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In Spite of the Culture: A Sermon
By: Beulah Wood | August 7, 2023
The Bible tells of many married women who acted with independent agency, with or without their husbands.
God as Motherly Father and Fatherly Mother
By: Joshua Robert Barron | August 7, 2023
Learning from ancient theologians and from twenty-first-century African Christians can help Christians worldwide grow in theological maturity. They help us, for example, understand that the grammatical gender of pronouns referring to God varies from language to language.
Is There Anything More that Can Be Said about 1 Timothy 2:8–15? “Propriety,” A Surprisingly Significant Word
By: Jim Reiher | August 7, 2023
A closer look at sōphrosunē, often translated "propriety" or "modesty," in 1 Timothy 2.
Women and Words: “Male Pronouns Don’t Exist in 1 Timothy 3:1–7” with Dr. Philip B. Payne
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International, Philip B. Payne | August 4, 2023
Mimi and Phil explore the important decisions of the New Testament translation team on difficult texts such as 1 Timothy 2:11–15, 3:1–12; Ephesians 5:21–33; 1 Corinthians 11:2–16; 1 Peter 2:18, and more!
God’s World Is Not a Man’s World
By: Hannele Ottschofski | August 3, 2023
Patriarchy is a system that values men and their achievements more than women and their achievements. A patriarchal society is male-dominated, male-identified, and male-centred. The male person is the centre of attention and everything else—or everyone else, including women—are defined by their relationships to men. Oppression of women and girls is often a [...]
Women and Men Leading Together: An Irresistible Vision with Wendy Wilson
By: Layla Van Gerpen, Rob Dixon, Wendy Wilson | July 28, 2023
Wendy Wilson, mission advisor for the Development of Women for Missio Nexus. In this episode, Wendy challenges the church to awaken to that vision, and she provides one way to get there: safe, experiential spaces to talk about the theology and practice of mixed-gender ministry partnership.
From Prostitutes to Priests: How We Imagine Women Matters
By: Elaine Kelly | July 20, 2023
The human imagination has the power to include or erase, empower or degrade women. Throughout history, art has done just this. Mary of Magdala has been portrayed as both a prostitute and a priest. Junia, as a servant and a deacon. The arts can help us imagine women—and all of God's people—as God [...]
2023 CBE Writing Contest—Write for Mutuality!
By: CBE International | July 20, 2023
Do you want to help advocate for the full equality of women and men in the home, church, and world? Then CBE invites you to enter our SEVENTH annual writing contest!
New Voices: “She Deserves Better” with Sheila Wray Gregoire
By: Erin Moniz, Blake Dean, Sheila Wray Gregoire | July 17, 2023
What are the messages the church send to girls and women about modesty, sex, emotions, and self, producing as they grow up? Blake and Erin talk with Sheila Gregoire about her book: She Deserves Better: Raising Girls to Resist Toxic Teachings on Sex, Self, And Speaking Up.
El Roi: The God Who Sees, Values, and Hears Women
By: Joy Smith | July 13, 2023
In the church, where the attention is often on what women should or should not be allowed to do, it is encouraging to look at how God sees women. Throughout the Bible, women are present — their lives and words form the Scriptures — and God values them. God wants to hear their voices. He sees them, [...]