Thanks for tuning in to the Sword and Trial. Today, Graham and I have a conversation about manhood

and womanhood. This is something that we as elders of the church that we serve here in Cape Coral

are regularly thinking about because we see increasingly ways that feminism, egalitarianism,

is eroding the foundations of biblical thinking regarding what it means to be a man

what it means to be a woman we don't confess to have all the answers to all the challenges are

with us today in our contemporary world but we do realize that we need to see the challenges and

stand up to them and keep reverting to the word of God. So if this subject is of interest to you,

and we think it's vitally important, especially for church leaders and all pastors, would you

mind just spreading it around and subscribing to this podcast if you hadn't already done so

and helping us to get this message out just to help people of God to think more clearly and more readily about this

key issue of biblical manhood and womanhood.

Welcome to the Sword and Trial.

The Sword and Trial is a podcast of Founders Ministries and Founders Exists for the Recovery of the Gospel and the Reformation of Local Churches.

I'm Tom Askell.

I'm Graham Gundin.

Graham, how are things going with you these days?

Well, yesterday was a nice rainy day, which is great for my mango tree and my passion fruit, so things are going pretty well.

Mango and Passion. You know, I lost my mango tree and Hurricane Ian and I haven't replanted yet.

Mine was laying down flat on the ground and I propped it back up and staked it there and she's doing

great now. Good for you. Good for you. I lost a lot of plants and gardens and other things at Ian, and so I'm just

sadly limping along these days. But we today want to talk about something that is important in the

life of churches like ours or any church, any conservative Bible-believing church, has to confront

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