Sunday we’re resuming our sermon series on gender identity issues called Biblical Manhood & Womanhood: Equal & Unique.

Here are some things that will make the series more helpful as we move along.

                               Three Talks on the Trinity & Gender Roles 

Andrew Franseen and Andy Naselli served our congregation well by helping us see how the Trinity relates to our roles as men and women in our world, our churches, and our homes.

If you missed those talks, be sure to listen to the audio and check out the helpful handouts Andrew and Andy provided for those sessions. 

                               Two Books & Two Chapters on Gender Roles

In combination with the sermon series, this week also begins our Family Bible Class discussions on the issue of gender identity and roles. (Mike Gray starts off the series this Sunday by talking about “The Origin and Purpose of Gender.”) 

Bruce Ware’s book Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: Relationships, Roles, and Relevance is the finest book to help think through issues of Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, particularly as they relate to the Trinity. (We’ll have some of this available in our bookstall.)

Wayne Grudem tackles some of the toughest questions relating to gender roles in his excellent book Evangelical Feminism: An Analysis of More Than One Hundred Disputed Questions. (It’s available as a free PDF.)

John Piper provides the most concise and nuanced treatment of the topic in the first two chapters of Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. Chapter 1 is available as a free PDF. Chapter 2 is a series of questions and answers. It’s also available as a free PDF. (The entire book is available for free or for purchase here.)

In the weeks to come we’ll list more resources as we think through yet another issue that displays the incomparable beauty and surpassing sufficiency of our great God.