After finishing Endor's Doing Things Right, my latest interest is in Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: what defines a man versus what defines a woman? What defines a successful man versus what defines a successful woman?
Needless to say, I'm more interested in thoughts on womanhood; the study of manhood is only for the sake of "compare and contrast." A couple keywords come to mind: being a helper, nurturing, ...
The website of the Council of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) happened to be my first stop, thanks to google search. Under its Web Resource is posted the PDF version of Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood by John Piper and Wayne Grudem. A friend gave me a hardcopy some 15 years ago. Didn't get through it -- it was too conservative for me back then and I wasn't interested in why women shouldn't be leaders or pastors at church. Just downloaded the PDF version to at least browse through the topics to get some ideas.
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