How Should Men Lead in the Church?

In the 4th part of Male & Female: A Biblical Look at Gender, Bobby and Renée tackle key passages that point to qualified men leading in the local church. They look at key passages like 1 Corinthians 11:3-5, 11:7-10, 14:29-37, and 1 Timothy 2:8-15. Bobby and Renée describe how in the ancient world, people participated […]

Gender Roles in the Home: Is It Mutual Submission?

In this video, Bobby and Renée dive deeper into Biblical headship and into servant leadership in the home. How are men supposed to lead their families as God intended? Bobby talks about the shift in culture toward an egalitarian approach in American Christianity. They both teach on what it looks like for men to lead […]

What is a Man? How to be a R.E.A.L. Jesus-like Man.

Have you wondered what it really looks like to be a man of God? In this first part of our six-part series on Male & Female: A Biblical Look at Gender produced by RENEW.org, Bobby Harrington teaches on what it looks like to be a Christ-like man who follows and models Jesus. He paints a […]

Can Women Serve as Elders in the Church? 5 Questions to Ask about 1 Timothy 3

Disciples of Jesus are facing big challenges in our culture today. One of the difficulties is the increasing cultural accusations of misogyny and patriarchy directed at the local church. If we are honest with ourselves, with this kind of pressure, it is easy to look for a way to re-interpret our understanding of some passages […]

Foreword to ‘Male and Female: A Biblical Look at Gender’

The following is one of the forewords for the book Male & Female: A Biblical Look at Gender, edited by Renée Webb Sproles.  Henny-Penny, we are told in various versions of the story, was a chick hit upon the head by a single falling acorn. She concludes the “sky is falling” and precipitates mass hysteria […]

What Does It Mean to Be a Man?

The conversation around gender in North America is chaotic, confusing, and caustic. When asked to define the word “woman” during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings last year, Ketanji Jackson Brown simply said, “I’m not a biologist.” Colin Wright wrote a recent Wall Street Journal article in an attempt to provide an answer to that same […]

The Remarkable Power of Preferred Pronouns

I told myself I wouldn’t brag about this publicly. For years, it’s been a bit of a Clark Kent-Superman dilemma: should I tell people about my secret power? Should I keep it under wraps? At the risk of sounding vain, I’m going to go ahead and tell you. I know a lot about pronouns. Like, […]

Spiritual Gifts in a Women’s Ministry

When it comes to women’s ministry, the word “intentionality” is incredibly important. In the organic, often unstructured, development of women’s ministries, this has often been one of the missing components. Part of building intentionality into a women’s ministry is having an understanding of spiritual gifts and how to incorporate them correctly. Upon our new birth, […]