The definition of the English word “order” proves helpful in organizing our study of the biblical teaching on the creation order in regard to man and woman. There are three senses in which the word “order” is used: 1) a fixed or definite plan, system; law of arrangement; 2) the sequence or arrangement of events or things; 3) social position or rank in the community.[...]

The discussion and debate in the church over the relationship between men and women and their roles in family, church, and society was renewed and reenergized in the 2008 presidential campaign when Sen. John McCain chose Gov. Sarah Palin, a married woman and mother of five children, to be his running mate and candidate for the office of vice president of the United States. This surprising choice was praised, by and large, by evangelical leaders who saw in her a strong conservative politician who would defend and promote the social values and political issues most important to evangelical Christians.

CNN ran an article the other day about a “shocking trend” taking place amongst young people right now that has caused some parents to heave a sigh of relief. The trend? Many young people are dressing more modestly.
The CNN article attributes the change noted over the last ten months to a number of factors. “Layering. [...]

Thursday the USA Today published an article entitled “Women rule the roost, and that’s OK with men.” The article reveals a study of 1,260 individuals surveyed this summer. Of that number, 43% said the woman calls the shots at home, 31% said the authority is split equally in the family between husband and wife, and [...]

In this culture that marginalizes men and lauds feminism, that extols epicene and sybarite characteristics in males, we continue to echo the Lord’s call to true masculinity in I Corinthians 16:13: “Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong!”
In keeping with that call, I began several months ago in my [...]

Before ending the interview, the CNN anchor quoted Ephesians 5:21 and asked, “What about the text that says the man and the woman should submit to one another?”
In this audio clip, taken from Dr. Voddie Baucham’s message The Centrality of the Home in Evangelism and Discipleship, Dr. Baucham answers that very question! This CD message [...]

Presidential candidate John McCain has made a choice ensuring that if either of the two major political parties win the White House, history will have a first in the United States. Either the next President will be black or the next Vice President will be a woman.
Regrettably, neither option would be biblically qualified for civil [...]

If you thought the half-man-half-horses in the Narnia series were strange and maybe a bit disturbing, just wait until you see what what other liminal beings the filmmakers of the new Prince Caspian movie have added to the world of Narnia.
C.S. Lewis’s Narnia series could not be described as an epistemologically self-conscious Christian series. In [...]

“As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths” Isaiah 3:12.
The above passage is one of many in Scripture where God reminds men of their duty to serve as loving and wise leaders [...]

Yesterday, Newsweek Magazine via MSNBC released an article about Patrick Henry College, the school some are calling “God’s Harvard” (ironic since Harvard was originally established as a theology school). The subtitle to Newsweek’s article reads: “The complicated story of tiny Patrick Henry College, where Christian students prepare for the world’s fight.” The writer of the [...]