man and the woman—how they are the same, how they are different, and how they were made for each other. If we are to think rightly and feel rightly and embrace rightly what it means to be male and female, we need to appreciate that God doesn’t give arbitrary rules for men and women to follow. Whatever “rules” there are for men and women in the church are never mere rules; they reflect the sort of differentiated and complementary image bearers God designed us to be from the beginning. Once we understand
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