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Discovering God’s Design
By: Julia Bloom | March 6, 2001
I grew up in fundamentalist churches where women were taught to know their “place” and stay there. My parents accepted these ideas in theory, but not so much in practice, and at the same time they questioned many of the other things these churches taught. During my freshman year of college, my parents ended their [...]
And the Truth Will Set You Free!
By: Faith Totushek | March 6, 2001
Each time I read Ephesians, I shuddered inwardly upon reading Chapter 5: “Wives submit to your husbands.” This passage was a neon light blinding me to the rest of the book. I felt the same shame when I read other passages with directives to women regarding silence, submission or authority. The worst was 1 Timothy 2, which implied [...]
Women Beyond the Cave
By: Melody Green | March 6, 2001
As women we should be encouraged. We may be soft on the outside, but we’re strong and mighty in spirit. We are God’s secret weapons and the enemy knows it. He takes us seriously, even when others don’t. The enemy’s strategy has been to keep us quiet and in hiding. But [...]
Book Review: 10 Lies the Church Tells Women
By: Kriss Erickson | March 6, 2001
In a conversational, no-nonsense approach to a controversial issue, 10 Lies the Church Tells Women discusses 10 traditional ideas many Christian churches have used to claim the Bible restrains women from leadership.
The Gospel for All People
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | March 5, 2001
At CBE we are a diverse group of Christians, with our members representing over 100 different denominations. How on earth do we agree on anything? I am reminded of the early church, which was also certainly a diverse group. They lived with radically different cultures, eating habits, languages, and ways of worshipping. With such a long [...]
Women of Devotion Through the Centuries
By: Cheryl Forbes | March 1, 2001
Women of Devotion is a critical and literary history, a commentary on the culture of the time, and a critique of our own reading habits. Most of all, it is an inspiring look at committed women of the past whose work continues to challenge us today.
Gender Authority
By: Del Birkey | January 31, 2001
Part 1 of a 3-part series, presented here, focuses on the radical redefinition of authority Jesus taught and set in motion for his church; it considers the complementarians’ circuitous idea of gender authority.
A Tale of Two New Testament Couples: Ordinary people, extraordinary marriages
By: Virgil A. Olson | January 31, 2001
There are several New Testament passages dealing with the proper relationship between husband and wife. The words of Jesus and the writings of Paul and Peter are quite explicit about the roles and responsibilities of husband and wife. But there are only a few stories in the New Testament that give us any information about [...]
Another Look at Eve: Mother Eve gets a bad rap. But is it justified?
By: Jane McNally | January 31, 2001
Traditional Jewish and Christian interpretations of the early chapters of Genesis have led to the heaviest blame often falling on Eve for the entrance of sin and death into the world... Faulty interpretations of many Bible texts concerning women foster the low status, oppression, and abuse of women the world around, which is one [...]
Who Was She?
By: Patricia Donohue-Carey | January 31, 2001
Who was she in the Garden, there beforeThe tree with cherubim and flaming Sword Was guarded? What true thoughts, not culture's lore, By grace, and yet by more: first fellowship's Commune, did her mind hold, and her heart own?