June 17, 2012 | A Help-Mate For Him: Eve and Biblical Femininity - Father's Day 2012

On Mother's Day, we looked at the story and legacy of Adam - the first man. Thus for Father's Day, we looked at his wife - Eve - in order to understand the creation of woman and what true, biblical femininity is. There are hard truths here, but necessary truths.

My concern here is that such a message will be labeled as patriarchal and sexist without even really considering the argument. Unfortunately, we live in a feminized culture where it is ok to criticize men and masculinity, but not women and femininity. The Bible is an equal opportunity employer and calls sin what it is. Sin transcends gender and so does the gospel. Our only question is, will we submit?



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For more:
Sermon - May 13, 2012 | Men Are Priests: Why Christ is a Better Man Than Adam - Mother's Day 2012
GBC - May 8, 2011 - Proverbs 31: The Virtuous Womans - Mother's Day 2011
GBC - November 20, 2010 - God is Triune: God the Father  
GBC - June 21, 2009 - The Faithful Father 
GBC - May 9, 2010 - Manly God for Godly Men:  A Word to Men on Mother's Day
GBC - The Maternal Nature of God: Jim Wallis and the Emergent Worldview
GBC - God is Not a Dude:  Rob Bell and the "She" Video
GBC - Myths of Fatherhood     

Driscoll on Neither Feminism or Chauvinism

I'm studying for tonight's Bible study on the doctrine of man and I came across the following quote from Mark Driscoll on the creation of Eve from Genesis 2.

“So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up that place with flesh.” This is beautiful. Everything is created by God’s word. The man is created from the dust of the earth by God’s metaphorical hands. And the woman is created from the rib, the side of the man. This shows that the woman is not to be out ahead of him, as feminism would teach, or behind him, as chauvinism would teach, but alongside of him as an equal image-bearer of God, as the Scriptures teach.

I like the language here.  Feminism and chauvinism is nothing more than an extreme reaction to the other that fails to solve the real problem.  Complementarianism balances these two.  Men and women aren't better than each other, but different and unique.  Furthermore, biblical marriage is a picture of the Trinity where there is a unified diversity.  Men and women are different, though unified.  This is why intimacy (not just sexual, though certainly including it) is critical.  It one out of two. 

It is critical to remember that every time fallen man tries to fix a certain extreme, it inevitably goes to the other all the while missing the point.  The turn from chauvinism to feminism perfectly illustrates this tendency. 


To watch the sermon the above quote is taken from, view below.





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For more:
Driscoll on Trinitarian Heresies and Living the Trinitarian Life  
What Creation Reveals About God  
Driscoll Sermon:  God is Creator 
How Much Do We Owe?:  Discoll on our Need for Redemption 
The Church as Family 

June 20, 2010: Revelation 19:1-10 - On Being the Bride: What Can Brides Learn from the Bride of Christ?

I enjoyed our discussion of Revelation 19 on Father's Day as we discussed the Bride of Christ.  One word of warning though, the audio stops just prior to the 23 minute mark.  My battery pretty much died and stopped recording.  Oops.  I thought I had plenty of battery.  But I went ahead and posted the audio anyways.  Hope everyone had a good Father's Day!




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For more:
Father's Day 2009 - The Faithful Father 
Myths of Fatherhood 
Mother's Day 2010 - Manly God for Godly Men:  A Word to Men on Mother's Day 
Mother's day 2009 - 1 Samuel 1:  A Portrait of a Godly Woman - Audio