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Obey Like Sarah?
By: Bobby Gilles | June 9, 2026
Reading 1 Peter through purely modern eyes can lead us to miss out on just how radical Peter's teachings really were.
Women and Words: Understanding "Wives Submit" and the Household Codes in 1 Peter 3:1–7 with Dr. Jeannine Brown
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International, Charel du Toit, Jeannine Brown | August 15, 2025
Hosts Mimi and Charel speak with Dr. Jeannine Brown who discusses the pressing need to interpret the Biblical text of 1 Peter 3:1–7 within its first-century Greco-Roman context. Dr. Brown emphasizes the importance of understanding the cultural and historical background behind the passages on submission, particularly 1 Peter 3:1–7.
Where Mike Winger Went Wrong on Women, Part III: The Epistles
By: Andrew Bartlett, Terran Williams | December 19, 2024
Part 3 of this series summarizes the response to Winger’s videos on the New Testament Epistles, including Galatians 3:28; Paul's use of "head" as a metaphor; Paul and Peter's writings on marriage in 1 Corinthians, Ephesians, and 1 Peter; and the misuse of Ephesians 5 and 1 Corinthians 14 to silence women.
Where Mike Winger Went Wrong on Women, Part II: The Narrative Texts
By: Andrew Bartlett, Terran Williams | December 12, 2024
Part 2 of this series summarizes the response to Winger’s videos on the narrative texts in the Old and New Testaments, including the creation narrative, Old Testament priesthood, female elders, and women such as Junia, Phoebe, and Priscilla.
The Exhortation to the Husbands and Its Significance in the Conversation About the Household Codes: 1 Peter 3:7
By: Abeneazer G. Urga | November 1, 2024
1 Peter 3:7 cautions husbands who fail to treat their wives with the honour due to them that such a man’s prayers will not receive God’s attention.
Keeping God’s Big Picture in Mind When Power Threatens Relationships: A Sermon on 1 Peter 2:18–3:7
By: Jeff Miller | November 1, 2024
1 Peter 2 illustrates that one with power shouldn't lord it over others because Christ is Lord of both. Jesus is Lord of all.
Difficult Passages in the New Testament and How to Understand Them
By: Cynthia Long Westfall | October 5, 2023
Certain difficult New Testament passages have been consistently used to prevent the full partnership of women in the home, church, and world. How do we understand these passages in a way that rightly explains the Word of Truth (2 Tim 2:15)? My goal as a New Testament scholar has been to find coherence in my interpretation of [...]
Book Review: The Bible vs. Biblical Womanhood: How God's Word Consistently Affirms Gender Equality
By: Kate Netzler Burch | April 6, 2023
The Bible vs. Biblical Womanhood is a thorough, comprehensive, and accessible introduction to prominent Bible passages that are often used to limit women. Philip B. Payne builds upon and summarizes a lifetime of research to show God’s word consistently affirms the equality of women and men.
Mutual Submission Frames the Household Codes
By: Craig Keener | July 31, 2021
The New Testament household codes reveal that early Christians were on the progressive edge of gender relationships in their world.
What to Say When Someone Says that Wives Should Stay with Abusive Husbands
By: Chesna Hinkley | September 18, 2019
1 Peter 3 is a tricky passage. It’s often been twisted to pressure abused women to stay with their husbands as a sign of submission. But this passage is not meant to subject women to fear or violence; it is supposed to encourage primary loyalty to Christ, not to husbands.