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Examining the Twelve Pillars of Male Hierarchy
By: Philip B. Payne | May 1, 2012
This recording examines the twelve pillars most often adduced as biblical support for male hierarchy in the church and in the home. It shows that statements in the Bible adduced for this do not, in fact, support male hierarchy. To the contrary, they rather provide evidence for the equal standing and authority of man and [...]
Jesus, Paul, And Women: Kingdom Mission, Gospel Expansion, and New Creation
By: Todd D. Still | May 1, 2012
This recording examines the pivotal and strategic role of women in the ministries of Jesus and Paul respectively. In addition, it will consider theological and missiological reasons for women’s full and free participation in the church’s mission at the dawn of the twenty-first century.
Reading Scripture By The Light Of New Creation’s Dawn
By: J. R. Daniel Kirk | May 1, 2012
New creation dawns with the resurrection of Jesus. We walk, now, in its coming light. New creation means the redemption of the whole created order: human persons as well as human society; the physical world and the animal life that fills it. God calls us to take hold of the coming future and bring it [...]
Of the Tribe of Benjamin
By: Katie Hays | May 1, 2012
This recording is the personal account of Rev. Hays’ call to ministry and the obstacle of her gender in fulfilling that call. It draws on Paul’s own description of himself and his enthusiasm for God’s work in Philippians 3:4b-6. The talk culminates with Hays’ decision to leave the denomination of her childhood, a [...]
New Creation and the Equal Standing of Man and Woman
By: Philip B. Payne | May 1, 2012
This recording summarizes the "New Creation" theme of the Bible and shows how this is not limited to the future but is inaugurated in the church and transforms Christian relationships.
Mariah
By: Jennifer Stewart Fueston | April 30, 2012
When I saw my cousin again, I had walked all day, my ankles swollen like my feet. Her bright eyes made my journey worth it.
The Life and Influence of Jessie Penn-Lewis
By: Sharon Baker-Johnson | April 30, 2012
Nineteenth-century England experienced a significant period of transition with cultural influences, reflected by Enlightenment thinking, shifting to include romantic tendencies. One of the growing evangelical developments that included the latter was the focus on the “deeper Christian life,” or the Keswick movement, which officially began in 1875. Jessie Penn-Lewis came to prominence in speaking, writing, and [...]
Joanna Cotton
By: Jason Eden | April 30, 2012
In 1664, a young Puritan minister named John Cotton Jr. was found guilty of “lascivious unclean practices with three women.”1 Mr. Cotton was a Harvard graduate, a descendant of well-respected parents, and a husband and father. As a punishment for his sinful deeds, English officials in Massachusetts forced Cotton to give up his pastorate of [...]
Saint Clare
By: Sharon Baker-Johnson | April 30, 2012
Sometimes obscured by the reputation of her mentor Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Clare was an innovator and hero of the faith in her own right. While initially inspired by the convictions and teaching of Francis, Clare went on to develop her own wisdom in interpreting the Franciscan life, as seen in the distinctive guidelines [...]
Hostess Nympha in Laodicea
By: Beulah Wood | April 30, 2012
What we know of Nympha as a person springs primarily from two small verses written by Paul about AD 58 to 60: “Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the church in her house. After this letter has been read to you, see that it is also read in the [...]