Resources on Biblical Masculinity & Femininity

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE MALE & FEMALE

On Sunday, we heard from 1 Timothy 2:8-15 and considered the ways that both men and women are called to play their part in building up the church. We were reminded that men and women were made equally valuable but differently glorious and designed for particular purposes in the household of God as well as their own homes.

This is a topic of foundational importance as we seek to faithfully live our lives in Christ and demonstrate to a watching world the goodness of God’s design for gender and sexuality. Below, you’ll find a short list of resources to help you be who God has created you to be as male or female and redeemed you to be as a man or woman in Christ.

Scripture:

• God’s good creation & man’s fall into sin - Genesis 1-3

• Marriage, divorce, and re-marriage - Matthew 19:1-9; 1 Corinthians 7:10-16

• Roles in marriage - Ephesians 5:22-33; Colossians 3:18; 1 Pet 3:1-7

• Roles within the church - 1 Timothy 2:8-15, 3:1-7, 3:8-13, 5:3-16; Titus 1:5-9, 2:1-6

• Parenting - Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Psalm 145:1-7; Ephesians 6:1-4; Colossians 3:20-21

• Examples of godly masculinity - Jesus (Mark 10:42-45); Joseph (Genesis 37-50); David (1 Samuel 17)

• Examples of godly femininity - Mary (Luke 1:26-56); Ruth (Ruth 1-4); Abigail (1 Samuel 25)

Our Statement of Faith & Shared Values within our family of churches:

• Section 4, par 1-4 - Creation, Providence, and Man

• Complementarian Leadership in the Home and in the Church

Articles:

• Biblical Manhood and Womanhood by Josh Blount

For men

• Not Safe, But Good: The Men We Desperately Need Today by Greg Morse

• To Men who Want to Marry: How to Prepare to Lead Well by Bryan Stoudt

• For Single Men and Women (And the Rest of Us) by John Piper

For women

• Her Many and Marvelous Ministries: How Women Give Life to the Church by Scott Hubbard

• Wife, Double His Strength by Tilly Dillehay

• Every Woman’s Call to Work by Abigail Dodds

• Gender Roles and the Single Woman by Amber Komatsu

Books:

Church

• Men and Women in the Church by Kevin DeYoung

Marriage

• Love that Lasts by Gary & Betsy Riccuci

Parenting

• Habits of the Household by Justin Whitmel Earley

• Parenting by Paul Tripp

For men

• Leadership and Emotional Sabotage by Joe Rigney

• Disciplines of a Godly Man by R. Kent Hughes

For women

• (A)Typical Woman: Free, Whole, and Called in Christ by Abigail Dodds

• Feminine Appeal by Carolyn Mahaney