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Christian Egalitarian Leadership: Empowering the Whole Church According to the Scriptures
By: Jeff Miller | April 30, 2021
Christian Egalitarian Leadership takes further steps toward broadening the issues (e.g., it is about more than gender) but also focuses on one essential aspect of the thriving of egalitarianism—leadership.
Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine
By: Allison Quient, Nicholas Quient | April 30, 2021
Wayne Grudem’s commitment to Scripture is to be commended, but his lack of serious engagement with key challenges undermines a work that has been over twenty years in the re-making.
Simply Trinity: The Unmanipulated Father, Son, and Spirit
By: Kevin Giles | April 30, 2021
In this groundbreaking book, Matthew Barrett reveals a shocking discovery: we have manipulated the Trinity, recreating the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in our own image.
The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
By: Kelly Schmidt | April 30, 2021
In The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth, Beth Allison Barr shares her personal story of rejecting complementarian views on male headship and female submission.
Book Review: Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church
By: Sue Bailey | March 23, 2021
My advice: Buy this book. Read it slowly. Chew on its words. Digest its content. Let its truths tutor your mind, penetrate your soul, and motivate you toward embracing, modeling, and conveying a more humble, Christlike expression of power.
Book Review: Women in a Patriarchal World: Twenty-Five Empowering Stories from the Bible
By: Danielle Battaglia | March 23, 2021
In her introduction to Women in a Patriarchal World, Elaine Storkey reminds the reader of the important role that narrative theology has played in “both framing our doctrine and shaping our understanding of faith.”
Book Review: The Book of Eden, Genesis 2–3: God Didn't Curse Eve (or Adam) or Limit Woman in Any Way
By: CBE International | March 19, 2021
The Book of Eden: Genesis 2–3 by Bruce C. E. Fleming (based on the work of Joy Fleming, PhD, PsyD), is an excellent addition to the field of biblical gender studies.
The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
By: Kelly Schmidt | February 17, 2021
In The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth, Beth Allison Barr shares her personal story of rejecting complementarian views on male headship and female submission.
How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth for Many Evangelical Christians
By: Beth Allison Barr | February 1, 2021
Complementarianism framed our world, even before we knew what it was called. Yet the practice of complementarianism troubled us. It troubled us so much that we finally decided to challenge it. The Making of Biblical Womanhood tells this story.
Rediscovering the Marys: Maria, Mariamne, Miriam
By: Elizabeth Ann R. Willett | January 30, 2021
Seventeen essays explore how the biblical Miriam, Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary of Bethany, and Mary Magdalene were portrayed in the early Christian era, also touching on Jewish and Muslim interpretations.