Deb

BTW-The Bayly’s (and Doug Wilson’s) Trinitarian justification for their hyper-patriarchal views also do not resonate with the majority of the PCA. There have recently been a few pastors who have had to leave the denomination for following other erroneous elements of Wilson’s views (esp. Federal Vision). Overall, I hope that the PCA is able to come across as a good example of complimentarianism that supports mutal submission and at its heart is trying to be both gracious and rigorously Biblical. Unfortunately, some who are typically very sound, gracious and respectable on other topics really go off the tracks when really good egalitarian challenges are made. (for the record, I don’t think the Baylys are sound, gracious or respectable on most topics).

I’ve really, really enjoyed your blog. Maybe I’m more egalitarian than I thought… 🙂

I haven’t read through all the comments yet, so this is only a comment to the original post. I’m very familiar with the Bayly Brothers’ blog as well and have also attempted to engage them on some of their extreme views. I belong to the same denomination and what has been most interesting to me is that the President of our own denominational seminary has written a book and papers on the concept of mutual submission and how important it is for male leaders to acknowledge and practice it. Of course, the denom doesn’t ordain women and does support the idea of male headship, which I also agree with. However, I do believe that the Baylys are out of alignment with the truth and the denom just far enough to repell people from the Gospel. IMHO.

Now, I’ll try to catch up and read thru the 90 some comments 🙂