dominant social trends have often impacted the gender debate by influencing the framework of the discussion, moving the overall trajectory in an increasingly individualistic direction based on self-fulfillment even as it dealt with issues of authority and equality. In light of this, we have tried to show the need to go back to Scripture to see whether there are other, more transcendent and corporate concerns with which to view gender than those presented by the two current positions. The crucial component to reframing the debate is to consider God’s purposes for his people and how these are
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