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Being Single In A Couples’ World: Gender Roles, Identity, And Contentment
By: Kaye V. Cook, Howard E. Frost | October 31, 1993
For many people today, singleness feels like an embarrassment, a reason for apology, a motivation for therapy. We are asked if we are “called” to singleness, but no one ever asks if one is “called” to marriage. We have to “deal with” singleness. No one ever talks about “dealing with” marriage, although all marriages are [...]
The Work of Christmas
By: Howard Thurman | October 31, 1993
When the star in the sky is gone When the kings and the princes are home When the shepherds are back with their flocks The work of Christmas begins—
Editing and Choosing Hymns for Inclusive Language
By: Michael Rathke | July 31, 1993
The following set of guidelines is intended as a tool for pastors, musicians, and lay people who are in a position of editing or selecting existing hymn texts. While these suggestions have been written primarily with hymnody in mind, they may also prove useful at times for spoken prayers.
Servant Leadership
By: CBE International | July 31, 1993
The following is presented as both a definition and an illustration of the New Testament concept of leadership. This exchange took place during the question and answer period of a women’s meeting at Willow Creek Community Church. Church elder Laurie Pederson’s answer was given extemporaneously.
Men: It's Time to Change
By: James Reapsome | July 31, 1993
Change begins with our language, because what we say and what we write reveals our unchallenged assumptions about women. Beyond that, however, we must change our missions commitment to include evangelizing and training the world’s women.
Good News for a Country
By: Paul G. Hiebert | July 31, 1993
Equality and mutual submission between men and women is God’s ideal for humanity. But, some ask, do these work in a world ruled by power-hungry leaders, inequality and hierarchy? Do we not need strong leadership for a nation to prosper?
Good News For Women Is Good News For Men
By: Frances Hiebert | July 31, 1993
Feminism is supposed to be good news for women; but does that mean it is automatically bad news for men? Many people assume that it is. What is given to women must necessarily be taken away from men. This is the old “slice of the pie” or “limited good” theory.
Who’s Who? New Testament Female Ministry Role Models
By: Grace Ying May | July 31, 1993
Just as earlier God called Eve to inhabit and rule the Garden with Adam, now, through Christ, God gives women and men an opportunity to respond to the two highest callings imaginable as co-heirs of salvation (1 Pet 3:7) and co-laborers with Christ. Who are some of the women in the New Testament on whom the Lord [...]
Book Review: I Suffer Not a Woman
By: W. Harold Fuller | July 31, 1993
Until now, this reviewer had to acknowledge he simply did not understand Paul's statement: "I suffer not a woman to teach nor to usurp authority over the man" (1Tim 2:12). No explanation rang scripturally true: e.g. "rabbinical male bias" or "a local cultural problem." Exceptions for women teaching or preaching ("only occasionally" or "under male [...]
Is It Okay to Call God "Mother"?: Considering the Feminine Face of God
By: Paul R. Smith | June 1, 1993
"This book is a tour de force. It is simply magnificent, witty, scholarly, profoundly persuasive, blunt, prophetic, and convicting this slowtobelieve disciple all over the place." -Brennan Manning, author of The Ragamuffin Gospel "I'm not sure what to make of it all, but Paul Smith gives the best arguments I have ever come across for [...]