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Have You Revisited Mary and Martha?
By: Mary Stromer Hanson | October 23, 2013
Have you revisited Mary and Martha lately (Luke 10:38–42)? You remember their house where Martha is “over busy” making preparations for Jesus’ arrival, and Mary ignores the obvious need to help her sister, preferring to listen at the feet of Jesus. In desperation, Martha appeals to Jesus, the male authority in the house, to get [...]
Caleb and Achsah
By: Aliyah Jacobs | October 23, 2013
Caleb peered down at his arms, his battle-scarred muscles remained strong although he had grown tired. He had remained faithful to God and to the cause and now it was time to enjoy his inheritance. To bask in the sunlight and enjoy the cool breeze that rustled the leaves of the Palm trees that lined [...]
Do the Five Love Languages Love Women Too? (Part 2 of 2)
By: Ashleigh Bailey | October 19, 2013
As I explained in my previous post, I think it’s important to ask if seemingly harmless Christian books, curricula and other educational tools actually promote our own values when relating to gender.
Women Crossing Borders
By: Cheri Pierson | October 16, 2013
On December 11, 2005, eight Youth with a Mission staff workers were killed in a tragic road accident outside Port Hourcourt, Nigeria. One of those lost, Brianna Esswein, was a graduate of Wheaton Graduate School’s Intercultural Studies Department. My book Women Crossing Borders is dedicated to her memory. Four days before the accident, Brianna expressed her [...]
Do the Five Love Languages Love Women Too? (Part 1 of 2)
By: Ashleigh Bailey | October 15, 2013
I haven’t thought much about Gary Chapman’s The Five Love Languages in a long time, but recently my Family Life Education class did a presentation on this subject. I tend to see most evangelical book empires of that sort as an attempt by publishers to cash in on an author’s popularity, and [...]
Busy at Home?
By: Margaret Mowczko | October 11, 2013
Some Christians in westernised countries seem to long for an earlier time when most women stayed out of the workforce and stayed at home. Some of these Christians even believe that the Bible teaches that the woman’s primary domain is private, in the home, caring for her husband and children – the presumption being that [...]
Practicing What Is Preached Abroad
By: Shirley Taylor | October 9, 2013
Our government advocates human rights and female equality while Christian America often teaches female submission and carries that message across the world.Women in the United States have freedoms that are denied women in most countries, but many churches are telling women something very different! Yet, freedoms should be promoted inside the church. Many people [...]
Empowering the Marginalized to Serve God
By: Olivia Brown | October 7, 2013
As I continue to listen, research, and learn more about human sexuality and the differences that characterize men and women, I have noticed, as many have, a particular theme that tends to marginalize many good men and women who fail to fit our “biblically” prescribed gender roles and characteristics.
Why (Most) Complementarians Should Be Pacifists
By: David C. Cramer | October 3, 2013
Note that the contextual argument is precisely what (most) complementarians reject when used by egalitarians to understand the first passage above. These complementarians argue that the plain reading outweighs the contextual argument. Indeed, as I have discussed elsewhere (see here andhere), some complementarians argue that using the contextual argument against the plain reading undermines biblical [...]
Thoughts on Lean In
By: Myrna Grant | October 2, 2013
Does anybody remember those big apple-green lapel pins, “I am a simple, Bible-believing Christian feminist?” I still have mine in my jewelry drawer, a seventies souvenir. If I wore it today on my Christian college campus, I suspect my fellow academics would look askance at such a retrograde claim, labeling “feminist” as yesterday’s word, [...]