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In Spite of the Culture: A Sermon
By: Beulah Wood | August 7, 2023
The Bible tells of many married women who acted with independent agency, with or without their husbands.
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 [...]
El Roi: The God Who Sees, Values, and Hears Women
By: Joy Smith | July 13, 2023
In the church, where the attention is often on what women should or should not be allowed to do, it is encouraging to look at how God sees women. Throughout the Bible, women are present — their lives and words form the Scriptures — and God values them. God wants to hear their voices. He sees them, [...]
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!
Book Review: On Purpose: Understanding God’s Freedom for Women Through Scripture
By: Kristin Lassen | June 23, 2023
Read On Purpose to find complex teachings in Scripture clarified by the wider contexts of Scripture and the real-life situations addressed. The Holy Spirit may use On Purpose as a tool to meet you in your quest to understand more of God’s truth.
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: Lydia
By: Kimberly Dickson | June 9, 2023
In the spirit of Acts, Lydia dismantles preconceived ideas of both ancient Jewish and many modern Christians regarding who could lead, teach, and have authority within the faith.
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.
Women in Scripture and Mission: Tabitha
By: Kaitlyn Schiess | June 7, 2023
Tabitha lived like the kingdom of God had actually arrived, like Jesus had actually risen from the dead, and like that actually put demands upon her life—her time, resources, relationships, and her sense of belonging, community, and loyalty.