What is biblical complementarity?
Owen Strachan is Provost and Professor of Theology at Grace Bible Theological Seminary in Conway, Arkansas. Gavin is husband to Amanda and father to Jake and Ava. He is associate pastor at Calvary Grace Church of Calgary, and the Director of International Outreach for CBMW. He played football professionally for Chelsea, QPR and Newcastle Utd and was a pundit on BBC Match of the Day.
Confusion abounds today on what it means to be a man and what it
means to be a woman. Peacock and Strachan put feet on the biblical
teaching.
*Thomas R. Schreiner (James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New
Testament Interpretation and Associate Dean, The Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky)*
Strachan and Peacock don't simply defend a view of men and women
that is traditional but now counter-cultural. They show it is
beautiful.
*Andy Naselli (Associate Professor of New Testament and Systematic
Theology, Bethlehem College and Seminary, Minneapolis,
Minnesota)*
We live in an age characterized by confusion on gender and
sexuality ... Strachan and Peacock have provided a careful and
faithful account of Scripture's vision for sexuality and gender.
This book is urgently needed.
*R. Albert Mohler (President, The Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky)*
Our culture is desperate for men, for them to be Christlike
husbands and fathers. This book joins the great cause of meeting
that need, and you'll be glad you read it.
*James M. Hamilton Jr.*
... In an unprecedented way, there is confusion in the church about
what it means to be created male and female ... For anyone
beginning to search for answers to the epic questions of our age,
Strachan and Peacock offer the way forward.
*Clint Humfrey*
... While you may not agree with every line, The Grand Design will
encourage and empower you in living for God as the person God made
you to be.
*Nigel Beynon*
... an outstanding book on the issue of men and women's roles as
determined by God's grand design ... compelling, thoroughly
biblical, and God-honoring.
*Martha Peace*
The point of conflict in the cultural war, the place where the
armies collide is clear. It is cosmic confusion over gender, sexual
orientation, and sexual identity. In Grand Design Peacock and
Strachan have done the church an immense service. They have
provided God's people with a valuable weapon, Truth! Read this
little volume. It is a cup of cold water and in a dry and arid
wasteland of lies and confusion.
*William P. Farley*
Read, rejoice, and realign through the fogless clarity of this
book. It will change your life, and you'll give praise to God that
it has.
*Bruce Ware*
Owen Strachan and Gavin Peacock are reliable guides for the
necessary return to biblical fidelity on one of our society's
central confusions. Christian, you need to read this book.
*Heath Lambert*
... Finally, we have a right-sized book to answer the questions men
and women are asking or need to ask. Gavin Peacock and Owen
Strachan are skilled and gracious communicators and it is a joy to
see The Grand Design in print. May it find its way into the hands
of every man and woman on the planet.
*Jason G. Duesing*
... provides an emphatically complementarian exposition of
Scripture's teaching on what it means to be man or woman, with
particular focus on the home and the church. The authors are not
afraid to confront and contradict secular consensus on the issues
that arise ... a challenging and practical volume which will repay
careful study.
*Robert Strivens*
In a culture being tossed by the winds of secularism, this book is
a beacon pointing us back to God's glorious design for men and
women. It is clear, accessible, and compelling and will be a
blessing to those who take its truths to heart.
*GraceAnna Castleberry*
While many evangelicals compromise, or wear 'gospel only' blinkers,
this book refuses to avoid any of the issues. With clarity,
compassion and cultural awareness the authors have skilfully
crafted a Biblical manual which will richly reward study and equip
caring Christians to navigate contemporary society and reach out to
our generation.
*John Benton*
In this short book they've laid out how biblical complementarity in
the home and church is both good and glorious. I wish every
Christian would read and apply The Grand Design.
*Jason Allen*
In an age so confused about identity and relationships between men
and women, Strachan and Peacock have written an easily accessible
and theologically clear must-read.
*Thomas White*
... Owen Strachan and Gavin Peacock are calling us to see again the
beauty of God's design for male and female. This is a timely and
needed book.
*Denny Burk*
This book has many strengths. It provides a survey of significant
biblical passages that defend the main contours of
complementarianism and strongly locates gender distinction within
the context of God's design for humanity. It invites its readers to
delight in a doctrine that is often thought of as restrictive
(especially for women). Above all, the authors' encouragement to
men and women to pursue Christ is vivid through prose that can
often only be described as breathless.
*John R. Gilhooly, Cedarville University Cedarville, Ohio - Writing
for The Gospel Coalition*
What a great and timely book on the issue of the role and function
of men and women. Concise and biblical, it deals with everything
from marriage, manhood, womanhood, transgender and, of course,
homosexuality; all issues facing Bible believing Christians in our
day.
*Mez McConnell*
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