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There's A Woman in Your Pew Who's Been Abused. Do You See Her?

By: Marie H | October 11, 2018

[Trigger Warning] Why did he get to dispense God's grace? Did God's forgiveness of his sin minimize my suffering, my cry for justice? If I couldn’t take the wine from him, ought I to take it at all? How cruel—to demand that I partake in the body by submitting [...]

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Without Gender Equality, Our Gospel Has A Hole In It

By: Tim Ritter | October 10, 2018

Tragically, Bible-readers throughout most of church history haven't seen Jesus' call to give up power as essential to or even included in Christian faith. Nowhere has that omission been more costly than in the treatment of gender.

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15 Books on Domestic Violence for Pastors, Believers, and Survivors

By: CBE International | October 9, 2018

Are you a pastor or spiritual leader who wants to help and not hurt? Is your church ready to study the link between theology and domestic violence? Here are fifteen resources on domestic violence. 

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5 Things the Bible Does (and Doesn't) Say About Modesty

By: Jill Richardson | October 8, 2018

Does the Bible really body-shame women? Does it exonerate men when they objectify women? Proponents will say they don’t exonerate men. Men are still guilty, but women, the victims of men’s objectification, are guilty too. But there’s a chasm of difference between “men are guilty, period” and “men and women are both [...]

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Single People Aren't Problems to Be Fixed or Threats to Be Neutralized

By: Ella Hickey | October 2, 2018

What’s missing from Christian books on dating, purity, and singleness.  

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The Good News About Sex After Marriage: You Can Still Say "No"

By: Lisa Bartelt | September 26, 2018

“If you don’t have sex with your husband anytime he wants, he’ll find it somewhere else.” Fresh out of college and a new Christian, this was my introduction to what I thought was the “biblical” approach to marriage. 

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15 Books for Seekers and New Egalitarians

By: CBE International | September 19, 2018

Are you new to egalitarianism or rethinking your assumptions and beliefs about gender roles, authority, feminism, and the Bible? Or do you know someone who is open to reexamining these issues?

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Announcing the 2018 Writing Contest Winners!

By: CBE International | September 18, 2018

With difficulty, we chose fifteen winners and six honorable mentions, which you’ll see published on our website in the coming months along with many other amazing entries.

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3 Ways We Push Women to the Church Margins (And How We Can Fix It)

By: Tricia LaBiche | September 11, 2018

As more and more women share that they feel invisible and unwanted at church, it’s clear we need to take clear steps to make women feel seen, invited, and empowered to use their gifts. Here are three ways we exclude women and what we can do about it.

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Without Expression

By: H. Edgar Hix | September 5, 2018

Without expression, endurance cannot be shared.

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