I received the following email this evening from a long-time reader here. I have her permission to post it here. She would very much like to hear from anyone who has read the book His Needs, Her Needs. (I haven’t.) Here is her note with identifying information removed: Hi Sallie, I wondered if you have …
"And so their identity becomes their sin because it is marketable."
Karen mentioned this article off the TIME Newsfeed: Meet the “Selfless” Women of the “Stay-at-Home Daughters Movement”. There are two interesting links mentioned in the article to additional articles. The first one is to a very well-written article at B*tch Magazine: House Proud – The troubling rise of stay-at-home daughters. Don’t be put off by …
One thing that has puzzled me over the past few years as I’ve wrestled with the topic of complementarianism versus egalitarianism is why Christians are so adamantly opposed to egalitarianism that they won’t even study it carefully and make an informed decision. And by studying it, I mean reading something more than the complementarian manifesto …
One argument made by complementarians is that their interpretation is the most accurate because it is the plain reading of the text. At one time this argument did intimidate me. But it doesn’t any longer. Why? Because the same people who will pull this out as a trump card don’t live by the plain reading …
Do you believe complementarian versus egalitarian is a primary, gospel issue? To be certain of what you truly believe, let’s do a little mental exercise that will put a real life situation in that complementarian versus egalitarian issue. Complementarian versus Egalitarian Imagine you have been reading a blog written by a particular woman for a …
If you haven’t had the opportunity to read Under the Influence, you should consider adding it to your reading list. It is a fascinating look at how Christianity has transformed civilization. Related to this series on women is Chapter 4 – Women Receive Freedom and Dignity. One mistake I think we make today is not …
