Highlights from The Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood Spring 2008 Edition

The latest issue of The Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood is now in print. The Spring 2008 edition offers a new format, which will include regular contributions in the following sections: Essays and Perspectives, Studies, the Sacred Desk, and Gender Studies in Review (click here for the table of contents). For a description of the new format, see the editorial by JBMW's new editor, Denny Burk.

Some highlights:

Mark Dever: "It seems to me and others (many who are younger than myself) that this issue of egalitarianism and complementarianism is increasingly acting as the watershed distinguishing those who will accommodate Scripture to culture, and those who will attempt to shape culture by Scripture. You may disagree, but this is our honest concern before God. It is no lack of charity, nor honesty. It is no desire for power or tradition for tradition's sake. It is our sober conclusion from observing the last fifty years" ("Young vs. Old Complementarians").

J. Ligon Duncan III: "The gymnastics required to get from "I do not allow a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man," in the Bible, to "I do allow a woman to teach and to exercise authority over a man" in the actual practice of the local church, are devastating to the functional authority of the Scripture in the life of the people of God" ("Why ‘Together for the Gospel' Embraces Complementarianism").

Micah Carter: "Must Jesus, as the Christ, have been male? If Christian theology desires to place itself under the inspiration and authority of Scripture, then the answer must be yes" ("Reconsidering the Maleness of Jesus").

Ray Van Neste: "Our culture is infatuated with youth and encourages you not to grow up. . . . If you would be men, you must reject this siren song and swim against the tide. You must diligently seek to throw off immaturity and to grow up" ("Pursuing Manhood").

John Piper: "God designed the relationship between a husband and his wife to represent the relationship between Christ and the church. This is the deepest meaning of marriage. And that is why ultimately the roles of headship and submission are so important. If our marriages are going to tell the truth about Christ and his church, we cannot be indifferent to the meaning of headship and submission ("The Beautiful Faith of Fearless Submission (1 Peter 3:1-7)").

The essay by Ray Van Neste and the essay by Randy Stinson and Christopher W. Cowan are available online now. Click here for subscription information for the Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.