Receiving Complaints as Gifts!?
As a church pastor, I can tell you that there are few things more discouraging than complaints. We tend to feel under attack and immediately break into defence mode. Maybe we could do with a fresh perspective.
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As a church pastor, I can tell you that there are few things more discouraging than complaints. We tend to feel under attack and immediately break into defence mode. Maybe we could do with a fresh perspective.
The book’s editorial framing ... defines away the more complicated reality that both egalitarianism and complementarianism share an eagerness to declare God’s ‘Yes’ to women, even as they disagree on the shape of that affirmation.
This wholesale negative recasting of complementarianism as a ‘No’ that locks women out of any impactful and viable teaching or speaking ministry not only renders [women who do serve in complementarian contexts] invisible but dismisses meaningful aspects of our kingdom service.
Dr. Service writes from an analytic (and egalitarian) perspective and is certainly committed to an undivided Trinity. But she also believes that this simplicity allows for genuine inter-trinitarian personal relationships, and that the mission of Christ reveals the eternal life of God.
Christian parents, go buy this book. Volume 2 is unique because of the wide range of topics that are tackled. Expect to be overwhelmed, expect to disagree with some things, expect to have so many new ideas you may never remember which ones you wanted to put into practice.
