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Two Ways of Translating and Interpreting Genesis 3:16a, One Older and One Newer: Does It Matter?
By: Joy Fleming | November 7, 2025
Fleming compares two major translations of Genesis 3:16 and argues that the King James Version more accurately reflects the Hebrew text than later versions like the RSV, which wrongly portray the verse as a curse of pain in childbirth. She concludes that the passage reveals both sorrow and blessing, showing God’s recognition of human struggle [...]
“To rule” or “To be like”? Genesis 3:16 in Its Ancient Near Eastern Context
By: Elizabeth Ann R. Willett | November 7, 2025
Willett argues that Genesis 3:16 has long been mistranslated and misunderstood, suggesting it refers to increased work and pregnancies rather than pain in childbirth, and to mutual desire between man and woman rather than domination. She explains that the Hebrew word mashal means “to be like” instead of “to rule,” portraying the verse as a reflection [...]
Parenting in Exile: The Pain-Love of Eve
By: Karen Strand Winslow | November 7, 2025
Karen Strand Winslow interprets Genesis 3:16 as describing the ongoing toil, emotional suffering, and struggle for harmony that result from human disobedience, rather than a divine curse of childbirth pain or female subordination. She argues that the verse portrays the enduring “pain-love” of parenting and the human tension between love and control within relationships.
God’s Wisdom for Cultivating a Marriage
By: Janet Galante | November 7, 2025
Janet Galante’s sermon draws on Proverbs to show that God’s wisdom for marriage involves cultivating love, faithfulness, and mutual delight while resisting the distractions and “upgrade culture” that pull couples apart. She emphasizes that healthy, enduring marriages grow through intentional care, intimacy, and equality grounded in God’s design.
Racism and Sexism: The Groans of a New Creation
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | August 19, 2025
Lament helps open necessary space to sit with our complicity and pain, to wait on God’s transforming power, and to seek wisdom of leaders at the margins who know best the logic of patriarchy and thus more viable, lasting solutions.
Women, Leadership, and Ordination in the Anglican Church in Nigeria: Debating 1 Corinthians 14:26–40
By: Mercy Uwaezuoke Chukwuedo | August 19, 2025
In some parts of Nigeria where there are few or no men in the Christian Church, women can take on leadership roles. Providing women with opportunities in leadership would offer additional personnel, especially in areas experiencing a shortage of ministers.
Separate but Equal: The Great Lie behind Jim Crow and Progressive Complementarianism
By: Greta L. Bennett, AJ Fletcher | August 19, 2025
There is no reason for progressive complementarians to limit how God uses women in ministry. They may claim equality, but much like the Jim Crow laws, such equality is a lie and the “insistence that ‘equal worth’ manifests in unequal roles” lacks biblical precedent.
War on Women: Roman Misogyny for Military Aim
By: Heather Preston | August 19, 2025
In the case of Rome, the glory of an empire became synonymous with the glory of heavenly favor. This is a dangerous misappropriation we see modeled by nationalist political groups today.
Book Review: Breaking the Silence on Women Leaders in the Early Church A Review of Excavating Women: The Archaeology of Leaders in Early Christianity
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | August 19, 2025
Excavating Women is a pioneering achievement that demonstrates the power of archaeology to accurately recover the history of early Christian women.
Editor's Reflection: Spring 2025
By: Havilah Dharamraj | May 1, 2025
This issue of Priscilla Papers highlights the courageous stories of women who boldly pursued extraordinary callings. Their work, often considered radical or unconventional, invites us to reflect more deeply on the transformative role of women in advancing God's Kingdom.