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“I Do Not Allow a Woman to Teach”
“The Creation of Eve” by William Blake, circa 1803-05 The Honorable Joseph Turner, youth pastor extraordinaire and reader of this blog, has asked me if I intend to write about women in the church....
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“No Little Women”: An Awesome Book about Women in the Church, Written by an...
Never before have I hawked another person’s book on this site, but I am about to make an exception. I commend to you the latest release by Aimee Byrd entitled No Little Women, a book that addresses a...
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No Thank You, Aquinas: Women Are Not Misbegotten
Depiction of Thomas Aquinas by Gentile da Fabriano, circa 1400 Thomas Aquinas was undoubtedly one of the greatest thinkers in Christian history. His Summa Theologica is quite possibly the most...
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Treating People as more than Just Bodies
Photo by Laurin Guadiana A couple days ago, I talked about the biblical basis for defining a person as both body and soul, and how our ultimate hope is not to become a disembodied spirit, but rather to...
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What We Can Learn about Biblical Authority from Jane Eyre
Jane saying her evening prayers, from an 1847 illustration by F.H. Townsend I love Jane Eyre. It’s one of the few novels that I have revisited after completing the final pages. Whether it is a landmark...
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Is Wonder Woman a Good Example of Biblical Womanhood?
It has come to my attention in recent weeks that some people are pointing to the latest incarnation of DC Comics’ Wonder Woman as a role model not only for females in general, but for Christian...
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Theology Gals Podcast
I was recently honored to appear on an episode of the Theology Gals podcast, which is on the awesomely named Bible Thumping Wingnut network. We discussed my recent articles about Tim Keller. You can...
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The Nashville Statement, Procreation, and the Purpose of Marriage
Friends, I hesitated to write this, but I believe what I have to say needs to be said. Please know that the criticisms in this article are not aimed at every person associated with the Council on...
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Why Did God Make Me a Woman?
“Why did God make me a woman?” That question surely crossed the mind of my ancestor, Empress Matilda. She was one of two legitimate children of King Henry I of England. When her brother was killed in...
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Council of Google Plus: The Homosexual & Gender Emanation
I joined the conversation on this week’s episode of the Council of Google Plus podcast to discuss such pedestrian issues as homosexuality, female pastors, submission in marriage, and human free will....
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Friendship and the Pence Rule: Understanding Ezer
Appropriate stock photo of a woman sitting in a field Hello again, everyone! Evidently, the rumors of my demise were somewhat exaggerated. I said I was stepping away from Christian writing, and I...
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Friendship and the Pence Rule: A Woman and Her Body
The tale of Susanna and the Elders as depicted in the Borgia Apartments at the Vatican. It presents a much different account than that of Joseph and Potiphar’s wife. Today, I feel a need to address...
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Book Review: “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” by Aimee Byrd
Stock photo of two children clearly violating the Pence Rule NOTE: Throughout this review, quotes from Why Can’t We Be Friends? will be cited by simply placing the page number in parentheses....
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