Comments on: CBE Reflections :: Why I’m still a Complementarian (with hierarchy!)

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:43:24 +0000

My pleasure Donna! Glad you found them handy! (Sorry my reply was so late – been busy studying, thus the lack of posts too!)

Blessings,
Mark

By: Donna

Donna — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:59:54 +0000

Wow, I was late to find this post. Thanks so much for this thoughtful post (and all the talk summaries you’ve linked too). Lots of good reading there. Cheers.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 01:40:48 +0000

Hi Tamie,

Well, I can’t really speak for all complementarians. But just offhand, I think I personally learnt a couple of things. These would represent my weak-spots, and areas which I need to continue thinking about:

1) That reading back up into the Trinity from the Incarnate Christ need carefulness. I’m not entirely persuaded that it’s incorrect methodologically, but I do think that it’s dangerous to ignore the communicatio idiomatum, and apply any incarnate actions of Christ to the second Person of the ontological trinity. Again, we’re into tip-toeing around Christological nuances. So, really my point is that flippancy is to be ruled out with Trinitarian analogies.

2) I think Tim Foster’s paper was good in that it reminded me about the complexities surrounding the context at Ephesus, and interpreting 1 Tim 2. So, really I think what I learnt here, is to hold my position on 1 Timothy 2 with a little more epistemic humility.

Hope that helps Tamie,
Mark

By: Tamie

Tamie — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:58:19 +0000

Hi Mark

I’d be heaps interested in hearing some further reflections about what you learned at CBE, particularly about the complementarian ‘weak spots’ or where you think complementarian hermeneutics could learn from egalitarian critiques. Would you be willing to put a few up?

Thanks!

Tamie

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:51:27 +0000

G’day Hannah,

It was really nice to meet you guys too! Thanks for your kindness and fellowship!

Hopefully see you soon.

Your brother,
Mark.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:26:58 +0000

Hi Mark,

Was great to meet you both on the weekend. So glad you could come.
Thanks for these reflections.

- Hannah.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:59:49 +0000

Luke – no worries mate. I reckon there’s a bunch more I could say, but I thought I’d better start studying for my exams and stop procrastinating by writing blog-posts!

Thanks for the tip-off about “Christ” Appleby! I always do that when typing Chris! Hahaha.

Cheers brother,
Mark

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:03:00 +0000

(Sorry, one more thing Mark, you’ve called Chris Appleby, Christ, he’s a nice fellow but probably not the Messiah!)

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:59:21 +0000

Thanks for the roundup Mark, very gracious. I attended the previous conference of the Melbourne chapter of the CBE and found it fairly polemical with a heavy reliance on cultural reconstruction to drive the argument. The emphasis on giftedness is interesting a friend pointed that out in the comments on my blog.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:52:14 +0000

Haha – thanks Mandy, all credit to you!

PS – nice hanging out with you and Louisa on the w/e …. catch you round college