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Reclaiming Submission: Distinguishing Submission from Subjugation
By: Israel Steinmetz | June 9, 2026
Submission is often associated with coercion and control; the church must understand the difference between biblical submission and unbiblical subjugation.
Submission: Sound Principles or Sound Bites?
By: Lauren Roberts Lukefahr | June 9, 2026
Social media enables ideas to be shared in accessible, bite-sized formats; but when these sound bites take the place of sound principles, ideas that sound romantic or appealing on the surface may lead us away from biblical truth.
Embodied Submission in Christ
By: Bruna Santini | June 9, 2026
Paul’s metaphor of the church as a living body provides important insights into the nature of submission.
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.
Video - Redeeming the Culture of the Fall in Your Church Ministry presented by Sheri and Keith Onishi
By: Sheri and Keith Onishi | May 19, 2026
Sheri and Keith Onishi examine the spiritual roots of gender inequality and how churches can create environments where women leaders flourish in ministry.
Video - Practical Way for Gender Equality with Taffi Dollar
By: Taffi Dollar | May 18, 2026
Taffi Dollar explores biblical and practical ways to demonstrate gender equality and live out the Kingdom truth that barriers between men and women have been broken down.
Submission, Authority, and the Quiet Erasure of Women’s Gifts in Military Chapel Culture
By: Morgan D. Farr | May 6, 2026
Drawing from her experiences as an Army spouse, Dr. Morgan D. Farr explores how military chapel culture can quietly sideline women’s gifts through subtle expectations around submission, leadership, and authority. She calls the church toward a more biblical vision of mutual leadership rooted in shared service and spiritual gifting.
Editor's Reflection: Spring 2026
By: Havilah Dharamraj | May 1, 2026
Across history and across cultures, it appears that women are not difficult to exclude or even to execute. Women are to stay within circles that men chalk out for them. This issue illustrates this stark story, repeatedly played out within the history of Christianity.
Witchcraft in the Middle Ages and Its Impact Today
By: Joe Early | May 1, 2026
Joe Early traces the trajectory of witch-hunting across the Middle Ages into the centuries beyond, to arrive at what it might look like in the Church today in terms of victimizing women by excluding them.
Fertility, Futility, and Filth: Menstruation Imagery in Isaiah 64:6
By: Christy Hemphill, Marissa Franks Burt | May 1, 2026
Christy Hemphill and Marissa Burt look at the preconceptions that surround menstruation, leading to associating a natural and neutral process of female physiology with sin.