In this second part of our interview with Josh Blount, we get into more details about what difference being made male and female makes as we think about our Sunday gatherings. Josh serves as a pastor of Living Faith Church in Franklin, WV, and wrote his doctoral dissertation on issues related to gender. Below are some of the resources that Josh recommends on this topic.

The Christian Family by Herman Bavinck. Bavinck was a brilliant Dutch Reformed theologian, and this book is his contribution to help the pre-WWI Dutch church think carefully about marriage and the family in a changing world. Sections will feel quite “dated,” given that it’s over 100 years old, but that’s actually part of the strength of the work: by reading a faithful theologian address a controversial topic in a previous age, we can see more clearly some of our own contemporary biases.

The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self and Strange New World by Carl Trueman. These two books are the absolute best on understanding our current culture. The Rise and Triumph is Trueman’s first, much longer book, which he then shortened to an accessible, 200 page version in Strange New World. Both are very valuable. If reading a 400 page book excites you, begin with The Rise and Triumph and then read Strange New World to continue the learning experience. If a 400 page book is the last thing you want to pick up, then begin with Strange New World and follow up with select chapters in the longer volume that interest you or are particularly relevant.

Men and Women in the Church by Kevin DeYoung. This is a very useful summary of the texts and theology behind why men’s and women’s roles in the church aren’t interchangeable, and why it matters.

Finally, anything Rosaria Butterfield writes on these topics!

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