Had a little fun last week w/ this Q & subsequent answers. HOWEVER, the discussion prompted an actual Q for me that sits at the intersection of covenant theology & gender. Would love feedback (1)https://twitter.com/sometimesalight/status/1050772746836332545 …
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At the very least, the way we're having the conversation isn't consistent w/ larger theology. I'm not sure it demands certain applications but we need to reframe the conversation.
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That's what I appreciated most about "Neither Complementarian nor Egalitarian"--the serious and, I think, largely successful reframing of the discussion.
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Yes, I'm convinced that through the gospel male/female differences can exist w/out division & can be source of flourishing for all. But by & large, that's not the conversation we're having.
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I feel like it's a constant battle to heal division while honoring differences. That's a tall order & I'm convinced only the gospel can fulfill it.
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Politics of late have reminded me of this--even at it's best, liberal democracy cannot achieve the reconciliation we long for. By priortizing individuals, it actually impedes reconciliation along class lines. Only the gospel calls us to sacrifice for the common good & one another
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Yes. I thought about this a lot when teaching constitutional law: how so many “rights” had one of the commandments as its flipside (the rt to personal property vs thou shalt not steal, for example).
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Yes, I'm convinced that the more godless society becomes the less we can count on government & law to pursue equality & justice. Any movement we've made in that direction has been established by deeper principles. I realized this watching protests during Kavanaugh hearings.
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I did not see angry women. I saw scared, helpless women facing the limits of their power.
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V curious to hear your further thoughts on this. Further qu: if “the mark of the Spirit” was a sign to early ch that the division between Jew and gentile (previously marked by circumcision) was broken down (acts 15:6-11), is there a similar division btw m&w erased by the Spirit?
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No doubt reconciliation is (or should be) happening. So I think we can expect to see racial & gendered reconciliation progressing along similar vector. What *divisions* are being healed (vs. erased), I'm not yet prepared to say. I know it's not colorblindness & sexblindnesses
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Erased wasn’t a good word. Healed much better. And a fuller understanding of our gendered, spirit-filled partnership in the gospel seems like the right vector to pursue.
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