Witherington combines biblical scholarship and winsome storytelling to give readers a vivid picture of an important New Testament woman.
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Catherine Kroeger, the founding president of CBE, stated, “although women had made forays into the field of biblical interpretation, it was to be Katharine Bushnell who would bring out the heavy artillery.”
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God of ages has called me to the Second Mile,
To walk with my sisters through the Valley.
I pray for the strength and the good courage to continue the walk.
To be there in the darkness, to be there in the light,
The Second Mile is to be there.
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There are many others more qualified than I to represent a theological and philosophical apologetic for an “egalitarian” or “mutuality” point of view regarding women in the church. As someone who a decade ago experienced my first wife leave me, leading to divorce, I realize my personal life could also be seen as a less than-convincing egalitarian argument. If anyone talked with Carol, my wife, who loves me despite my blindness and insensitiveness, I would be further exposed as a very imperfect example of an egalitarian husband.
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When the star in the sky is gone
When the kings and the princes are home
When the shepherds are back with their flocks
The work of Christmas begins—
Why am I here and not there?
I am HERE because I have been THERE.
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When I saw my cousin again,
I had walked all day,
my ankles swollen like my feet.
Her bright eyes made my journey worth it.
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Could Mary have refused,
when it was offered her,
As with Mary,
it was the sound of angel wings
that broke the silence.