Parchment & Pen Blog

I’m not a legal scholar or an expert on the issue of same-sex marriage, but I’d like to offer some thoughts I have had on the subject for some time. Specifically, I want to address the complaint that the traditional restriction of marriage to unions of a man and a woman are discriminatory against gay [...]

(Lisa Robinson) This past weekend a conference was going on here in Dallas for men entitled Kingdom Man.  For obvious reasons, I have no interest in learning about being a kingdom man and cannot speak fully to what was being taught. But what I fear is that the Kingdom Man agenda has been skewed towards [...]

Egalitarianism The belief that God has created men and women equal in all things. Men and women are ontologically and functionally equal. The way the sexes function in the church, society, and the family is determined by individual giftedness, not role distinctions according to the sexes. Therefore, each person should be judged individually when being [...]

You guessed it. It was about complementarian. Enjoy (again). The most common understanding of both Complementarianism and Egalitarianism goes something like this: Complementarians: Do not let women be pastors over men. Egalitarians: Do let women be pastors over men. or… Complementarians: The husband is the leader of the family. Egalitarians: The husband and wife co-lead [...]

No, not a biblical one. No, not a theological one. This is a very practical question of application. I want to see how your belief plays out in real life. Here is my question(s): Is there any way for us to train boys to be “men”? Is there any way for us to train up [...]

The most common understanding of both Complementarianism and Egalitarianism goes something like this: Complementarians: Do not let women be pastors over men. Egalitarians: Do let women be pastors over men. or… Complementarians: The husband is the leader of the family. Egalitarians: The husband and wife co-lead the family, with no priority. or… Complementarians: Wives submit [...]

I don’t know of many more controversial issues in the church than issues regarding women in ministry. It is not controversial whether or not women can do ministry or be effective in ministry, but whether or not they can teach and preside in positions of authority over men. The most controversial issue aspect of this [...]

Towards the end of last semester as I was immersed in studying Greek, I came across the names of a couple of female New Testament scholars.  Naturally my curiousity got the better of me.  My preliminary quest turned up a platform on gender issues amid other publications.  I must say I was disappointed.  I then [...]