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What Can Be Good About Reporting Bad News?
By: Martha Thorson | October 9, 2025
When in the church we are functioning as peers, we are to keep trying to work out our problems. But when anyone is in a relationship of power over another, if the one in power is demanding and merciless, Jesus held up the community that was outraged and reported the abuse as a role model. [...]
Women in Scripture and Mission: Bakhita
By: Kimberly Dickson | October 7, 2025
Bakhita’s faith strengthened her to defy the abuses of human trafficking and racism. Her story reminds us that all people—with their different stories, colors, and backgrounds—reflect the image of God and are, therefore, worthy of dignity and respect.
What Did Paul Mean By ‘Silence’ and ‘Submission’ in 1 Timothy 2:11?
By: Cheri Dale | October 3, 2025
The passage 1 Timothy 2:11 is often used to silence women has a powerful expectation for them instead.
Book Review: The Meaning of Singleness
By: Nicole Gibson | September 25, 2025
Danielle Treweek resists idolizing marriage by reminding readers of the eschatological significance of singleness and why it matters for the church's theology.
Priscilla and the Explosion of Women Church Planters Today: Women Church Planters Across the Globe
By: Terran Williams | September 11, 2025
Does God regard gender when he chooses people to lead churches? Williams explores Christianity's history of women church planters for an answer.
Book Review: The ESV Study Bible
By: Philip B. Payne | September 4, 2025
These twenty-seven departures from the Greek undermine the ESV claim to be "the very words of God to us" (9) and to let the reader see as directly as possible the structure and meaning of the original. Regarding women in Paul's teachings, the ESV and its notes do not fulfill its promise to represent the original [...]
Abigail, the Prophet and Peacemaker
By: Cory Driver | August 28, 2025
Abigail, who acts as a prophet, interrupted and undermined multiple generations of retributive violence that began in Genesis between Esau and Jacob, and taught David a valuable lesson on godly leadership.
Book Review: James: A New Covenant Commentary
By: Jamie B. Hulker | August 21, 2025
Ruth Anne Reese’s James, part of the New Covenant Commentary Series (NCCS), stands out as a welcome and valuable contribution. Her scholarly expertise and pastoral sensitivity challenge today’s faith communities.
Women, Leadership, and Ordination in the Anglican Church in Nigeria: Debating 1 Corinthians 14:26–40
By: Mercy Uwaezuoke Chukwuedo | August 19, 2025
In some parts of Nigeria where there are few or no men in the Christian Church, women can take on leadership roles. Providing women with opportunities in leadership would offer additional personnel, especially in areas experiencing a shortage of ministers.
Racism and Sexism: The Groans of a New Creation
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | August 19, 2025
Lament helps open necessary space to sit with our complicity and pain, to wait on God’s transforming power, and to seek wisdom of leaders at the margins who know best the logic of patriarchy and thus more viable, lasting solutions.