Episode 54: On “Broad” & “Narrow” Complementarianism

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 29 May 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Complementarianism is an umbrella term, under which Christians with both “narrow” and “broad” convictions stand.

Narrow complementarians are reluctant to say much more about the differences between men and women beyond texts like Ephesians 5:22 and 1 Tim. 2:12. “Broad” complementarians place these Pauline precepts inside of a larger theological “vision” or “definition” of manhood and womanhood that applies to all of life.

In this episode of Pastors’ Talk, Jonathan Leeman and Mark Dever talk about these theological distinctions, and how they sometimes threaten the unity of local churches.

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0:00.0	I'm Jonathan Levin.
0:06.5	I'm Mark Devere.
0:07.5	And welcome to this episode of Nine Marks Pastors Talk.
0:11.2	Nine Marks exist to equip church leaders with a biblical vision and practical resources for building healthy churches.
0:16.0	Learn more at nine marks.org.
0:22.1	Mark, what is called militarism?
0:24.8	The idea that gender is a good gift from God
0:27.3	and has aspects of the image of God
0:30.0	that are stable in individuals
0:32.8	that are both reflecting God's image
0:35.8	but distinct from each other
0:37.1	and that there are two categories image but distinct from each other.
0:41.4	And that there are two categories of this, fixed from creation itself.
0:44.3	So gender is not entirely a social construct.
0:46.4	Gender is not entirely a social construct.
0:53.3	Though different societies do different things with it, there is a fixed thing that crosses from society to society.
0:55.8	Both are true. And where is this taught in Scripture?
1:04.5	It's taught fundamentally in Genesis when God makes Adam. Adam does not find a companion suitable and then God makes Eve out of Adam and mentions the distinction and that it's good.
1:14.6	Yeah, yeah.
1:15.6	And even before that, I'd say in 127, before he names him, Adam and Eve, male and female, he created them.
1:22.6	Yeah.
1:23.6	We get a male kind and a female kind of human.
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