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Book Review: Voices Long Silenced: Women Biblical Interpreters through the Centuries
By: Kimberly Dickson | November 2, 2023
Overall, I give the book five stars, knowing it will be my go-to each time I write about or research a woman from our faith history.
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.
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, [...]
God’s World Is Not a Man’s World
By: Hannele Ottschofski | August 3, 2023
Patriarchy is a system that values men and their achievements more than women and their achievements. A patriarchal society is male-dominated, male-identified, and male-centred. The male person is the centre of attention and everything else—or everyone else, including women—are defined by their relationships to men. Oppression of women and girls is often a [...]
From Prostitutes to Priests: How We Imagine Women Matters
By: Elaine Kelly | July 20, 2023
The human imagination has the power to include or erase, empower or degrade women. Throughout history, art has done just this. Mary of Magdala has been portrayed as both a prostitute and a priest. Junia, as a servant and a deacon. The arts can help us imagine women—and all of God's people—as God [...]
Book Review: Grace is Not Faceless: Reflections on Mary
By: Kristin Lassen | June 23, 2023
Reading this short but weighty book may advance your appreciation of Mary as much as it has for me!
The Bias of History and the SBC
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | June 22, 2023
For centuries women's stories were fantasized and buried until they faded into obscurity, leading many denominations like the SBC to have little to no knowledge of women's history. It was not until recently, when egalitarians unearthed the stories of women like Thecla, that Christians noticed women were prominent Christian leaders all along. It's time we [...]
Women in Scripture and Mission: Hagar
By: Kimberly Dickson | June 10, 2023
Hagar, an Egyptian slave of Sarah, was given to Abraham to have a son. Fleeing Sarah's jealousy, Hagar found hope when God affirmed his promise to make her descendants a great nation. Indeed, her son Ishmael’s lineage flourished, as recorded in Genesis 25:18.
Women in Scripture and Mission: Eve
By: CBE International | June 8, 2023
Christian history is full of remarkable women. Here we highlight women in the Old Testament, New Testament, and in mission since the early days of the church to the twenty-first century.