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Setting the Record Straight: Roundtable Q and A
By: Mimi Haddad, Cynthia Muniz Soares, Alan Myatt, Cynthia Long Westfall, Viktorya Zalewski Baracy | September 27, 2023
A selection of questions from CBE's 2023 conference roundtable session, with answers from some of our conference speakers.
In the Footsteps of Historical Twin Sisters: Margaret D. Gibson's Work on Ephesians 5:33
By: Julie Walsh | September 21, 2023
Like many women today, Julie Walsh follows in the footsteps of women who studied Scripture. Margaret D. Gibson, along with her twin sister Agnes Smith Lewis, were fluent in multiple languages and this led them to many outstanding discoveries—even the earliest copy of the Gospels in Syriac!
Women and the World: Biblical Equality in Brazil
By: Carrie Silveira | September 14, 2023
As we seek to support and empower women throughout the world, connecting with them in their contexts and cultures is foundational.
Jesus and Women: A Close Look At The Gospels
By: Cynthia Muniz Soares | September 14, 2023
What can we observe about the women in each of the Gospels? Mark, widely considered the earliest Gospel, presents some significant accounts about women, some of which are found in the other Gospels.
The Empowerment of Brazilian Christian Women Through Biblical Examples
By: Viktorya Zalewski Baracy | September 14, 2023
The world of Brazilian women is highly diverse and faces certain challenges depending on their social and geographic contexts. Amidst this diversity, we wonder if the most widely consumed Christian books in Brazil contribute positively to the spiritual formation and education of women.
Finding Our Identity in the Imago Dei
By: Kathy Myatt | September 14, 2023
Seeing ourselves and each other as God does means we are no longer bound to gender-based cultural rules. We are able to grow in love, work to promote the growth and well-being of others, whether that be a child, a friend, a partner, female or male in accordance with our gifts and callings.
Setting the Record Straight: CBE’s 2023 Conference in Brazil
By: Mimi Haddad | September 14, 2023
Pray that God will protect, guide, embolden their calling, and heal their wounds. That the church in Brazil will bring the message of “Women and Scripture: Setting the Record Straight” not only to many more in Brazil but also where it’s needed most in the world.
Book Review: She Deserves Better
By: Mikaela Bell | September 14, 2023
After finishing their survey and best-selling book The Great Sex Rescue, testing popular Christian teachings about marriage and sex and empirically demonstrating the harm caused by patriarchal messages, co-authors Sheila Wray Gregoire, Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach, and Joanna Sawatsky received many inquiries from parents of young girls. These mothers (and fathers) wanted to know how they [...]
Liar's Witness
By: J.A. Boone | September 6, 2023
What happens when a wife's submission turns into submitting to abuse and lies? Acts 5:1-10 depicts a woman name Sapphira who submitted to her husband's lie and it led to her own death. Sapphira's story is warning to those who continue to let abuse and violence happen without speaking up. For when God calls us [...]
Bitter Roots and Bitter Herbs
By: Ruth Barron | August 30, 2023
Too often in the church, we do not understand emotion words correctly. Hebrews tells us: “See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many” (12:15, NIV). Many religious leaders use this verse to condemn abuse victims, women like Naomi, [...]
