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Avoiding the pitfalls of both radical feminism and reactionary conservatism, Sarah Sumner traces a new path through the issues—biblical, theological, psychological and practical—that arise between complementarians and egalitarians on the topic of women and the Church. Arguing that men and women are both equal and distinct, Sumner encourages us to find ways to honor and benefit from the leadership...

The mystery of marriage is that two become “one flesh.” From the moment they are married and their bodies unite, the husband is the head and the wife is the body. This explains, at least in part, why the relationship of God and Christ cannot be reduced to a picture of a leader and a helper. God and Christ are truly one. Jesus said it plainly, “I and the Father are one” (Jn 10:30). Likewise, Christ and the church are one (Jn 17:21). Christ and the church are more closely united than just Savior and
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