Marriage in the New Testament is often discussed through the lens of authority and submission. However, 1 Pet 3:7 uses the term synklēronomos to describe a wife in relation to her husband. The term means coheir or inheriting together with.[1] In a forthcoming edited volume, God’s Yes to Women: Why the Bible’s Vision of Partnership Is...Read More

Contemporary theological accounts of gender—complementarianism and egalitarianism as previously outlined—serve as part background to my own proposed doctoral research: One Flesh: A Literary and Socio-Rhetorical Study of the Pauline (and Deutero-Pauline) Marriage Texts.[1] Expressed more simply, I am exploring the apostle Paul’s writings about marriage with reference to their first-century social setting. Given the intersection...Read More

The decades-long gender debate within evangelicalism shows few signs of abating and the stakes remain high. For complementarians the plain meaning of Scripture in prohibiting women from certain leadership roles in the church/home is clear. To cross this line is to call the very authority of the Bible into question. Likewise, much is at stake...Read More