Breaking My Two-Year Silence* on Confessional Bibliology
I just broke my two-year silence regarding Confessional Bibliology with a big video on my channel that you don’t want to miss—a discussion with Drs. John Meade and Will Ross about the recent Reformation Bible Society LXX Conference. I think I need to explain why I’m breaking that silence. This will also allow me to clarify something that I think got buried two years ago when I decided not to engage publicly with proponents of the Confessional/Ecclesiastical/Reformation/Classic Protestant Text...
Quick Answer to a Question about Complementarianism
A dear friend of mine recently asked me if complementarianism is used to justify sin. I gave this quick answer: Yes. Just as I think egalitarianism can be used to justify sin, including sexual sin. For example, the guy who really thinks his secretary is hot and knows he shouldn’t be traveling alone in a car with her may tell himself, “It’s sexist to obey the Billy Graham rule.” Likewise, guys like me who are complementarians can say to themselves, “I’m the man of the house, and I don’t care if...
Review: Abigail Favale on the Genesis of Gender
The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory by Abigail Rine Favale My rating: 4 of 5 stars Really excellent. Fascinating personal story: So-called “Christian feminism” is, too often, secular feminism with a light Jesus glaze on top, a cherry-picked biblical garnish. Perceptive readings of Genesis: Genesis affirms a balance of sameness and difference between the sexes. This is a delicate balance that is difficult, but necessary, to maintain. Most theories of gender lose this balance, veering into...
Interview Book Review
Digital Liturgies: Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age by Samuel JamesMy rating: 4 of 5 stars Insightful. My “review” this time will consist of the questions I wrote up for an interview I’m doing with the author: My guest today on Logos Live is the only writer whose Substack I actually pay for personally. He’s an editor for Crossway and someone who writes with perception and aplomb. I was very much interested when I heard that he’d written a book on digital technology and its...
A Few Quotes from The Genesis of Gender by Abigail Favale
The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory by Abigail Rine Favale My rating: 4 of 5 stars Well written, provocatively helpful—provocative because she was schooled in evangelicalism (which makes her like me) and in feminist theory (which makes her not like me)—and is now a Catholic (which makes her both like and unlike me). Here are just a few quotes I found helpful, out of many I saved: There is a profound irony here. Through the vehicle of feminist theory, the concept of gender has displaced...