Under Much Grace

Well, the Baylys are an interesting breed, aren’t they? As Lin mentioned, the patriarch crowd (much like the more recent comments from Russell Moore of CBMW and SBTS) find complementarianism to be too lax for their standards. Patriarchy is far above and beyond CBMW’s stance on many points regarding gender. They quote Moore often, but I believe that all but the Federal Visionists scrupulously avoid the topic of the Doctrine of God and Trinity. (The Baylys are very friendly with Doug Wilson who is the source of the Federal Vision teachings on Trinity and the appeal to the Trinity to support female subordination, BTW.) They enjoy the ability to draw on Moore and Ware without being held to the foundational assumtions of their Trinitarian (or anti-trinitarian) views. They practice a great deal of intentional vagueness in order to enjoy this lack of accountability.

The Baylys present excellent examples of the hyperbolic verbal aggression within patriarchy, exemplifying this spiritually abusive characteristic very notably. I don’t know that it is fair to many of the men in the complementarian camp to call patriarchs complimentarians! To many, the patriarchs are a whole different breed, even though they rely heavily upon the teachings of CBMW.

If you were insulted or thrown off the Bayly blog, you are to be highly esteemed and should wear the status as a badge of honor!