Red and Yellow, Black and White: Racial Inequality in the American Church
In the movie Swing Kids, a German teenager joins the Hitler Youth and is assigned a job delivering packages. At each house a child or
May 8, 2014
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Editor’s Note: United in Word, But Segregated on Sunday
Christians’ attitude towards gender, while having some ambiguities, is on the whole pretty straightforward. Churches often state whether leadership positions are open to women or
May 8, 2014
Peering under Our Collective Burqa
To read Emily Nielsen Jones’s full article, click here. Do Our Own Religious Codes Diminish the Full Humanity of Women? Regardless of one’s religious affiliation,
May 7, 2014
Some More Remarks on Submission (Compliments of Phil Payne)
The last half of Philip B. Payne’s book Man and Woman, One in Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Study of Paul’s Letters begins an exegesis of Paul’s
May 7, 2014
The Hunger Games and the Gender Debate
I am a big fan of The Hunger Games series, and devoured each book in a matter of days after release. Recently I saw Catching
May 3, 2014
A Forum of Sensible Voices
C.S. Lewis once wrote that “the unhistorical are usually, without knowing it, enslaved to a fairly recent past.” The same might be said for the
May 2, 2014
Editor’s Note: We are Pioneers for Jesus
Surprises are usually associated with the future—with something unexpected just around the corner. But surprises can also sneak up on us from the past. Sometimes the biggest
May 2, 2014
Christian Faith in Pink and Blue
Missionaries often speak of the invisibility of culture. By that they mean that most of us are not conscious of our own cultural idiosyncrasies. What
May 2, 2014
Q: My Church Does Not Believe that Women Should be Elders…
Q: My church does not believe that women should be elders, based on the phrase in 1 Timothy 3 that says elders must have one
May 1, 2014
The Proverbs 31 Woman
How many times have you gone to a women’s Bible study on Proverbs 31? It seems that discussions on this passage usually turn to how
May 1, 2014