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Book Review: Tracing God's Women from Genesis to the New Testament: God's Women Then and Now

By: Alvera Mickelsen | September 5, 2004

The authors trace the hand of God on women from Genesis through the New Testament. They confront long-held traditions, prejudices, and assumptions with a loving, non-judgmental spirit that makes it possible for readers to examine their own beliefs without being threatened.

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The Scandal of Equality in First-Century Christian Teaching

By: David Instone-Brewer | September 5, 2004

The Scandal of Equality in First-Century Christian Teaching

Biblical Basis for Women's Service in the Church

By: N. T. Wright | September 5, 2004

The Biblical Basis for Women’s Service in the Church

Women and the Aims of Jesus

By: John E. Phelan, Jr. | January 31, 2004

The church stands before the world representing the life of the kingdom-anticipating the life of the kingdom. In this kingdom, Jesus declared holiness was not about separation, but about access. In this kingdom, Jesus declared the least, the lost, and the losers are invited to the party.

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Exploring Spiritual Direction

By: Ellen M. Kogstad | December 5, 2003

Life sometimes comes in shock waves. A marriage teetering between life and death. A child born to an unmarried teenage daughter. A job loss. A notice of house foreclosure. 

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Papyri, Women, and Word Meaning in the New Testament

By: Ann Nyland | October 31, 2003

In the Greek of the New Testament, women are shown to be church leaders, teachers, elders, and deacons. Evidence from the papyri and inscriptions reveals women in these positions at the time of the New Testament and in successive centuries.

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Learning How to Minister From I Corinthians 14:26-40, Part 2

By: David Joel Hamilton | October 31, 2003

Should women “be silent”? Yes, just like the men. Should women be prepared to minister with “a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation”? Yes, just like the men.

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