I noted, the podcast doesn’t really offer us a Biblical case for the position and assertions taken.  However, some people do, in the You Tube comments section attempt to have a discussion about what the Bible says. One claim… Continue reading Men and women in church leadership revisited

Are we really at a turning point for women in ministry?

Paul Smith has written an article for Evangelical Times claiming that the Evangelical Church is at a turning or tipping point when it comes to men and women in ministry.  He has also participated in a podcast discussion with the editor Mike Judge.  The article is behind a paywall so I’ve not been able to… Continue reading Are we really at a turning point for women in ministry?

The Sexual Reformation (Book Review)

I was a bit late getting round to it but I’ve finally sat down to read Aimee Byrd’s “The Sexual Reformation all the way through. The premise of the book is that we’ve got our understanding of sex, gender and sexuality all messed up and certain elements of conservative evangelicalism -specifically the Campaign for Biblical… Continue reading The Sexual Reformation (Book Review)