A Very Egalitarian Summer Reading List: 12 Books to Add to Your Pile
School’s out for summer! Well, some of us have technically been out of school for quite a while, or maybe it’s our kids who are
June 4, 2018
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Altogether Lovely: A Thematic and Intertextual Reading of the Song of Songs
The frank eroticism of the Song of Songs has long seemed out of place in the Hebrew Bible. As a result, both Jewish and Christian
June 1, 2018
6 Principles for Guarding Churches Against Predators
I was fourteen the first time I rode the subway alone. I remember my parents drilling me about practical safety and how to spot a
May 31, 2018
What Kind of Men Will Our Church-Going Boys Become?
I’m sixty-five years old. In the time and culture in which I grew up, equality for women just didn’t exist—not in the church and not
May 29, 2018
Paige Patterson, SWBTS, and the Problem with “Sorry, Not Sorry”
To live in the American South is to be connected to Baptists. Raised in non-denominational churches, my own young signature was nevertheless scrawled on the
May 24, 2018
Abuse Is Wrong Because Women Are People, Not Because You Have Daughters
Our expectations for how men should treat women are often stated in the negative—don’t abuse; don’t oppress; don’t sexually assault. These are obvious, bare minimum
May 22, 2018
Biblically Side by Side, Session 1
Session 1 from Biblically Side By Side on Vimeo. Are husbands supposed to be the head of the home? Can women preach or pastor a
May 18, 2018
If Not A Billy Graham Rule, Then What?
Is there a healthy balance somewhere between the Billy Graham rule and nothing at all? Could we, instead of creating a rule that worked well
May 17, 2018
A Response to Paige Patterson’s Comments on Abuse
Last week, an audio tape from 2000 resurfaced in which Paige Patterson, currently the president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and a prominent leader in
May 7, 2018
A Response to Thabiti Anyabwile’s Apology to Beth Moore
Women have had an uphill climb in the world of evangelical ministry, and that’s putting it mildly. Any woman who has been called by God
May 4, 2018