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"He Will Take": David and Bathsheba
By: Jeff Miller | December 2, 2015
I will now argue that the biblical text offers nothing whatsoever to lead us toward the view that Bathsheba was a willing, perhaps even seductive, partner.
At Home With Priscilla And Aquila
By: Margaret Mowczko | November 9, 2015
Apollos and Aquila, as well as Luke who records this story, do not appear to be in any way concerned that Priscilla, a woman, took the lead in ministering to Apollos, a man.
What Is This Woman Doing Preaching In My Bible?
By: Sara Ronnevik | October 14, 2015
Huldah’s story is absent. I have listened to pastors preaching online, on the radio, in different churches, in different denominations, in this country, and overseas. And I have never once heard a pastor tell the story of Huldah or teach on the significance of her life.
Equality In Ephesian Leadership
By: Dalaina May | September 30, 2015
Early in his writings, Paul authored Galatians, a book primarily dedicated to explaining to Jewish Christians that their uncircumcised Gentile brothers were not second class members of the church. Paul directly refutes this concept of hierarchy in Christian community in Galatians 3:28.
Defeating Dragons: Martha As A Role Model for Single Women
By: Lori Buckle | September 16, 2015
We all knew that after you "graduated" from the high school youth group's "college and career" Sunday school class, you were supposed to jump right into adult classes, where everybody was married. The message was painfully clear: once you left school, you had a few years to establish yourself, and then you settled down and [...]
Deborah and the Box of Womanhood
By: Emmaline Kempf | August 25, 2015
I have always admired Deborah. She is a woman, but she embodies both “traditionally” male and female characteristics. She just doesn’t fit into stereotypical boxes of masculinity and femininity. Further, Deborah’s relationship with Barak is a beautiful picture of biblical equality that I deeply appreciate—as well as both leaders’ relationships with their [...]
Women's Ordination as Pastors: A Middle Eastern Perspective
By: Anne Zaki | August 1, 2015
Explores the most prominent biblical, historical, and cultural arguments presented by both sides in the discussion around the ordination of women as pastors in Egypt.
Women In The Gospel Of John
By: Marianne Meye Thompson | August 1, 2015
The Gospel of John contains some unique and well-known stories about women. Two features distinguish women in John. 1) they serve in the key Johannine role as witnesses 2) they are the recipients of some of Jesus' most important self-disclosures.
Teach us, Mary: The Authority of Women Teachers in the Church in Light of the Magnificat (Luke 1:46–55)
By: Nijay K. Gupta | July 31, 2015
In the study of female authority and church leadership in scripture, much attention has been paid to the arguments in scripture, but much less has been made of the voices in scripture.
Women's Ordination as Pastors: A Middle Eastern Perspective
By: Anne Zaki | July 31, 2015
2015 “Becoming New” CBE International Conference Explores the most prominent biblical, historical, and cultural arguments presented by both sides in the discussion around the ordination of women as pastors in Egypt.