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Book Review: Your Daughters Shall Prophesy: Amplifying the Voice and Place of Christian Women
By: Nicolas Gold | July 23, 2024
Todd Korpi articulates a missional vision for egalitarianism in which individuals and organizations move from being passive supporters of women in ministry to passionate advocates. This book is primarily for those who already agree with the egalitarian position and want to be empowered to advocate for women. Its practicality and numerous recommendations should draw the [...]
Book Review: The Biblical World of Gender: The Daily Lives of Ancient Women and Men
By: Elizabeth Ann R. Willett | July 16, 2024
This volume of essays is a thought-provoking read that would enlighten any student unfamiliar with feminist approaches to the Bible and inform someone interested in issues related to biblical equality. For professors or pastors, the book might challenge perspectives they learned in university and seminary.
Book Review: Calm and Quiet My Soul: A Holistic Approach to Spiritual Care for the Mothering Pastor
By: Elizabeth Millar | July 10, 2024
Alyssa Lynn Bell offers empathetic understanding, spiritual insight, and practical encouragement to women who pastor and also mother. As an ordained minister, spiritual director, and recent doctoral student, Bell knows firsthand the challenges and joys of holding the dual roles of ministry and motherhood.
Book Review: Trauma: Caring for Survivors
By: Patty Craft | July 2, 2024
Darby A. Strickland, counselor and trauma expert, has authored a small but mighty book, Trauma: Caring for Survivors, part of the Resources for Changing Lives Ministry Booklet series. This booklet is written for anyone who wants to come alongside individuals suffering from trauma regardless of training or experience.
Book Review: The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife
By: Mikaela Bell | June 25, 2024
In her memoir and cautionary tale, The Woman They Wanted, Shannon Harris details the decades of spiritual abuse she experienced and her eventual escape.
Book Review: Jesus the Refugee: Ancient Injustice and Modern Solidarity
By: Grace Payne | June 21, 2024
In Jesus the Refugee, Glenn Butner Jr. traces the flight of Joseph and Mary along with baby Jesus into Egypt and highlights how they would have been potentially received if the modern refugee conventions we have were in place. The book was an insightful, convicting, and educational read. Butner’s style is clear and concise, [...]
Book Review: The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes
By: Becky Castle Miller | June 12, 2024
In The Toxic War on Masculinity, Nancey Pearcey correctly diagnoses many of the problems with modern American culture, but fails to offer an effective solution.
Book Review: All My Knotted-Up Life
By: Mikaela Bell | June 4, 2024
All My Knotted-Up Life is the personal memoir of Bible teacher Beth Moore.
Barbie, The Book of the City of Ladies, and the Battle against Internalized Misogyny
By: Mary Bell | March 21, 2024
In the Barbie movie (2023), America Ferrera’s character gives an iconic speech about how “it is literally impossible to be a woman.” Christine de Pisan in 1405 also wrote a popular and highly regarded defense of women: The Book of the City of Ladies.
Twenty Centuries of Women Leaders in the Church
By: CBE International | March 14, 2024
In celebration of Women's History Month, here are five titles that trace women's contributions to the church from the time of Jesus down to the early Church Mothers, to medieval women theologians, and finally to female pastors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.