Sentences with phrase «of biblical women»

In Christ, there is no such narrow descriptor of biblical women — dependent on roles and chores, job descriptions and marital status, experiences and unique circumstances, or quieting our wisdom and intellect and voices — when the majority of women in our world do not have the luxury of deciding whether or not to work.

I've especially enjoyed seeing the more creative ways in which you have interacted with the book — making your own challah, discussing hermeneutics, retelling the stories of biblical women, forming book clubs, even getting tattoos!

As I've spent the last two years reading the stories of women from the Bible, I've been moved by the courage and grace with many of the biblical women lived, despite their unjust circumstances.

One of the most rewarding parts of my journey so far has been reexamining the stories of biblical women (and female saints) who consistently challenge and transcend our notions of «biblical womanhood.»

During my yearlong experiment, I interviewed a variety of women practicing biblical womanhood in different ways — an Orthodox Jew, an Amish housewife, even a polygamist family - and I combed through every commentary I could find, reexamining the stories of biblical women such as Deborah, Ruth, Hagar, Tamar, Mary Magdalene, Priscilla and Junia.

Not exact matches

What it's about: One of Cecil B. DeMille's many grand Biblical epics, the movie adapts the story of a man whose power is tied to his uncut hair, and the woman who learns his secret and betrays him.

You know, the «biblical principle of respecting women» and all...

By abolishing slavery and ordaining women, millions of Protestants have gone far beyond biblical literalism.

I wonder what would be revealed if scientists would be permitted to study the remains in the tomb at Machpelah... after all, like all things Biblical, we only have one reference, and we ONLY have Abraham's word that he saw the face of God (contrary to John 1:18: No man hath seen God at any time, AND John 6:46: Not that any man hath seen the Father)... Bet you those bones aren't from a 175 year old man and 127 year old woman...

And then you have women like myself who made it into a leadership role like elder only to have a small group of power brokers to decide (2.5 years later, I might add), that it was not biblical.

and for a man to be able to love, and enjoy the presence of a woman is a true blessing from God, not just logical, but biblical.

Even patriarchy's deepest plots have not wholly» silenced women in the biblical tradition, nor does our knowledge of these infamous «proceedings» have to cancel other values of Scripture for us.

Might a church that believes in and practices diversity in religious opinion, as well as «Biblical equality» of men and women work better for you?

Surely you don't think my comment concerning the status of women in the biblical cultures has anything to do with MY decision making do you?

Well concerning the matter of biblical cultural status of women then yeah I guess that is reasonable.

These days, most churches have an excess of females including women of the cloth which is not Biblical.

Radical or countercultural feminist religion offers a rejection of biblical faith and the creation of a new faith to respond to a vision of the equality of men and women; Christianity could offer an even more comprehensive and profound vision.

The Wesleyans did not see the biblical injunctions against the ministry of women as providing a norm and pattern for all time.

The pastor's statement to the young woman is, unfortunately, indicative of a widespread ignorance of biblical texts dealing both directly and indirectly with the subject of suicide.

I am saying that whether one believes we are under the law or under grace... there is still no biblical mandate of sexual abstinence outside of marriage unless one is a woman and the property of a man whose property value goes down once she is no longer a virgin.

It's refreshing to read through Bessey's spiritual and theological narrative peppered with thoughtful and insightful reflections on interpreting Paul's biblical stance on women, and a beautiful litany of women in scripture and world history whom God has equipped and used to further God's purposes in the world.

I can only guess that black people embrace the religion which seemed to dehumanize them for the same reasons millions of women continue to embrace Christ though their «Biblical submission» to their husbands has resulted in great emotional and physical abuse.

The purpose of my project was to unpack and explore the phrase «biblical womanhood» — mostly because, as a woman, the Bible's instructions and stories regarding womanhood have always intrigued me, but also because the phrase «biblical womanhood» is often invoked in the conservative evangelical culture to explain why women should be discouraged from working outside the home and forbidden from assuming leadership positions in the church.

[4] Biblical Account of Creation Analysed, Sep. 12 1979 [5] On the Dignity and Vocation of Woman § 25.

What is less clear to me is why complementarians like Keller insist that that 1 Timothy 2:12 is a part of biblical womanhood, but Acts 2 is not; why the presence of twelve male disciples implies restrictions on female leadership, but the presence of the apostle Junia is inconsequential; why the Greco - Roman household codes represent God's ideal familial structure for husbands and wives, but not for slaves and masters; why the apostle Paul's instructions to Timothy about Ephesian women teaching in the church are universally applicable, but his instructions to Corinthian women regarding head coverings are culturally conditioned (even though Paul uses the same line of argumentation — appealing the creation narrative — to support both); why the poetry of Proverbs 31 is often applied prescriptively and other poetry is not; why Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob represent the supremecy of male leadership while Deborah and Huldah and Miriam are mere exceptions to the rule; why «wives submit to your husbands» carries more weight than «submit one to another»; why the laws of the Old Testament are treated as irrelevant in one moment, but important enough to display in public courthouses and schools the next; why a feminist reading of the text represents a capitulation to culture but a reading that turns an ancient Near Eastern text into an apologetic for the post-Industrial Revolution nuclear family is not; why the curse of Genesis 3 has the final word on gender relationships rather than the new creation that began at the resurrection.

