Moral outrage in the hands of youth is passionate, loud and often inappropriate. But, for Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi, the truth was clear. Dinah must be rescued.
“Nobody is going to treat our sister like a whore and get by with it.”
… Read More A Time to Act or Be Silent?
Question When my friends tell me the Bible is misogynistic, they’re not talking about Genesis or New Testament stuff, but stuff in the Old Testament where God wanted women stoned if they were raped, or have them married to their rapist. Women are unclean and segregated because they’re on their period? This is the sort… Read More Moses’ Misogynic Law?
Egals say Junia proves women can be in the top tiers of church leadership, and Comps say it’s a mistake of the pen or bad translation. The three disagreements are whether Junia is a man or woman’s name; and if this Junia was an apostle herself, or only was “well known” by the apostles; and if apostle means a governing authority or simply “sent one.”… Read More Problem Passages: Romans 16:7
Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”). Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God… Read More Women in the Text: Mary Magdalene
Deborah is one of seven prophetesses in the history of the Jewish people. Judaism lists them as Sarah, Miriam, Deborah, Hannah, Abigail, Huldah, and Esther. An Old Testament prophet is one who speaks for God. A Deliverer In Deborah’s time, the clans of Israel lived independently throughout Canaan. They had no king to unify them;… Read More Women in the Text: Deborah
Kay Bonikowsky 