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A Liberated Denomination Liberates Women
By: Mary Seltzer | June 6, 2001
I was born into a Christian home, and my mother and father both believed in no smoking, no drinking, no card playing, no movies, no TV and no dancing. In high school I was always pulled out of gym class during the square dance unit, and I had never seen a movie until I was [...]
Pushed to Procreate
By: Marlene A. Stelter | June 5, 2001
The “bitter” aspects of the recollections stemmed from the spiritual abuses we had suffered as a result of erroneous religious teachings. In some home schooling ministries, legalism (righteous standing conferred through adherence to rules and regulations) is prevalent. Had it not been for my husband’s and my childhood mooring in “Sola Fide” — justification by [...]
A Tribute to Marion Haefele Longman
By: Karen Longman | June 5, 2001
“Zest for living” are three words that describe how Marion Haefele Longman has influenced my life.
CBE’s Mission and Envisioned Future
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | June 5, 2001
When God raises up a ministry to help build his church throughout the world, he equips and gifts believers and gives them a vision for that ministry. We notice biblical examples in Nehemiah, Jesus’ disciples, Paul and the believers in Acts 2. God is still gifting believers and giving them a vision for ministry today. We [...]
Women in the Church: Reclaiming the Ideal
By: Carroll Osburn | May 1, 2001
For conservative churches continuing to seek the middle ground between radical feminism on the one hand and an unhealthy patriarchalism on the other, it is useful to discuss existing options. Radical feminism and patriarchalism fail to survive biblical and sociological analysis. Egalitarianism and hierarchal complementarianism must be critiqued in terms of their biblical basis and [...]
The Woman Behind the Man
By: Dan Gentry Kent | April 30, 2001
A number of years ago a Baptist men’s group in the panhandle of far West Texas wanted to have a ladies night. They invited their wives and girl friends, and they invited me to be their speaker. They assigned me the following rather traditional topic: “The Woman Behind the Man.” They thought that was [...]
The Parable of the Blue Reflector
By: Nancy K. Ferrell | April 30, 2001
Let us point the way to signs of racism and exclusion that are often not seen by those not affected by them.
Jesus and Family Values
By: Gretchen Gaebelein Hull | April 30, 2001
We who seek to be Jesus’ faithful disciples must be very careful not to put words in Jesus’ mouth that he did not speak. We cannot promote what we wish Jesus might have said, but, to the best of our ability, we must accurately reflect what he did say. Nowhere is this caveat so needed [...]
I Will Never Leave You Nor Forsake You
By: Michelle E. Robbins | April 30, 2001
Who are we, Jesus, to demandproof from you of your integrity? We are as nothing; a mere speck of dust in the sphere of the universe.
My Soul Has Died...
By: Michelle E. Robbins | April 30, 2001
My soul has died a thousand deaths;My pain and anguish has no limit to cry a thousand oceans to ache with intensity unmeasurable the unsharable agony of my existence.