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Heroines of the Faith: A Narrative Essay
By: Mary LaGrand Bouma | April 30, 1994
It was a desperate ploy. If it failed she would be, at best, a social pariah; at worst, burned alive. Probably few of us, either women or men, would be able to summon up the kind of courage Tamar showed when, realizing that the system was failing to give her justice, she decided to do [...]
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 [...]
Principles of Female Ordination in the Old Testament
By: Christina Campbell | April 30, 1993
Where did judges like Deborah come from? We read in Acts 13:20-21 that the Israelites settled in Canaan and “After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet. Then the people asked for a king....”
Who's Who? Biblical Models of Women in Leadership
By: Grace Ying May | April 30, 1993
God’s revelation takes on flesh and blood as we encounter Shiphrah and Puah, Jochebed, Miriam, Zipporah, Rahab, Abigail, Deborah, Huldah, as well as unnamed heroines. If we are eager to travel with them, their faith can encourage and bolster ours.
Early Church Heroines: Rulers, Prophets, and Martyrs
By: Aída Besançon Spencer | January 31, 1993
In recent years many writers have been reminding the church of the exemplary women who have held positions of authority and power in the Bible as rulers, prophets and martyrs. Deborah certainly has been often mentioned as a faithful ruler, a judge, prophet, and a military strategist.
Our Sister, Phoebe
By: Linda Marion Montgomery | January 31, 1993
I was having a discussion the other evening with a family in our church about the subject of women deacons. I said, “Well, Phoebe, of course, was a deacon.” Someone said, “Really? Are you sure? Not everyone believes that she was.” “She was a deacon,” I said. It’s in Romans 16.”
Priscilla, Author of the Epistle to the Hebrews?
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | January 31, 1993
Was Priscilla one of the most successful teachers, evangelists, and writers in the early church? A survey of Priscilla’s ministry in Rome, Corinth, and Ephesus reveals a woman whose abilities and life’s circumstances beg the question: Was it Priscilla who wrote Hebrews?
Revelation, Proclamation, and Women’s Responsibility
By: Ralph A. Kee | October 31, 1992
In history as recorded in the Bible, God often gave His revelation specifically to women, and often instructed women to pass on that revelation to others, including men. In the New Testament, at all of the most significant points of Christian revelation and proclamation, women played a role as significant as, or even more significant [...]
Black is Blessed: A Study of Black / African Women and Men in Scripture
By: Catherine Clark Kroeger | January 31, 1992
The Bible says very clearly that black is beautiful (Song of Solomon 1:5). But as I studied the black persons mentioned in Scripture more carefully, I found another message—the Bible implies that black is blessed. Not that being black automatically makes you blessed, but these people had an unusual way of reaching out to God— [...]
John Chrysostom’s First Homily on the Greeting to Priscilla and Aquila
By: Catherine Clark Kroeger | July 30, 1991
John Chrysostom (died A.D. 407) preached consistently through the Scriptures and many of his sermons are still extant. Here, for the first time in English, is his first sermon on Priscilla and Aquila. Translated from the Greek, by Catherine Clark Kroeger, Ph.D., CBE president, author, and classical scholar.