As I read Amy Peeler’s wonderful words in Women and the Gender of God, my eyes keep getting caught on this one: “trustworthy.” This word is used of God, but Dr. Peeler specifically uses it to describe Mary. She calls Mary a “trustworthy proclaimer” and “one who speaks truly about God.” I’ve had to pause at how simple yet stunning these words are. Especially when, over and over again, the …
Elizabeth’s Story: Disappointment, Hope, & Community | Advent Part 2
The familiar twist in my stomach and weight on my chest. It’s one of the countless times what I hoped for didn’t work out like I imagined: disappointment. Dreams die, plans are rerouted, and it feels like the wind gets knocked out of you. Advent begins in the darkness, Fleming Rutledge says, and disappointment might be where I feel it most. Many of us have prayed the big prayers, the specific …
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Mary Waited | Advent Part 1
This year I’m listening again to Maverick City’s version of “Mary Did You Know?” Chandler Moore spontaneously sings as he often does, elaborating on what it would mean for Mary to be pregnant in that time, at her age, and out of wedlock. The shame she would have brought on her family and herself. Everyone on the outside misunderstanding what God was doing in her life. And yet, this shame she …
A Christian Response to Ophelia Benson – “God is merciful, but only if you’re a man”
This post is written by my friend and fellow seminary classmate, Hallie Charbogian. She's from Wisconsin and is a graduate from Taylor University. She's a gifted writer of songs, spoken word, poetry, and theology. Hallie hopes to be in ministry in the future. In her article entitled, “God is merciful, but only if you’re a man,” Ophelia Benson writes: “[T]he truth is that the God many …
It Was the Woman Who Was Deceived: 1 Timothy 2:11-15
1 Timothy 2:11-15 11 A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve. 14And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. 15 But women will be saved through childbearing—if they continue …
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1 Corinthians 11: Head Coverings, Subordination, and Equality
1 Corinthians 11:2-16 2 I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the traditions just as I passed them on to you. 3 But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his …
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