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In this episode of the Theopolis Podcast, Peter Leithart and I continue our discussion of the Song of Songs, considering the significance of eros in our theology and interpretation.
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In this episode of the Theopolis Podcast, Peter Leithart and I discuss arguments in favour of an allegorical reading of the Song of Songs.
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If you take a look over on the Epistle of Dude blog, someone has transcribed much of the original podcast in which I gave thoughts on Paul Maxwell’s account of masculinity.
I’ve been asked to give thoughts on this video/article by Paul Maxwell on evangelicalism and masculinity. I have previously commented on Paul Maxwell’s approach to masculinity here.
A talk delivered at Patrick Henry College on the changing shape of sexuality in the twenty-first century. Continue reading “Sexuality in Zero Gravity”
How do we explain 1 Timothy 2:14? On the one hand it appears to have a novel idea that Adam was not deceived in the fall. While on the other it appears to ground the submission of women in a tendency to be deceived. What’s going on here?
Continue reading “Man, Woman, Deception and Authority in 1 Timothy 2”
1.) How can Paul call Timothy his “true child in the Faith” (1 Tim 1:2; cf. 1 Cor 4:17, 2 Tim 1:2) when Jesus forbids calling anyone Father besides God (Matt 23:9)? I’m assuming Jesus meant “call no man a spiritual father” but that seems to not clear up the issue since it seems like Paul is referring to himself as Timothy’s spiritual father (maybe in a nuanced sense). Is this situation analogous to how, in the next verse, Jesus tells us to call no man instructor except for the Christ, but we obviously have instructors in the church?
2.) What is the significance of Luke mentioning in Acts 28:11 that the boat Paul was sailing on had the twin gods (Castor and Pollux, I think) as figureheads? That might be an historical detail but was curious.
3.) What should Christians think of contraceptives (specifically non-abortive contraceptives, like condoms and birth control)? Should Christians only use methods of “family planning” or are any methods (artificial or natural) of preventing children from being conceived immoral?
Continue reading “Call No Man Father, Castor and Pollux, Contraception”
In the past two episodes of “Mere Fidelity” there was an underlying issue which was touched on, but not fully discussed. That is the relationship between the biological family and the New Family of which Christ is the firstborn. Examples I am thinking of: 1.) Does the Great Commission now call us to emphasize “being fruitful and multiplying” for this New Family through making disciples, over and against being fruitful in biological families? 2.) For those who cannot have biological families, how much should the church be relied upon to be family? 3.) The New Testament certainly seems to de-emphasize biological family to some degree, what do we make of this?
In relation to your “Paul Maxwell on Masculinity” video, I definitely have observed the beneficial impact that working together seems to have on men. However, you suggest that keeping men and women working separately as much as possible is the best way to allow men to have good sense of their own masculinity. What exactly would that look like in a modern context, and are there areas where you think that separation would become problematic? Prudence Allen’s work on philosophical concepts of women indicates that the treatment of universities as male-only spaces did have some very negative results, and she argues for a complementarity view of the sexes that emphasizes the way positive interaction between the sexes can create more fruitful results, intellectual and otherwise, than if the sexes are kept separate. Are there spaces where you think gender exclusion should not take place?
Today, I am giving some thoughts about Paul Maxwell’s work on masculinity, summarized here.
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