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Water To Wine: The Affirming Words Christian Women Should Hear
By: Sarah Lindsay | May 1, 2017
We all know the schoolyard chant: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me!” In growing up, we learn that however empowering this phrase may seem, it is far from true.
The New Dad's Playbook: Gearing Up for the Biggest Game of Your Life
By: Benjamin Watson | May 1, 2017
When it comes to the unknown territory of having a baby, moms-to-be have nearly unending resources to plan and execute a healthy pregnancy and navigate those first months and years as a parent with confidence. New dads? Not so much. They want to get in the game too, but, says Super Bowl champion Benjamin Watson, " [...]
Dismantling Socio-Sacred Hierarchy: Gender and Gentiles in Luke-Acts
By: Moyra Dale | April 30, 2017
Without question, women are more prominent in Luke’s writings than in any of the other three Gospel writers. The interpretation of their presence, however, is contested. In recent years, significant attention has been given to the role the women play in the narratives of Luke and Acts. The silence of their voices after the [...]
Ave Maria: Old Testament Allusions in the Magnificat
By: Amy Smith Carman | April 30, 2017
Luke 1:46–55 is both a beautiful hymn sung to glorify God and an interpretive puzzle. This text, widely known as the Magnificat, is one of several songs Luke uses at a crucial moment in the birth narratives in order for characters to explain the amazing ways in which God is moving. Luke includes it in his [...]
Was Apphia an Early Christian Leader?
By: Nicholas Quient | April 30, 2017
The epistle to Philemon begins, “Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our dear friend and co-worker” (NRSV). Paul and Timothy then also address “Apphia the sister” (Apphia tē adelphē). Throughout the multitude of commentaries on Philemon, one struggles to find a helpful description of this mysterious woman. The [...]
Simon’s Mother-in-Law as a Minor Character in the Gospel of Mark
By: David E. Malick | April 30, 2017
Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway, known for his concise language, once won a wager that he could tell a story in just six words. He then wrote on a napkin: “For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.” Whenever I share this story, invariably the audience fills in the gaps by positing a backstory which includes [...]
Editor's Reflections | Spring 2017 (31.2)
By: Jeff Miller | April 30, 2017
Genesis 29:25 is one of the Bible’s more startling verses: “When morning came, there was Leah!” (NIV). Have you ever wondered how Jacob could not know—for the better part of a day and all of a night—that he had married Leah instead of Rachel? Surely several factors were at work, and just as [...]
Book Review: Does God Make the Man? Media, Religion, and the Crisis of Masculinity
By: Alice Guinther | April 30, 2017
Does God Make the Man? is a fascinating look at how evangelical and ecumenical men process the messages they hear about masculinity from religion and media. The authors organized focus groups and recorded hundreds of hours of conversations to see if religion is vital to developing masculine identity. They conclude that, although evangelical men may [...]
Book Review: Women's Socioeconomic Status and Religious Leadership in Asia Minor in the First Two Centuries C.E.
By: Jeff Miller | April 30, 2017
In short, Bain’s study demonstrates first that studying women in the Hellenistic cultures of the first two centuries AD is more complex than has typically been recognized. Gender is not an isolated indicator of status. Rather, gender, marital status, and socioeconomic status are interwoven. An understanding of women’s religious leadership therefore rests on [...]
Book Review: Paul and Gender: Reclaiming the Apostle's Vison for Men and Women in Christ
By: Nicholas Quient | April 30, 2017
In summation, Westfall’s book does not offer the church merely an egalitarian reading of a few isolated texts. Instead, she paints a broad and coherent mosaic that will force complementarians to grapple not only with her judicious exegesis of the relevant texts, but also with the reality that the totality of Paul’s theology [...]