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Our Dual-Career Family
By: Susan Harris Howell, J. Dwayne Howell | July 29, 2014
The article describes the benefits and challenges we have experienced as a dual-career family along with the ways we have addressed those challenges in building a Christian home and family. This article presents the dual-career family as a viable option for those who are committed to gender equality within the home as well as to [...]
United in Christ: Liberian Men and Women
By: Florkime Paye | July 26, 2014
With our recent conference in Colombia, and today being Liberian Independence Day, I couldn’t help but remember that this exact time last year I was in my homeland of Liberia, and how our conference theme fits exactly with the experience that I had there.
The Scroll Links Up 7/25/14
By: Naomi Krueger | July 25, 2014
What an amazing week. Because of a week-long synchroblog called Faith Feminisms, the Christian blogosphere has exploded with posts about biblical gender equality. Can faith and feminism coexist? The resounding answer: YES! Not only coexist, but feminism comes out of our faith in a Lord who breaks down the walls that divide us and limit [...]
The Harmful Practice of Patriarchy: The Tenets Need to Go, Too (Part 2)
By: Chris Jeub | July 23, 2014
The culture of patriarchy stems from the tenets discussed in Part 1, but there are two subtle deceptions that have created unhealthy homeschool environments.
Surprised by Scripture?
By: Paul Adams | July 23, 2014
I'm reading N.T. Wright's latest popular installment entitled Surprised by Scripture and chapter 4, "The Biblical Case for Ordaining Women", caught my attention. Having previously read his stance, I expected not to be "surprised." Though I wasn't "shocked, amazed, stupefied, or bewildered" (all synonyms of "surprise"), I did get another picture, of sorts, about Galatians 3:28 ( [...]
A Rose by Any Other Name...
By: Susan Harris Howell | July 19, 2014
While growing up in the 1960s, I heard women in our neighborhood complain about being called housewives. “I am not married to a house!” they would say. Of course the term typically meant that they were wives who spent their time caring for a house and those in it. But still, it offended these women [...]
The Scroll Links Up 7/18/14
By: Naomi Krueger | July 18, 2014
We came across these fantastic blog posts advocating for biblical gender equality. What an encouragement. I hope you will be encouraged, too.
The Christian Walk
By: Jeff Miller | July 16, 2014
Some readers of The CBE Scroll will be surprised to learn of the variety of strongly-held opinions regarding who has the right of way when hiking. Hikers with an opinion are evenly divided between two primary points of view.
The Tenets Need to Go, Too (Part 1)
By: Chris Jeub | July 16, 2014
The number-one tenet in the mind of a patriarchal believer is that God is male in nature. The idea that fathers have a God-given authority in every facet of life, especially the family, stems from the first of Phillips' seven tenets, and probably the most important in his mind.
Wives, "Respect" Your Husbands
By: Trevor Sykes | July 12, 2014
From time to time we hear of the responsibilities outlined in Ephesians 5 verses 22 - 33 concerning husbands and wives respectively. Often the language gets reduced to a catch phrase like, "women want to be loved and men need respect." It is as if this phrase defines all women and all men for all time.