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Book Review: We Too: How the Church Can Respond Redemptively to the Sexual Abuse Crisis
By: Shirley Fessel | October 12, 2023
Mary DeMuth, delves into the church's often inadequate response to abuse survivors in WeToo: How the Church Can Respond Redemptively to the Sexual Abuse Crisis. Her book sheds light on the church's complex history of moral failings and offers insights on breaking the cycle of corruption. In We Too readers can learn the scope of [...]
Let God Reign: Ditching the Umbrellas of Hierarchy
By: Julie R. Frady | October 11, 2023
You’ve heard it said that there’s a divine order in the family. This “umbrella order” protects the family from the rain of “Satan’s attacks.” But what if that “divine order” isn’t divine at all?
Translating the Old Testament Part Two with Dr. Havilah Dharamraj
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International, Havilah Dharamraj | October 9, 2023
Dr. Havilah Dharamraj discusses not only her work leading CBE’s Old Testament translation team, but also their methodology, priorities, and examples of both.
Difficult Passages in the New Testament and How to Understand Them
By: Cynthia Long Westfall | October 5, 2023
Certain difficult New Testament passages have been consistently used to prevent the full partnership of women in the home, church, and world. How do we understand these passages in a way that rightly explains the Word of Truth (2 Tim 2:15)? My goal as a New Testament scholar has been to find coherence in my interpretation of [...]
Stay Awake for Women: Matthew 26:38–40
By: David Hart | October 5, 2023
In a world of injustice, Jesus compels us to not fall asleep on the inequities women face. It is easy to become numb when injustice is constantly knocking at our door, but Jesus asks, "Could you not stay awake for one hour?"
Intersectionality: The Narratives that Shaped Us with New Co-Host Rev. Liz Testa
By: Angela Ravin-Anderson, Liz Testa | September 29, 2023
Rev. Angela Ravin-Anderson welcomes new co-host, Rev. Liz Testa, and together they reflect on intersectionality and why it’s an important aspect of what shapes them as women, believers, and leaders.
Pink Mirror: The 'Barbie' Movie's Wry Reminders of Inequality
By: Daniel Fan | September 28, 2023
Gerwig's "Barbie" is a funhouse mirror for our patriarchal society. Far from being the bubblegum feminist fantasy that both rabid conservatives and shallow progressives hailed it as, Gerwig’s work is a wry and effectively packaged message about the dangers of inequality—with, sadly, one major flaw.
Setting the Record Straight: Roundtable Q and A
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International, Cynthia Muniz Soares, Alan Myatt, Cynthia Long Westfall, Viktorya Zalewski Baracy | September 27, 2023
A selection of questions from CBE's 2023 conference roundtable session, with answers from some of our conference speakers.
New Voices: “Women will be saved through childbearing”? 1 Timothy 2 and Artemis with Dr. Sandra Glahn
By: Erin Moniz, Blake Dean, Sandra Glahn | September 22, 2023
Are women saved through childbearing? Blake and Erin tackle one of the stickiest passages concerning women in the New Testament with scholar, Sandra Glahn. In her forthcoming book: Nobody’s Mother, Glahn tackles this passage from 1 Timothy and the context that informs it. You can find the book in CBE’s Bookstore.
In the Footsteps of Historical Twin Sisters: Margaret D. Gibson's Work on Ephesians 5:33
By: Julie Walsh | September 21, 2023
Like many women today, Julie Walsh follows in the footsteps of women who studied Scripture. Margaret D. Gibson, along with her twin sister Agnes Smith Lewis, were fluent in multiple languages and this led them to many outstanding discoveries—even the earliest copy of the Gospels in Syriac!