Hot Wives, Evil Sirens, and Trapped Men: How the Church’s Messaging on Porn Fails Women
Editor’s Note: This is one of the Top 15 2020 CBE Writing Contest winners. Enjoy! Since before the advent of the “porn in your pocket”
April 14, 2021
Topic: Sexuality
A Time to Speak
For God is not a God of disorder but of peace—as in all the congregations of the Lord’s people. Women should remain silent in the
November 6, 2020
Proving My Virginity: Deuteronomy, Pap Smears, and the Hymen Myth
Editor’s Note: This is one of the Top 15 2020 CBE Writing Contest winners. Enjoy! When I first received a letter offering me a routine
September 22, 2020
3 Ways to Foster Healthy Sexuality in the Church
Editor’s Note: This is a Top 15 CBE Writing Contest winner. Enjoy! “Healthy” is not exactly the adjective I would match with the word “sexuality,”
April 3, 2020
The Nashville Statement: A Critical Review
It is not every day that a document about theology and gender makes national news. The “Nashville Statement,” however, accomplished this very thing in September
January 28, 2019
Early Christianity’s Concept of Sexuality
For much of history, it has not been uncommon for women to be viewed primarily in the context of their ability to perpetuate the human
January 28, 2019
Hey Church, We Need to Talk About Consent
Editor’s Note: This is one of our Top 20 winners from the 2018 CBE Writing Contest! The few men who have kissed me did not ask
December 20, 2018
Breaking the Marriage Idol
Breaking the Marriage Idol by Kutter Callaway is not so much a book about marriage, but about the way we think about marriage in the
December 11, 2018
Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
As I begin this review, I need to acknowledge that I was a teenager in the evangelical church as so-called “purity culture”—a term that refers
November 19, 2018
What I Wish the Church Had Told My Husband and Me About Sex and Consent
Editor’s Note: This is one of our Top 20 winners from the 2018 CBE Writing Contest. Enjoy! “Do you want a divorce?” My husband was momentarily
November 6, 2018
