Search Resources
Use the search and filter below to search within the CBE Resource Library. For best results, please select a type.
Welcome to CBE’s Resources
You searched by:
Type of Resource: Blog/Magazine Article
Found 2446 resources that match your criteria.
Majoring on the majors
By: Trevor Sykes | March 13, 2012
At our local church the pastor has been preaching his way thematically through the Gospel of Matthew and just recently touched on some verses that sparked an idea for a post. While he didn't spend a lot of time on the Transfiguration, somehow, as he was speaking about this and directing our thoughts forward to [...]
A Desert Mother: Amma Syncletica
By: Mariel Mastrostefano | March 7, 2012
Amma Syncletica worked as a spiritual leader during the monastic movement in the fourth century. Many women contributed greatly to the establishment of the movement; they lived as hermits or in communities in the deserts of Egypt and Palestine. Great women emerged from this tradition and became spiritual leaders at a time when the church [...]
"Culture is Everything" ... "Everything is Culture"
By: Jeff Miller | March 7, 2012
When teaching a class on biblical texts about women, I once made the mistake of saying, "Culture is everything." I found out several days later that some students--one in particular--took strong exception to my comment.
Women's History Month
By: Liz Sykes | March 6, 2012
March is the time when America remembers the huge contribution of women over their long history. As past of the celebration, CBE is holding prayer walk on March 28th. They intend praying at 'women's shelters, churches, schools or other places within communities where women are being restored' Also at places where 'women are still denied [...]
Bad Fruit? Maybe it's a Bad Tree.
By: Megan Greulich | March 5, 2012
I am convinced that the church is not, and should not be, ruled by males. It belongs to Christ. And under Christ’s rule, the first are last and the last are first. Under Christ’s rule, all men and women are intended to experience freedom, grace, and peace.
Moving Away from Subtle Extremity
By: Kelsey Seifert, Jonathan Aigner | March 5, 2012
It can be disorienting to grow up with such strong messages about men, women, and “biblical” roles. At times it feels like an inescapable pressure. Because very little is overt, the pressure feels phantom.
"She is More Than"
By: Lynn Bell | March 5, 2012
Jesus welcomed women to his ministry and treated women as capable disciples who had important observations to make and valuable ways to contribute to the advancement of his kingdom both inside the home and out.
Reflect with Us: Little Words. Big Sins.
By: Jo Ellen Heil | March 5, 2012
A social radical, Jesus ate with outcasts (tax collectors, prostitutes), spoke directly to the disabled and healed them, welcomed children, and included both women and men among his closest followers.
Refusing Pretend Peace
By: Gerald W. Ford | March 5, 2012
In recognizing spiritual abuse, we must first allow ourselves to question the situations in which we find ourselves, as well as what we have been taught by leaders in the church.
A Most Twisted Love
By: Vyckie Garrison | March 5, 2012
There is no love in patriarchy. There is no respect. There is only perpetual immaturity, dependency, and frustration for the man who is subjected to the most sophisticated manipulation as his wife gives over control and authority to him.