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Today's New International Version

By: Craig L. Blomberg | February 1, 2004

In the spring of 2002, Zondervan and the International Bible Society released the latest work of the ongoing Committee on Bible Translation (CBT), Today's New International Version (TNIV) of the New Testament. The Old Testament is slated for release in 2005. Approximately 7% of the text is changed from the last American revision of the NIV, published in 1984.

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Editor's Reflections | Winter 2004

By: Victoria Peterson-Hilleque | January 31, 2004

If women were seen as equal to men, I believe we would not only see major improvements in their lives around the world, but we would all benefit.

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Topics: Editorial

Gender-Based Violence and Biblical Equality: Case Studies in Sierra Leone

By: Jo Anne Lyon | January 31, 2004

I was in Sierra Leone on an assessment trip with World Hope International and connected with a Washington Post reporter. We traveled together to various parts of the country—he was researching stories while I was doing assessments. 

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Topics: Abuse

Recognition, Rewards, and Renewal in the Book of Ruth

By: Funmi Para-Mallam | January 31, 2004

Over time, I have realized Ruth illustrates how God deals with us as individuals. He pursues us passionately and lovingly as individuals, and he calls us to partner with him personally.

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Hollyhock

By: Jean Janzen | January 31, 2004

Those summer days we pinched offthe blooms to make ballerinas, bud for the head, sticky stamen under the silky skirts, and then the whirling. Beauty and desire in their bright confusions.

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Topics: Poetry

Women and the Aims of Jesus

By: John E. Phelan, Jr. | January 31, 2004

The church stands before the world representing the life of the kingdom-anticipating the life of the kingdom. In this kingdom, Jesus declared holiness was not about separation, but about access. In this kingdom, Jesus declared the least, the lost, and the losers are invited to the party.

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Book Review: Evangelical Identity and Gendered Family Life

By: Carrie A. Miles | January 31, 2004

Evangelical Identity and Gendered Family Life, by Oregon State University sociology professor Sally K. Gallagher, is a detailed study of evangelical attitudes toward gender and the family. 

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Roman Wives, Roman Widows: The Appearance of New Women and the Pauline Communities

By: Bruce W. Winter | December 31, 2003

Based on a close investigation of neglected literary and archaeological evidence, Roman Wives, Roman Widows makes groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of first-century women, including their participation in public life as lawyers, magistrates, and political figures, which in turn affected women's ministry in the Pauline communities.

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Boldly and Fearlessly Proclaim the Truth

By: Jaime Hunt | December 5, 2003

As I walked into the seminary, my eyes widened. My heart thudded and I heard God speak to me clearly, “You are called to this, my child.”

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The Cost of Equality: Missionaries Choose Integrity Over Their Careers

By: Jaime Hunt | December 5, 2003

Today, the Church persecutes some Christians simply for believing God equally gifts men and women.   

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