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Different but Equal? Giving Words Their Real Meaning
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | December 5, 2008
Let’s give words back their true meaning. Being equal must always and everywhere include shared authority. If that is not what is intended, then a word other than “equal” will have to be found.
Seven Practical (But Not Easy) Tips to Transform Your Marriage
By: Sharon and Henry Tam | December 5, 2008
If you want to transform your marriage keep dating your mate. Make time to develop that intimacy. Listen to your partner’s day, hear their hopes, their dreams, and their fears.
A Devotional for Families: Luke 8:40–56
By: Mary Stromer Hanson | September 5, 2008
“My daughter is dying; come heal her,” begged the father with his last breath. Jesus followed the man back to his residence. Jairus dared to calm his pounding heart. Then a woman threw herself at Jesus’ feet, sobbing.
Taste & See
By: Kathy Nesper | September 5, 2008
Again and again, though it is not a step-by-step parenting guide, Scripture can bring practical insights through the ways God models parenting for us.
Christ Comes to Make His Blessings Known, Far as the Curse is Found
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | September 5, 2008
An overemphasis on the nuclear family lacks biblical perspective. While marriage is sacred and parenting highly revered in Scripture, the family that the Bible deals with most often is God’s family—God’s New Covenant community.
When Gifting is Denied
By: Robyn Claydon, David Claydon | August 1, 2008
The church’s outreach to the world is enhanced when the gifts given to all God’s people, including laity, women and youth, are affirmed and utilized. Ministry needs to be based on gifting not gender, on witnessing not categories, on biblical teaching not status. When gifting is denied because of gender, status, or age, [...]
The Unfolding Fullness of Christ
By: William J. Webb | July 20, 2008
Listening to the redemptive spirit even within Scripture’s difficult slavery texts is essential for Christians who want to live out a faith that unfolds the fullness of Christ in our world. This general session will develop “movement meaning” within the text of Scripture and, in particular, within the slavery texts and then draw parallels to [...]
Jessie Penn-Lewis’s Cross Theology
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | April 30, 2008
Considered the most influential woman affiliated with the Welsh Revivals (1904–05) and earlier the Keswick Conventions (1875–1910), Jessie Penn-Lewis (1861–1927) distinguished herself as a writer, speaker, and advocate of women’s public ministry. A crucicentrist of the highest order, Penn-Lewis’s egalitarian theology grew out of her understanding of Christ’s completed work on [...]
Q: My Church Does Not Believe that Women Should be Elders...
By: Catherine Clark Kroeger | March 5, 2008
Q: My church does not believe that women should be elders, based on the phrase in 1 Timothy 3 that says elders must have one wife. Does this phrase really exclude women and single people from being elders? How should I approach this subject at my church?