Deuteronomy 6 and the Meaning of Marriage

Deuteronomy 6:20-23 reads: 20 “When your son asks you in the future, ‘What is the meaning of the decrees, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord our God has commanded you?’ 21 tell him, ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a...

Biblical Gender Roles Vs. Patriarchy

Teaching about gender roles feels very out of step with our current culture.  Suggesting there is any difference between men and women worked out in roles and impacting aspirations for careers and accomplishments is often assumed to be coming from patriarchal views of...

Did God Create the Family with Gender Roles?

Two weeks ago, in Gender Roles in Balance With Human Equality, I wrote primarily about how Genesis 1 and 2 teach the equality of men and women so that we understand correctly that gender roles do not negate that equality.  This week I want to write how we see gender...

Gender Roles in Balance with Human Equality

Today I want to write about the question of whether God created and intended gender roles and how I believe He from the start embedded them in the balanced environment of human equality.  Many people believe gender roles are simply a human invention.  However, we...

Two Perspectives

I first became aware in the early 1980’s that there were two basic perspectives within Christianity on the roles of men and women.  There is a traditional view, most often known as the complementarian view.  Broadly defined, adherents of this view believe that the...