Dr. Russell Moore, Dean of the School of Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, posts a great article provocatively entitled, "After Patriarchy, What? Why Egalitarians are Winning the Evangelical Gender Debate". (It looks like something that came out in a recent issue of the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society.) Excerpt: "Complementarianism must be about more than isolating the gender issue as a concern. We must instead relate male headship to the whole of the gospel. And, in so doing, we must remember that complementarian Christianity is collapsing around us … [Read more...] about Evangelical Gender Debate
New Book Promoting Chastity
I've previously commented on an outstanding book called What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman by Danielle Crittenden. Here were my remarks: "What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us vividly captures some of the disadvantages women experience in the current male/female milieu prevalent in our culture (in general) and on college campuses (in particular). The book is not explicitly Christian by any means, yet her conclusions are very similar to mine. In short, if women in the 1950s saw themselves primarily through the lens of their uniquely feminine callings (wives, … [Read more...] about New Book Promoting Chastity
Wayne Grudem on Offensive Language
Yesterday, Wayne Grudem wrote a warm, articulate and balanced e-mail to John Piper on the use of offensive language. Grudem is responding to Piper's explanation on why he used a vulgar word in a breakout session at the Passion 2007 Conference. Later reflecting on his choice of words, Piper noted: "I regret saying it. I am sitting here trying to figure out why I say things like that every now and then. I think it is a mixture of (sinful) audience titillation and (holy) scorn against my own flesh and against the devil, along with the desire to make the battle with Satan and my flesh feel … [Read more...] about Wayne Grudem on Offensive Language
Believer’s Baptism – Schreiner and Wright
Tom Schreiner and Shawn Wright have done the church an excellent service by co-editing a volume called Believer's Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant in Christ with Broadman and Holman. The book's description (from Amazon): Is believer's baptism the clear teaching of the New Testament Scriptures? What are the historical and theological challenges to believer's baptism? What are the practical applications for believer's baptism today? Volume two in the NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY STUDIES IN BIBLE & THEOLOGY (NACSBT) series for pastors, advanced Bible students, and other deeply committed laypersons … [Read more...] about Believer’s Baptism – Schreiner and Wright
Joe Carter Reviews With One Voice
Joe Carter writes this gracious review of With One Voice (which is summarized here): "In With One Voice: Singleness, Dating and Marriage to the Glory of God, Alex and Marni Chediak provide the ultimate answer: It is more important to become a certain type of person than it is to find a certain type of boyfriend/girlfriend. 'What are you doing to become the sort of person who would be winsome and attractive to the kind of person you want to marry?' (p. 45) Such candid questions and refreshing candor is the hallmark of this superb book on dating and marriage. It is filled with advice that is … [Read more...] about Joe Carter Reviews With One Voice
William Wilberforce – book by John Piper
John Piper's short biography on William Wilberforce is available January 29 as a softcover book and immediately as a free PDF. Speaking of Wilberforce, Piper notes: "He believed with all his heart that new affections for God were the key to new morals (or manners, as they were sometimes called) and lasting political reformation. And these new affections and this reformation did not come from mere ethical systems. They came from what he called the "peculiar doctrines" of Christianity. For Wilberforce, practical deeds were born in "peculiar doctrines." By that term he simply meant the central … [Read more...] about William Wilberforce – book by John Piper