It’s easy to overlook that the Bible itself, as artefact, is a technology ... We’ve only had the word of God in its current printed book form since the invention of the printing press a bit over 500 years ago ... Before the printing press, a single copy of the Gutenberg Bible was formed from 170 calf skins.
I can’t think of a writer who has summarised the sheer volume of data so helpfully. Firth succinctly and persuasively demonstrates God’s valuing of women and their active participation in his purposes. Both sides of the debate can praise God for ... the way [he] has used many women to save his people.
As you minister the word of God in your church, make it a labour of love. Make time for it. If you’re preaching on Sunday, don’t leave your prep until Saturday. Start on Monday, or better still start the week (or weeks) before. God’s word was never intended to be fast food. Take it slow and savour the flavours.
Growing together in God’s Word is key to maturing together as disciples. We are joined in this episode by Annabel Nixey to talk about how to do that.
Far from arguing from silence and using a few data points to plot a female-disenfranchising theology, the complementarian view is anchored in what Genesis teaches about our equality and our complementary roles in creation; the universal effects of sin, and the distinct expressions of sin and judgment for men and women.
