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What Kind of Men Will Our Church-Going Boys Become?
By: Elizabeth Ware | May 23, 2018
I was wrong—wrong to think sexist messages didn’t affect me or my family because I didn’t aspire to become a preacher and because I had sons and not daughters.
Abuse Is Wrong Because Women Are People, Not Because You Have Daughters
By: Tim Fall | May 22, 2018
These pleas for better treatment and an end to abuse are a step in the right direction. But many of these anti-abuse statements still center men and their experiences and render women objects.
If Not A Billy Graham Rule, Then What?
By: Tina Osterhouse | May 16, 2018
Is there a healthy balance somewhere between the Billy Graham rule and nothing at all? Could we, instead of creating a rule that worked well for one man at a very specific time in history, come up with something holistic and inclusive? Could we come up with an ethic that acknowledges the needs and experiences [...]
A Response to Paige Patterson's Comments on Abuse
By: Sarah Lindsay | May 7, 2018
Last week, an audio tape from 2000 resurfaced in which Paige Patterson, currently the president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and a prominent leader in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), described counseling women to remain in abusive marriages.
A Response to Thabiti Anyabwile's Apology to Beth Moore
By: Kelly Ladd Bishop | May 4, 2018
Yesterday, Christian author, Beth Moore, wrote a vulnerable letter to her Christian brothers, describing what it has been like for her to be a woman ministering in the male-dominated world of evangelicalism.
4 Ways Christian Conferences Exclude
By: Gricel Medina | May 2, 2018
We shouldn’t be forced to attend conferences built on gender stereotypes or accept speaker line-ups that have few to no women or people of color. If Christian conferences mean to reflect the diverse makeup of the church, they will have to do better. They will have to move beyond confirmation bias and stereotypes.
Never Man Enough
By: Kelly Jarvis | May 1, 2018
From a young age, our society tells boys they are less than if they don’t fit the traditional mold for manhood. Boys and men who are dubbed too sensitive, too nurturing, or who aren’t driven to pursue material wealth and status don’t make it into the “boys club.” Sound familiar?
Editor's Reflections | Spring 2018 (32.2)
By: Jeff Miller | April 30, 2018
Someone ought to count the women of the Bible. More to the point, someone ought to count them accurately. I mention this because a quick Internet search reveals significant disparity in the various numbers people give for the women in the Bible. I should not criticize, however, for several difficulties make such counting an impossible [...]
The Good News According to Ruth
By: Sonja Dixon | April 30, 2018
The story of Ruth is filled with drama; there’s tragedy and triumph, loss and gain, and of course, romance. But this true love is inspired by the source of love, the very heart of God.
Finding “The Proverbs 31 Woman”
By: Hannah Rasmussen | April 30, 2018
Digging deeper into Prov 31:10–31 in context reveals it was never intended to be a how-to manual for becoming the perfect woman. In the context of Proverbs, this passage is the parting mnemonic incentivizing young men to pursue wisdom and marry wisely.