A Devotional for Families: Luke 8:40–56
A man raced through the streets of Capernaum searching for the one person who could help him. He glimpsed an animated figure preaching, pushed through
December 10, 2016
Topic: Biblical Passages / Studies
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Taste & See
Taste and see that the Lord is good… (Psalm 34:8). The baby is fresh from his mother’s womb, naked, blinking in the unaccustomed light. He lies
December 10, 2016
Christ Comes to Make His Blessings Known, Far as the Curse is Found
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason
December 10, 2016
Short Answers to Tough Questions: What does Paul mean when he writes that women will be saved through childbearing (1 Tim. 2:15)?
A: Paul’s childbearing comment, infamously found in 1 Timothy 2:15, has long confounded interpreters. First, I will share my own view of this perplexing verse,
December 10, 2016
A Conservative Evangelical Church Encounters Change
I attend a Spirit-filled, conservative Baptist church in the Midwest where, until 2010, women could not teach mixed gender adult Sunday School classes or serve
December 10, 2016
Living into the Hard Choices
At the heart and soul of our lives as followers of Christ is this: We are trying to walk the talk. In the Scriptures and
December 10, 2016
A Feminist’s Take On The Cross: Justice Over Empire
In a recent Arise article, Amy Buckley recounted an exchange between herself and a group of men who accused Christian feminists of using a hermeneutic
November 9, 2016
Gender Hierarchy in Genesis: Distortions, Not Directives
I don’t really like reading the creation story. This is partly because I skip ahead to what is often described as the “sin story.” I
November 3, 2016
Does Male-Headship Theology Dehumanize Women?: Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, I promised to further explore two questions related to a core resource on male-headship theology, Recovering Biblical Manhood and
November 1, 2016
Gender Equality in Marriage
2016 “Truth Be Told” Conference in South Africa Lecture from 2016 international conference in Johannesburg.
October 20, 2016