Throughout the centuries, women have been muzzled by the church because of a few key and challenging Scriptures. Over the next few posts, I plan to look at some of these. Photo Credit: Katie Tegtmeyer (Creative Commons) All of the challenging Scriptures that appear to limit women’s activity in the church were written by Paul.… Read More
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Yesterday evening on a whim, I put up a post on facebook and twitter asking for help with a title for a book on women. I was totally delighted with the incredibly creative responses I received. Let me back up a bit. A few years ago, I realized that many women in leadership do not… Read More
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Is God female?
Most of the controversy surrounding Paul Young’s book The Shack concerns the fact that he portrays God as an African-American woman who enjoys cooking. The fact that God is pictured as female raises a lot of theological hackles. God is obviously male. Or is he? Pam Hogeweide interviews Paul Young in her excellent book Unladylike: Resisting… Read More
Yesterday evening, I finally looked at the responses to the article on Eve and the apple I posted on Friday. To my surprise, it had generated an intense and fascinating discussion. One of the commenters was my oldest son, Jon who blogs here. Some of his comments were so outstanding I’ve compiled them together to… Read More
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Eve and the apple
A few years ago Paul Young, author of The Shack was the main speaker at a House2House conference. Paul gave some fascinating insights on the account of the Fall in Genesis 3. I’d often wondered why Adam was blamed for the Fall rather than Eve. I’d always assumed it was because he was the one to… Read More
One of the verses used to justify the relegation of women to “second-class” citizenship within the church comes in Genesis 3. As a result of the fall, God curses Satan, women and men. To the woman, God says: Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you. (verse 16). This verse has certainly proved… Read More
Is it possible for a busy wife and mother to be involved in Kingdom work? Some people would say that women with young kids simply don’t have the time. But I’ve come across several very creative moms who are living life to the full, enjoying their children–and acting as ambassadors for the Kingdom at the… Read More
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Women as “helpmeets”?
For many years I was taught that my purpose as a wife/woman, was to help my husband. A sort of divinely appointed personal assistant to him. He was the one to take the initiative; I was there to help him fulfill God’s vision and call on his life. If I was to have any kind… Read More
There are some questions that are crucial to the future of the church. The role of women is one of them. (My blog was hacked a couple of weeks ago while we were in Hong Kong and has been giving me technical problems ever since. I’m working on them! John Chapman emailed me with some… Read More
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Women and slavery
One of the arguments cited against women being free to do whatever the Lord calls them to is that we need to obey the Scriptures, even when they go against our natural inclination. While the argument sounds foolproof–obviously we need to obey the Scriptures–I have considerable reservations about a legalistic application of controversial Scriptures to… Read More