Saturday, February 18, 2012

Practical Theology for Women: Things that Undermine Complementarianism

http://www.theologyforwomen.org/2012/02/things-that-undermine-complementarian.html?showComment=1329610711043#c6477539321966332773

Problem number 1 is calling this debate a gospel issue. Now it’s true that the interplay between husbands and wives in the home is a TESTIMONY of the gospel as it reflects the nature of Christ’s profound love for the church. But being a testimony of the gospel is not the same as being the gospel.

Yep.  And this got me thinking about Schlatter's remark that the gap between faith and obedience happens when the message of God is replaced with a doctrine about God.  And what doctrine about God do some complementarians like to introduce to establish the need for an obedience and as a "gospel issue"?  Oh, that's right, the eternal subordination of the son.  A doctrine about God isn't the same as the message of God.

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