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Gender Distinctions

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Gender Distinctions

This is the second part of a message started last week. Last week we explored the equality of men and women in the revelation of Scripture. Today we'll be looking at some more passages that speak to the distinctions of men and women. It seems in Corinth, like Canada, the church had gladly accepted the gospel's teaching regarding the equality of men and women. Yet, for all the excitement about the new-found status of women in the church being equal with men, some in the Corinthian church were sliding toward a more position that eroded the differentiations between male and female.

The Word of God calls us to preserve the distinction between man and woman, which honours the particular glory of each, by relating to one another in appropriate ways in the home and in the church. 

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Gender Equality

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Gender Equality

This is the first of a two-week look at the Bible's teaching on gender. The focus of this message is one the fundamental equality of men and women as beings created in the image of God. We look at six different aspects of the unity of men and women as revealed in the Bible. Men and women are equal in dignity on account of their being created in the image of God, in their necessity to fulfill the creation mandate, in their depravity as a result of sin and its devastations, in their participation in salvation history, their redemption as co-heirs of life in Christ, and their mutuality in marriage. This message is fundamental and must be kept in mind as we explore distinctions between men and women in the following message.

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