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    God’s Thoughts and Ways – Part XII (Zipporah, Wife of Moses)

    March 11, 2020 / 2 Comments

    Seek to become more like brave Zipporah in her wholehearted service to the Lord! 0

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    Hal Warren Hal Warren

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    Women’s History Month: Acsah, a Lesser-Known Woman of the Bible

    March 10, 2020 / 0 Comments

    And Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher” (Judges 1:12). Back when I was in high school, someone asked what I thought of arranged marriages. I pictured my parents choosing me a guy in a suit with nerd hair and geek glasses held together by a Band-aid. More interested in football players and rock musicians wearing faded jeans, I shuddered at the thought.  I ended up marrying a guy who paved roads for a living and wore cool jeans. Funny, though. I actually didn’t mind so much when he went on to wear suits and work for a…

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    Sandra Glahn Sandra Glahn

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    Vindicating Vixens: What about Michel, wife of David?

    June 4, 2019 / 0 Comments

    Since the publication of Vindicating the Vixens, I’ve received messages suggesting additional women in the Bible we’ve probably seen through negative eyes when the biblical text does not present them that way. Often I agree. But sometimes I don’t—as is the case with those who think we should add Michal, daughter of Saul and wife of David, to the list. We find her story in 1 Samuel. To set the scene, Saul is King, and the shepherd-boy David has defeated Goliath. So King Saul offers David the elder of two daughters, Merab, in marriage. David declines with “I’m unworthy,” so Saul marries off Merab to someone else (1 Sam 18:17–20). King…

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    Sandra Glahn Sandra Glahn

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    A New Perspective on Bathsheba by Grace Holik

    December 21, 2018 / Comments Off on A New Perspective on Bathsheba by Grace Holik

    The popularity of Hallmark Christmas movies confirms–we love when those great love stories end "and they lived happily ever" but we loath when the story ends with breakups and broken hearts. That's why Hallmark movies never do. Authors and commentators seem torn between the idea of David and Bathsheba as an epic forbidden romance or a forced assault of power. I would argue for the latter. This isn't a love story between a sinister temptress who seduces a dashing king as they both consent to a riveting affair. Instead, this story demonstrates the misuse of power and deceit, as sexual lust takes precedence over the value of human life.   …

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    Sue Edwards Sue Edwards

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  • Engage

    Reclaiming Biblical Truth about Mary, the Mother of Jesus

    December 12, 2018 / Comments Off on Reclaiming Biblical Truth about Mary, the Mother of Jesus

    With apologies to those who have always held her in high regard, I’ve always felt a bit squeamish about focusing on Mary, the mother of Jesus. I grew up Protestant in a largely Roman Catholic area of the Southwest. Even today, while religious affiliation has diminished, in my hometown of El Paso, Texas, 43.2% identify as Catholic and 42.3% identify with no religion. The remaining 14.5 per cent of residents are divided among Evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and other groups. As a Methodist girl curious about Mary in my largely Catholic community, I noticed she was frequently adorned with a halo in many paintings and icons. I was guilty of…

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    A fresh perspective on Deborah by Barb Haesecke

    November 16, 2018 / 1 Comment

    Our first-born daughter is a born leader. She came out of the womb with Director of Activities stamped on her forehead! She was smart, analytical, creative and passionate. She loved big projects and The Big Picture. (Still does!)  On many a day, I just shook my head and said, “Lord, I don’t quite know what to do with her!”                                                           But as she headed off to college, I saw her blossom. She joined ROTC and after graduation spent five years serving our country…

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  • Engage

    Fresh perspectives on Biblical Women–The Woman at the Well

    October 19, 2018 / 1 Comment

     Who do you immediately picture when you think of the   woman at   the well in John 4?  Do you see a sleazy   woman with overdone   makeup, bangles and spangles,   one of those morally loose   floozies with a weakness for   the wrong kind of men? When you   meet her in heaven,   how will you feel if she's actually a woman of   integrity,   courage, insight, and served Jesus as an evangelist? Of   course, she was a sinner just like all of us. But we must   be careful not to disparage anyone's character before we   know the facts. What does John 4, as well as first century social customs, reveal about her character? …

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  • Engage

    Would Jesus turn #MeToo into #UsTwo?

    September 21, 2018 / Comments Off on Would Jesus turn #MeToo into #UsTwo?

      I came home pumped!! My friend Barb led our mixed Sunday School through a fresh look at the leadership partnership between Deborah and Barak (Judges 4 and 5) as part of an eight week series entitled "Fresh Perspectives on Women of the Bible." The week before, we saw Jesus praise the woman at the well for evangelizing her Samaritan village, a people group the disciples formerly discounted as unworthy of salvation (John 4). For the first time, these two women jumped off the page in living color as role models for other women to emulate. We set aside the over-sexualized interpretations too often imposed on the text and let…

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    Vindicating the Vixens

    March 28, 2017 / Comments Off on Vindicating the Vixens

    Vindicating the Vixens (Kregel Academic, forthcoming, Octobre 2017) is the work of a diverse team of sixteen male and female theologians who’ve partnered to take a second look at vilified and marginalized women in the Bible. The church has often viewed women’s stories through sexist eyes, resulting in a range of distortions that cause us to miss what we should actually see in the text. In this panel discussion three theological professors and three seminary graduates talk about the women they revisited.  SaveSave SaveSave 0

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    “She Was a Pretty Good Prophet…for a Woman”?

    January 6, 2015 / 1 Comment

    A seminary-class grader once wrote this comment on an assignment turned in by the female who would go on to become his school's first female professor: "Your questions are really insightful for a woman."  Recently one of my female seminary students told of feeling she did not matter to God. She described seeing herself as the less-favored one as compared with men. She said she constantly grapples with questions, such as, ‘Does God really love women the way he loves men?’ ‘Does God see women as inferior to men?’ and ‘Why did God allow women to be treated so poorly?’” Some of her questions stem from how she has heard…

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