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The Antidote for Anger

By: Tricia Baldwin | December 5, 2000

As I walked out the church door that late summer Sunday morning, my heart was crushed and the tears flowed. This had been a special place where I had grown in my relationship to Christ, developed valued friendships and committed myself to serve. How did it come to this?

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The Marginalized Male

By: Bradley Harris | December 5, 2000

“Delighted” would accurately describe my reaction to discovering Christians for Biblical Equality. I’m a man who knows something about marginalization and alienation — two themes central to CBE’s concerns.

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Come and Get Me!

By: Carol J. Zechlin | December 5, 2000

“Let them come after me,” said Tiger Woods about his competitors when interviewed as to his strategy on holding his 12-point lead at the U.S. Open last summer. “I don’t plan on going to them.” That’s how I feel as a woman: confident in the scriptural knowledge of who I am.

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Marching to the Beat of Different Drums

By: Kathy Bruner | December 5, 2000

When I reflect on my childhood and young adulthood, it’s not difficult to see why I struggled to understand God’s intent for gender roles. I was surrounded by mixed gender messages from my denomination, my family and my Christian college.

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Women, Religion, and the Culture War

By: Rebecca Merrill Groothuis, Douglas Groothuis | September 5, 2000

At its yearly convention, the largest Protestant denomination in America passed a statement opposing abortion, pornography, homosexuality — and female pastors. For Southern Baptist leaders, these issues hang together. They assume that on their side of the culture war, Christians must oppose these practices as a piece. 

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Whose Prayers Count More?

By: Chelsea DeArmond | September 5, 2000

As I bowed my head to pray, I remember feeling disappointed that the pastor’s wife was praying with me instead of the pastor. Although she was a godly woman, I thought that somehow if he led me in prayer it would count more than his wife’s prayers. I wished that I could sneak [...]

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Hearing Aids For Husbands

By: Nils Swanson | September 5, 2000

Peter states what should be common sense: husbands, live with your wives in a considerate and respectful manner. He then goes on to say that if a husband does not do this, his relationship with God will suffer.

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Taste And See That God Is Good

By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | September 5, 2000

Egalitarians essentially face the same challenge encountered by the abolitionists and suffragists. Not only did they have to argue that the existing social structure was inferior and unbiblical, but they had to actually show that the new idea was superior and more closely aligned with Scripture.

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From Male Superiority To Mutual Submission

By: John R. Kohlenberger III | September 5, 2000

In his treatment of women as equals, Paul followed Jesus’ lead. Jesus defined servant-leadership in Matthew 20:28 (NRSV), “the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.”

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Is 'Woman' A Dirty Word?

By: Michelle D. Davison | September 5, 2000

“Lord, help me to know where you have gifted and motivated me to serve, so that I might be more fully used by you.” This had become my heart’s cry, yet as I began to sense the direction of the Lord in my life like never before, the doors of the church seemed to [...]

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