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Can the Mosaic Law Be Reconciled With Gender Equality?
By: Cheri Williams | August 2, 2014
Are the Bible and gender equality so antithetical that one’s only hope to reconcile them is by stripping divine inspiration from the Bible, arguing that it is a book written by humans concerning their perspective of God over time? I believe affirming the divinity of the Bible will prove far more fruitful in incorporating [...]
The Scroll Links Up 8/1/14
By: Naomi Krueger | August 1, 2014
Happy Friday! Another great week of posts speaking out against patriarchy and lifting up the biblical ideal of mutuality in marriage and leadership. Be encouraged, dear friends.
Book Review: What Women Want: Pentecostal Women Ministers Speak for Themselves
By: John P. Lathrop | July 31, 2014
The Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) is one of the major Pentecostal bodies in the United States. This book contains the results of a study conducted in that denomination regarding women and ministry. Some books that deal with this subject focus on biblical texts to either support or limit women’s place in ministry. This [...]
Book Review: Latina Evangélicas
By: Beth M. Stovell | July 31, 2014
In Latina Evangélicas, three Latina theologians provide new insight into the often marginalized voices of Protestant Latinas. This book speaks primarily to scholars, but has valuable content for a wider audience of students and pastors as well.
Book Review: Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Spiritual Life
By: Brendan Payne | July 31, 2014
When Abraham Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe during the United States Civil War, he reportedly quipped, “So you’re the little woman who started this big war.” In Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Spiritual Life, Nancy Koester presents a biography of the famed author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin that bounds with delight from page to [...]
The Significance of Three Narrative Parallels of Men and Women in Luke 1, John 3–4, and Acts 9
By: David E. Malick | July 30, 2014
Biblical narratives are constructed word after word and line after line without the aid of tables, mechanical layouts, or images that show patterns to the reader. Even though the medium is linear by necessity, the resulting narratives have contours. Even though the narratives have progression in thought, the pathway is not always straight. Narrative writers [...]
Editor's Reflections | Summer 2014 (28.3)
By: William David Spencer | July 30, 2014
During daily devotions, even the most harried or casual reader arriving at the second and third epistles of John (2 John and 3 John) is struck by the similarities of structure and style. In 1912, Canon A. E. Brooke, in his International Critical Commentary volume, showed us exactly what we are noticing by listing all the parallel Greek [...]
Christian Community in South America
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | July 30, 2014
For those wearied by their journey, CBE's conference in Colombia was indeed a place of renewal, not only through the loving and wise Christian community that welcomed us but also through the people and place of Medellín, a city filled with warm smiles and flowering trees.
The Song of Songs Celebrates God’s Kind of Love
By: Aída Besançon Spencer | July 30, 2014
Romance novels are popular, especially among women. Romance fiction sells more than inspirational, mystery, science fiction, fantasy, or classic literary fiction. It had the largest share of the United States consumer market in 2012. What are the two basic elements in every romance novel, according to the Romance Writers of America? “A central love story and [...]
Accurate and Understandable Church History
By: Liz Sykes | July 30, 2014
In order to better appreciate church life in this century, it is helpful and perhaps essential, that we understand how Christianity has been lived since the very beginning. Mindy & Brandon Withrow have combined their gifts for writing and a passion for history to bring us 5 easy-to-read books with the series title "History Lives."