Social Action and the Canaanite Woman of Matthew 15
21 Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. 22 Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started
November 3, 2022
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The Ministry of Women and the Merger of Church and State in Fourth-Century Christianity
The Jesus movement in early Christian history introduced a scandalous egalitarian message to the Greco-Roman world. This informal, adaptable, and often counter-cultural movement challenged conventions
November 3, 2022
Book Review: Valiant or Virtuous? Gender Bias in Bible Translation
In the last years of her life, Suzanne McCarthy dedicated herself to offering a helpful and accessible text on the sometimes-complicated topic of gender and
November 3, 2022
Editor’s Reflection: Summer 2022
I’m writing this shortly before CBE’s annual conference, to be held in August in Atlanta, Georgia. Many of the conference speakers have written for Priscilla
August 9, 2022
Remembering Sarah Jane Lancaster without Forgetting Winifred Kiek: Just Who Was the First Female Minister in Australia?
Editor’s Note: Each month, we highlight one of CBE’s many valuable resources on the blog. This article was originally published on August 9, 2022. The
August 9, 2022
Subordinating Jesus and Women (and How Influential Evangelical Teachers Led Us Astray)
Years ago, my wife was commissioned to write something for fellow pastors’ wives in our group of complementarian churches that might be struggling to come
August 9, 2022
The Father and the Feminine: Assessing the Grammar of Gender-Inclusive God Language
John Piper, one of the most committedly patriarchal theologians writing today, insisted at a conference in 2012 that Christianity is a “masculine” religion: God is
August 9, 2022
Elizabeth Johnson’s God-Talk Thirty Years Later: A Critique
Elizabeth Johnson embarked on bringing feminine language into God-talk through her book She Who Is thirty years ago. As she explained, though theologically all agree
June 10, 2022
Why Can’t Women Do That? Breaking Down the Reasons Churches Put Men in Charge
We long for connection. We are drawn to love. The book Why Can’t Women Do That? Breaking Down the Reasons Churches Put Men in Charge
April 30, 2022
Seven Needed Revisions within Complementarianism
Editor’s note: This article was presented at the 2021 meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) and then published in slightly revised form by Fathom Magazine
April 30, 2022