Is there a way to reconcile differences in the body of Christ over the role of women in the church and the role of women in the home?

In some ways, this issue is tearing apart the global church.

And our guest today, Dr. Greg Allison has a unique proposal of how the church can move forward with unity on this topic amid significant differences.

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Professor Greg Allison is the author of the book, Complementarity,

and he is here to talk about it.

I'm your host, Sean McDowell.

I'm your co-host, Scott Ray.

This is an episode of the podcast, Think Biblically, brought you by Talba School Theology, Biola University. Greg, thanks for coming on. Thank you so much for hosting me, Scott and Sean. Pleasure to be with you. Absolutely. Well, I just want to start with the question. We typically start with, because's always interesting. It's just the backstory. Like, what motivated you to write a book? And this is a lengthy

book that strives for unity amongst Christians, despite vast differences. About 510 pages.

It's 510 pages about the role of men and women in the church and the home.

What motivated me, the scriptural emphasis on matters like love and unity, mutual respect.

Just from Romans 12, a couple of verses, let love be genuine, love one another with brotherly

affection, outdo one another in showing honor, live in harmony with one another. These passages

gripped me and caused me to really think about the disaster that we're in.

You even mentioned it in the intro, these warring parties in the church over men and

women's issues.

I hear complementarians charging egalitarians with giving up on inerrancy and being on a slippery slope toward the

LGBTQ agenda. I hear egalitarians charging complementarians with fostering sexual abuse

and misogyny. And this cancel culture deeply concerns me, and it clashes with scripture's

emphasis on love and unity and respect. This brought forth then this book.

All right. Okay, go ahead. Let me follow up with this one, Scott. Before we jump into the

particulars of your book, why is this an issue we should have unity over?

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