Calling God ‘He’ or ‘Lord’ encourages Wife-beating

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

The devil must be laughing her socks off. [HT: Pontifications]

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About Alastair Roberts

Alastair Roberts (PhD, Durham University) writes in the areas of biblical theology and ethics, but frequently trespasses beyond these bounds. He participates in the weekly Mere Fidelity podcast, blogs at Alastair’s Adversaria, and tweets at @zugzwanged.
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2 Responses to Calling God ‘He’ or ‘Lord’ encourages Wife-beating

  1. John H's avatar John H says:
    October 6, 2006 at 7:52 am

    I’d suggest reading the report itself. No doubt there is some C of E lib-cath idiocy in there, but I’d never take a Daily Mail report on “political correctness gone mad” at face value.

    I think it was JI Packer who made the point that the earliest Christian creed was not simply “Jesus Christ is Lord” – that is, a statement about who Jesus is – but “Jesus Christ is Lord” – a statement about what true lordship is; that the crucified Christ challenges our power-centric concepts of lordship.

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  2. Al's avatar Al says:
    October 6, 2006 at 8:22 am

    You are absolutely right, John.

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