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Editor's Reflections | Autumn 2004

By: William David Spencer | October 31, 2004

The topic of our present debut issue is clarification of biblical data.

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Topics: Editorial

Man and Woman at Creation: A Critique of Complementarian Interpretations

By: Christiane Carlson-Theis | October 31, 2004

The complementarian conviction that women are under male authority and therefore must be excluded from (some) positions of leadership, rests in no small measure on their interpretation of God’s eternal, created order as established in Genesis 1-2. 

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The Sinful Woman as Surrogate Host: Hospitality and Forgiveness in Luke 7:44–48

By: Mary H. Brondyke | October 31, 2004

In the account of the anointing of Jesus by the sinful woman, Jesus radically reverses all assumptions about himself, the woman and Simon, highlights true repentance and forgiveness, and causes us to reflect on the boldness of the Lord’s ministry to women. 

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100% Chance of Snow

By: William David Spencer | October 31, 2004

Snow falls gentlylike little promises accumulating over the years, piling into great mounds of failed commitment. Too large to ignore, it stands grim sentinel in the chill of resentment, but it slowly melts away under the sunshine of mercy.

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Topics: Poetry

Images of Mary Magdalene in Christian Tradition: A Case of Prostituted Identity

By: Jerry Camery-Hoggatt | October 31, 2004

Christian tradition is sometimes remarkable for the liberties it takes with the reputations of its saints, and in this regard no example springs so readily to mind as that of Mary Magdalene. Tradition has had its field day with the reputation of this once deeply troubled woman. 

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Book Review: Marriage Made in Eden

By: Leslie Ann McKinney | October 31, 2004

Alice Mathews and M. Gay Hubbard write an extraordinary book about Christian marriage and family. The book's purpose is to explore God's perspective on marriage, an ancient view, for a postmodern world. 

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The Philosophical Background to Hierarchy in the Church

By: Christina Rees | September 6, 2004

The Philosophical Background to Hierarchy in the Church

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