John Piper recently made a number of statements about the nature of Christianity and its necessary masculinity. A summary of what he said can be found here. There have been many responses to Piper’s provocative claims. See Jesus Creed, Christian Piatt on redletterchristians.org and Rachel Held Evans (a collection of responses) .
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By Dr Barbara Deutchmann Meet Bessie Harrison-Lee Let me introduce you to Bessie Harrison-Lee and her world. It's a bit of a stretch, thinking we can imagine her world from this distance in time and it is always a temptation to make it fit our labels and our views. Still, there are things for us to learn even if there are things about Bessie (and I hope she would not mind that I call her by that name) that make...
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By Naomi Chua After the birth of our daughter, my husband published the following social media post announcing her arrival: Introducing Zuri Where based on Zuri’s gender, Zuri will be more likely:4 x sexually assaulted and/or threatened by age 157 x killed by a current or former partner5 x hospitalised after assault by spouse or partner26 % less earning capacity25 x less likely chosen by our government for a ministerial positionAnd face disbelief about the existence and impact of sexism. It was a sobering...
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“You’re not honoring the Word of God if you really believe that,†the elderly man across the table said to me. I sat in stunned silence. I was teaching a Bible study on Galatians at a congregation with strong egalitarian roots. But the man – my student – was openly insulting me in front of everyone because I dared to tell him that God made every human being equal in his sight. At the time, I was a seminarian who had spent years...
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Groundbreaking BYU research shows what it takes for a woman to truly be heard. ...
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It is International Women’s Day on March 8th. Has anything changed for women since last year’s International Women’s Day? I ask this question because we Australians are reeling under the shock of the horrific murder of Hannah Clarke (31) and her three young children, Aaliyah (6) Laianah (4), and Trey (3). They were killed by her husband and the children’s father, Rowan Baxter. He doused them with petrol and set them alight in the family car. They appeared to the...
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Kevin Giles first reply to Lionel Windsor. I am delighted that a Moore College lecturer, Dr Lionel J. Windsor, is critically reading my last book, What the Bible Actually Teaches About Women (Or: Cascade, 2018). I always write to encourage open debate and discussion. In addition, I am very appreciative of the fact that Lionel wrote to me first to express his concerns and criticisms, mainly on my translation of Genesis 1:27, and in his blog I am now answering he...
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What the Bible Actually Teaches on WomenKevin Giles, Cascade, 2018 Kevin Giles delights in Australia and its ideal of being an egalitarian nation. This ideal is not always present and for Kevin the subordination of women, as taught in certain Christian communities in Australia, is one such exception. A deeply offensive one. The teaching of the subordination of women upsets Kevin Giles deeply. He has advocated for equality between men and women for over 40 years. He has preached, spoken at conferences...
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From CBE International: There are many male leaders in the church who want to empower women leaders, but they’re stuck. They want to empower, but don’t know how to go about doing it. As a male leader, I have a strong conviction of the need to empower women in their God-given talents, passions, and leadership. From CBE International: T...
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Following the 2016 Evangelical Theological Society annual conference in San Antonia where Dr. Bruce Ware and Dr. Wayne Grudem publicly announced that they had been wrong to deny the doctrine of the eternal generation of the Son, the word monogenēs has become a hot topic. This word has become contentious because both Ware and Grudem said that they can now accept the doctrine of the eternal generation of the Son because they have been persuaded that monogenēs in fact means “only...
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