Thursday, August 31, 2006

a challenge

21413212 John Piper charges women--both married and single--with 15 challenges in this article from his Desiring God site. (Hat tip to Emily at Unfuling Flower.)

Piper also has other resources on Complementarianism in his online library.  And, Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, which is edited by Piper and Wayne Grudem, is also available online in a pdf file for download (free).

Go; read; be challenged!

 

Aug 31, 2006 2:03:06 AM | being single, on the net, spirituality

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amanda

thanks for the heads up! They just updated this site this weekend--I didn't even think about checking to make sure the linked worked.

Posted by: amanda | Tuesday, September 05, 2006 at 10:19 AM

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