Lost in Translation: Female Elders in Titus 1–2
The pastoral epistles are often presented as prescriptive guides for leader or “elder” qualifications. Around this time last year, I happened to notice, to my
June 17, 2024
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Women and Words: Why Bible Translation Matters
Created in God’s image (Gen. 1:26) and as ezer—a strong rescue (Gen. 2:18)—women enjoyed shared rule with Adam (Gen. 1:26–28) before sin entered the world.
June 17, 2024
An Update on CBE’s Translation Project
As some readers of Mutuality may know, CBE is engaged in a Bible translation project. The initial task was to identify passages that, due to
June 17, 2024
Presumption, Bias, and Gender Accuracy in Bible Translation
Editor’s note: This article was originally published as a two part post on the Mutuality blog, August 20 and 27, 2014. “She is really cool.”
June 17, 2024
Words Matter: How a Corrected Translation Transformed a Community
We were under pressure! We had agreed to participate in a UNICEF grant that expanded our normal community health work in rural northern India from
June 17, 2024
Naps, Lasagna, and Kissing: How Translation Really Works
If you have taken a foreign language class, at some point you had to “translate” vocabulary for a test. If so, you might understand translation
June 17, 2024
A “Plain Reading” of Scripture
Many people hold a hierarchical view of the relationship between women and men because they understand that to be the clear position of Scripture. They
June 17, 2024
Home, Church, and World: Beyond Headship Dysfunction: Best Practices in Co-Pastoring a Church with Michele and Mark Benson
In this episode of Mutuality Matters, hosts Tara and Todd Korpi welcome Pastors Mark and Michelle Benson, co-lead pastors from Dothan Assembly in Alabama. Mark
June 14, 2024
#SilenceIsNotSpiritual: 8 Ways to Disrupt Abuse
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on January 16, 2018. In December, TIME magazine named the “Silence Breakers,” the women who broke their silence
June 12, 2024
Book Review: The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes
This could have been an egalitarian book. Nancy Pearcey draws from multiple disciplines to argue that masculinity isn’t inherently toxic, but that both men and
June 12, 2024