Here's Dr. Wayne Grudam.

Nowhere does the Bible say that all women should be subject to all men.

The Bible says, wives be subject to your own husbands, not to other people's husbands.

The biblical, the fundamental biblical picture of how men and women relate who aren't married to each other is brother and sister.

It's Tuesday, May 17th, and you're listening to Revive Our Hearts with Nancy Lee DeMoss.

Are there any differences between men and women? What are they?

We're getting some wise biblical counsel on that topic this week.

Here's Nancy to introduce our guest.

We're listening all this week on Revive Our Hearts to a message that I think is perhaps the most helpful one I've heard on the subject of men and women, their similarities and their differences.

And what does the Bible have to say about the different roles between men and women?

This message was given about a year and a half ago at a conference for about 2,500 single adults.

It was given by Dr. Wayne Grudham, who's a professor at Phoenix Seminary in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Dr. Grudem is perhaps best known for his book on systematic theology, which sounds kind of intimidating,

but it's a very readable and helpful volume on basic Bible doctrine. He's also the

co-editor, along with John Piper, of another helpful resource called Recovering Biblical

Manhood and Womanhood, a response to evangelical feminism. In the first part of this message that

we listened to yesterday, Dr. Gruda made the point that men and women are equal in value and dignity.

Then he went on to explain that men and women have different roles in marriage and that that is

part of God's created order. As we wrapped up yesterday's broadcast, Dr. Grudham had just given the

first two in ten biblical reasons why Adam and Eve had different roles before the fall.

And as I said yesterday, this is a very important point to understand as we think through much of what we're hearing today about the roles of men and women, both in the home and in the church.

Let's join Dr. Grudem as he picks up with a third biblical reason

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