Manhood/Womanhood Conference - Cornerstone West Los Angeles

Session 1: Why We Need to Talk about Men and Women

May 21, 2022

Manhood and womanhood are hard to talk about for all sorts of reasons, from personal to political. But we need to talk about it, because it affects all of our lives in multiple ways. And we need to see how the Bible speaks to us on this issue.

Session 2: Exploring Scripture, Genesis 1-2

May 21, 2022

When the Bible speaks directly about gender, it appeals to the first chapters of Genesis. By entering into the story of creation, we find rich answers to the questions of what it means to be man and woman.

Session 3: Unpacking the Definitions

May 21, 2022

Definitions of manhood and womanhood aren't perfect, but they are helpful. In this session Brian, Meredith, and Scott take turns reflecting on the definitions provided in the previous session to see how we should (and shouldn't) understand them.

Session 4: Exploring Scripture, Genesis 3

May 21, 2022

Our experience of manhood and womanhood is full of struggle and suffering, a far cry from the picture in Genesis 1-2. Exploring Genesis 3 and our fall into sin helps to explain why.

Session 5: Roundtable, Gender in a Fallen World

May 21, 2022

From Genesis 3 onward, sin and suffering have colored manhood and womanhood. In this roundtable discussion, Brian, Meredith, and Scott explore how we can see these problems affect gender historically and today.

Session 6: Reflections on Redemption

May 21, 2022

Scott and Meredith offer reflections on the hope of redemption in Jesus Christ for men and women born after the fall.

Session 7: Exploring Scripture, Gender Passages in the NT

May 21, 2022

The Bible talks about gender directly in a few places in the New Testament, and Christians often focus exclusively on those passages. By seeing how the Bible understands manhood and womanhood from Genesis to Revelation, we are better able to understand those "gender passages" and apply them in our own lives.

Session 8: Roundtable, Exploring the Implications

May 21, 2022

What do we do now? Brian, Meredith, and Scott explore the ways the Bible's understanding of manhood and womanhood apply to our lives practically in the world, the home, and the church.