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The Headship of Men and the Abuse of Women: Are They Related in Any Way?
By: Jonathan Tysick | April 30, 2021
Giles forcefully argues that “headship teaching can encourage and legitimate domestic abuse and it must be abandoned if domestic abuse is to be effectively countered in our churches.”
In Vain Pursuit: How Courtship Culture Trained Us to Disregard Consent
By: Whitney Evans Harrison | April 28, 2021
Whether we realize it, the vestiges of courtship culture continue to loom large in many Christian communities, even egalitarian ones. What will it take for us to see equality as romantic?
Why We Need to Model Egalitarianism for the Next Generation
By: Anne Marie Scherer | April 21, 2021
What is modeled for us can affect what we believe is possible. It is important for churches to model women’s equality to create a more equal future for the next generation.
Paul Gives Me Grief
By: Wren Bouwman | March 25, 2021
Many women have had to grieve the complementarian Christian faith they were raised in. Using the stages of grief as a model is a helpful lens for deconstructing this faith and rebuilding better interpretations of Paul.
Dancing around Gender Roles in Marriage
By: Mikaela Bell | December 22, 2020
People who believe strict gender roles in marriage are biblical sometimes compare them to partnered dancing. This article challenges that understanding of both dance and marriage, crediting to the real Choreographer.
In Sickness, Never Health: A Mutual Marriage
By: Keren Dibbens-Wyatt | December 7, 2020
Certainty that your loved one will treat you as an equal ought to be a given, but we all know that not every church teaches the importance or even legitimacy of egalitarian marriage. How could I be assured that this was as important to the man proposing as it was to me?
Friends (and Equals) Forever
By: Nils Swanson | December 7, 2020
Friends are equals, and to lay down my life for my wife I also need to see her as my friend, as my equal, including in our circumstances today.
Introduction to Mutuality Matters
By: Erin Moniz, Blake Dean | December 2, 2020
In this catalyst episode Blake and Erin explain the vision behind this podcast as well as defining some key terms that will be used in future episodes.
A Biblical Model for Marriage
By: Amy Bost Henegar | November 1, 2020
The marriage guidance in Ephesians 5, rather than subjecting wives, is aimed at bringing the freedom of true Christian community into our homes.
Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges, and Joys
By: Dorothy Littell Greco | September 15, 2020
Marriage in the Middle will inspire and encourage you to invest in your relationship with your spouse, enabling you both to thrive as you face the challenges and changes of this era together.