Veil Bound or Veiled Beauty?
Editor’s Note: This is a CBE 2022 Writing Contest Honorable Mention! At face value, 1 Corinthians 11:5–16 seems to explicitly require that all women cover
June 28, 2023
Topic: Biblical Passages / Studies
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Book Review: Grace is Not Faceless: Reflections on Mary
Grace is Not Faceless focuses on Mary, mother of Jesus: her presentation in Scripture and reception throughout church history, with careful attention to the poetry
June 23, 2023
New Voices: Us Bearing God’s Image, Not God Bearing Ours with Dr. Lucy Peppiatt
Both complementarians and egalitarians have cited the doctrine of the imago Dei in the early chapters of Genesis as a cornerstone for their theology on
June 16, 2023
Women in Scripture and Mission: Joanna
0:00 / 0:00 Joanna 0:00 / 0:00 Juana Joanna, The Counter-Cultural Reality of Discipleship The book of Luke describes Jesus’s ongoing teaching about the kingdom
June 2, 2023
Four Attitudes of Jesus that Empower Women
A few years ago, I sat across the desk from a car salesman discussing the vehicle I’d just test-driven. I was already feeling annoyed by
May 11, 2023
Absalom, David, and Tamar: God’s Heart Through Loss, Not Misogyny
Christian interpretations of David typically stem from and return to the idea that David is “a man after God’s own heart.” Scripture itself says so,
May 4, 2023
Together in the New Humanity
If Galatians 3:28 declares that unity in Christ has obliterated ethnic and gender barriers, what should we make of the household codes in Eph 5:21–6:9
May 4, 2023
Let’s Stop Doing as the Romans Do
Editor’s note: This is a CBE 2022 Writing Contest Honorable Mention! When we lived in the US, my wife Renee and I would occasionally turn
May 4, 2023
Five Ways Churches Can Empower Women as Civic Leaders
Editor’s note: This is a CBE 2022 Writing Contest Honorable Mention! Most churches develop an outreach strategy to help people engage in the community. However,
April 13, 2023
Book Review: The Bible vs. Biblical Womanhood: How God’s Word Consistently Affirms Gender Equality
The Bible vs. Biblical Womanhood: How God’s Word Consistently Affirms Gender Equality by Philip B. Payne is a thorough, comprehensive, and accessible introduction to the
April 6, 2023