Both are true.
Live what you already know is true.
We are all equal, made in God’s image. We all complement each other’s work.
Why do I think it necessary to coin a new word?
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Encourage each other with equal treatment and submission to the goals of others.
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FULL TEXT:
I would like to coin a new word: complequality.
All people are equal. Genesis 1 says all people are equal having been made in God’s image. All people also complement each other, the clear teaching of Genesis 2. Every interaction between people in life is in some way complementary. I assume the role of “associate faculty” in my teaching-learning community at the public university, answering to a department head. I am not inferior nor in any way less-than others. I complement the work we do through the role I assume.
Complequality relationships are supportive, constructive, and beneficial to the whole of an enterprise. When I think of my wife Robin’s and my relationship over 40 years, we each bring strengths to our marriage: we are equals. At the same time, I complement Robin, she complements me. I may be responsible for family finances, for instance, but together Robin and I talk about how, when, or on what to spend money. Her wisdom “meter” is superior to mine in daily life, seeing details I miss, whether in discussion of saving-giving-spending or the method of response to other situations. We don’t get hung up on the terms “equality” or “complementary,” we just live them. We celebrate our equality as humans and our roles in life as a man and woman.
A new word like complequality may be helpful. At the Comenius Institute, we believe Scripture is clear (1) all people are equal, being made in God’s image, (2) relationships throughout life are complementary, we all have God-designed roles and submit to each other to accomplish purposes, and (3) abuse, in whatever form, perpetrated by any person against another, is wrong, based on God’s righteous standard.
March is Women’s History Month, a month to celebrate complequality between men and women.
For Truth in Two, this is Dr. Mark Eckel, president of the Comenius Institute, personally seeking truth wherever it’s found.