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Selections from God’s Word to Women
By: CBE International | November 7, 2025
This article presents Katharine Bushnell’s argument that Genesis 3:16 has been misinterpreted to justify women’s subordination and suffering, contending instead that the passage warns Eve of Satan’s deception rather than declaring a divine curse. These lessons were later gathered and published as God’s Word to Women in 1921, a work reprinted by CBE [...]
Genesis 3:16 and the Character of God
By: Jane L. Crane | November 7, 2025
Crane explains that Genesis 3:16 has often been mistranslated, causing misunderstandings about women and God’s character. Using early Hebrew sources and the research of Katharine Bushnell and Walter Kaiser, Crane shows that the verse describes the woman turning toward the man and the serpent’s deception rather than God punishing or subordinating women, revealing a [...]
Two Ways of Translating and Interpreting Genesis 3:16a, One Older and One Newer: Does It Matter?
By: Joy Fleming | November 7, 2025
Fleming compares two major translations of Genesis 3:16 and argues that the King James Version more accurately reflects the Hebrew text than later versions like the RSV, which wrongly portray the verse as a curse of pain in childbirth. She concludes that the passage reveals both sorrow and blessing, showing God’s recognition of human struggle [...]
“To rule” or “To be like”? Genesis 3:16 in Its Ancient Near Eastern Context
By: Elizabeth Ann R. Willett | November 7, 2025
Willett argues that Genesis 3:16 has long been mistranslated and misunderstood, suggesting it refers to increased work and pregnancies rather than pain in childbirth, and to mutual desire between man and woman rather than domination. She explains that the Hebrew word mashal means “to be like” instead of “to rule,” portraying the verse as a reflection [...]
Parenting in Exile: The Pain-Love of Eve
By: Karen Strand Winslow | November 7, 2025
Karen Strand Winslow interprets Genesis 3:16 as describing the ongoing toil, emotional suffering, and struggle for harmony that result from human disobedience, rather than a divine curse of childbirth pain or female subordination. She argues that the verse portrays the enduring “pain-love” of parenting and the human tension between love and control within relationships.
God’s Wisdom for Cultivating a Marriage
By: Janet Galante | November 7, 2025
Janet Galante’s sermon draws on Proverbs to show that God’s wisdom for marriage involves cultivating love, faithfulness, and mutual delight while resisting the distractions and “upgrade culture” that pull couples apart. She emphasizes that healthy, enduring marriages grow through intentional care, intimacy, and equality grounded in God’s design.
Book Review: The Quest for Biblical Servant Leadership: Insights from the Global Church
By: Alexander Kwasi Oduro | November 5, 2025
Alexander Kwasi Oduro reviews The Quest for Biblical Servant Leadership, highlighting its global exploration of how true leadership is rooted in serving others under God’s authority. Drawing from African and Asian contexts, the book demonstrates that servant leadership transcends culture and gender, offering practical models for leading with humility and faith in today’s [...]
Women and Words: Inside the Bible Translation Room with Dr. Joel B. Green: Part 1
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International, Joel B. Green | October 31, 2025
In this episode of Mutuality Matters, Dr. Joel B. Green joins the conversation to discuss the importance of Bible translation and interpretation, emphasizing the inclusion of women in the process.
Priscilla and the Explosion of Women Church Planters Today: The Great Commission Is Not a Competition
By: Terran Williams | October 30, 2025
We should not look at women today through a mistranslation or interpretation of 1 Timothy 2:12 or any verse, but through the Great Commission, in which Jesus was emphatic that the whole church participate. Can a woman teach and preach and plant a church and care for those that she gathers? In sum, yes!
Priscilla and the Explosion of Women Church Planters Today: Priscilla, the Pastor-Teacher
By: Terran Williams | October 16, 2025
There are three places where Paul emphasizes spiritual gifts as the determinant for who does what in a local church: 1 Corinthians, Romans, and Ephesians. Well, it turns out that Priscilla was involved in all three of those churches. The evidence seems to show that she had been freed up to use the gifts that God [...]