The Grand Design: Male and Female He Made Them
ISBN: 9781781917640The world has gone gray-fuzzy, blurry, gender-neutral gray. In a secularist culture, many people today are confused about what it means to be a man or a woman. Even the church struggles to understand the meaning of manhood and womanhood.
In The Grand Design, Owen Strachan and Gavin Peacock clear away the confusion and open up the Scriptures. They show that the gospel frees us to behold the unity and distinctiveness of the sexes. In Christ, we have a script for our lives. Doxology, we discover, is in the details.
Authors: Owen Strachan is Provost and Professor of Theology at Grace Bible Theological Seminary in Conway, Arkansas. Gavin Peacock 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. Endorsements: 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. ... 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. 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. .. 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. 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. 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. ... 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. 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. 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. ... 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.
--Bruce Ware, Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky & author of Big Truths for Young Hearts
--Denny Burk, Professor of Biblical Studies, Boyce College, Louisville, Kentucky
--William P. Farley, Pastor, Grace Christian Fellowship, Spokane, Washington .
--Martha Peace, Certified Biblical Counselor and author of The Excellent Wife
--R. Albert Mohler, President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky
--Thomas R. Schreiner, James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation and Associate Dean, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky
--Clint Humfrey, Senior Pastor, Calvary Grace Church, Calgary, Alberta
--James M. Hamilton Jr., Professor of Biblical Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky
--GraceAnna Castleberry, Wife, Mother, Blogger
--Jason G. Duesing, Provost and Professor of Historical Theology, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri
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, President, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri
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
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, Pastor, Niddrie Community Church and Ministry Director of 20Schemes
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, Executive Director, Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC); Author, A Theology of Biblical Counseling .
.. 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, Pastor, Bradford-on-Avon Baptist Church, Wiltshire, UK & former Principal, London Seminary
Additional Information:
| Cover: | Softcover |
| Number of Pages: | 172 |
| Publisher: | Christian Focus Publications |
| Publication Date: | 2016 |