We named her after Woman Wisdom partly because She's a pretty kickass biblical character, and partly because our lives were such a mess at the time of Sophia's birth.

A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting On Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband Master by Rachel Held Evans — A disarmingly funny, wise, honest exploration of what makes a woman «biblical» and the danger of reducing the Bible to an adBiblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting On Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband Master by Rachel Held Evans — A disarmingly funny, wise, honest exploration of what makes a woman «biblical» and the danger of reducing the Bible to an adjecWoman Found Herself Sitting On Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband Master by Rachel Held Evans — A disarmingly funny, wise, honest exploration of what makes a woman «biblical» and the danger of reducing the Bible to an adjecwoman «biblical» and the danger of reducing the Bible to an adbiblical» and the danger of reducing the Bible to an adjective.

One of my goals after completing my year of biblical womanhood was to «take back» Proverbs 31 as a blessing, not a to - do list, by identifying and celebrating women of valor.

This is why I conducted so many interviews — with an Orthodox Jewish woman, an Amish family, and a woman in a polygamist marriage, a daughter of the Quiverfull movement, etc. (The fact that the organization through which I contacted the polygamist family is called «Biblical Families» reveals just how loaded the word «biblical» Biblical Families» reveals just how loaded the word «biblical» biblical» can be!)

Discovering Biblical Equality: Complemenatrity Without Hierarchy, edited by Ronald W. Pierce and Rebecca Merrill Groothuis; Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire by Brian J. Walsh and Sylvia C. Keesmaat; The Womens» Bible Commentary, Expanded Edition, edited by Carol A. Newsom and Sharon H. Ring; The Cultural Context of Ephesians 5:18 - 6:9 by Gordon D. Fee

(Like when the biblical Esther is compared by a popular pastor to a contestant on «The Bachelor» when, in reality, she was one of hundreds of women forced into the king's harem!)

Sure, there are some extra-loud voices calling for women to conform themselves to narrowly defined roles that have more to do with an idealized conception of pre-feminist America than with actual «biblical womanhood,» but I believe these cries represent the last desperate throes of a dying movement.

Although A Year of Biblical Womanhood released more than a year ago, a few new reviews have surfaced in recent days from folks who are concerned that «women might be confused» by the fact that my yearlong exploration of biblical womanhood involved following all of the Bible's instructions for women as literally as possible, sometimes taking them to their most literal Biblical Womanhood released more than a year ago, a few new reviews have surfaced in recent days from folks who are concerned that «women might be confused» by the fact that my yearlong exploration of biblical womanhood involved following all of the Bible's instructions for women as literally as possible, sometimes taking them to their most literal biblical womanhood involved following all of the Bible's instructions for women as literally as possible, sometimes taking them to their most literal extreme.

I suspected I'd get a little pushback from fellow Christians who hold a complementarian perspective on gender, (a position that requires women to submit to male leadership in the home and church, and often appeals to «biblical womanhood» for support), but I had hoped — perhaps naively — that the book would generate a vigorous, healthy debate about things like the Greco Roman household codes found in the epistles of Peter and Paul, about the meaning of the Hebrew word ezer or the Greek word for deacon, about the Paul's line of argumentation in 1 Timothy 2 and 1 Corinthians 11, about our hermeneutical presuppositions and how they are influenced by our own culture, and about what we really mean when we talk about «biblical womanhood» — all issues I address quite seriously in the book, but which have yet to be engaged by complementarian critics.

It reminds me a bit of my days as a student at Bryan College, when I first bumped into the concept of «biblical womanhood» after some students questioned whether women should be allowed to run for president of the student body.

Many of the earliest and most effective advocates of women's rights and dignity were women of faith whose convictions were rooted in biblical truth.

Because the Bible is the most effective force in history for lifting women to higher levels of respect, dignity, and freedom, we join an historic succession of women whose Christian faith is forged from biblical truth and whose lives are shaped into Christ's image on the anvil of obedience.

One of my goals in writing A Year of Biblical Womanhood was to help evangelicals «take back» Proverbs 31 as a blessing, not a to - do list, by identifying and celebrating women of valor.

The initiative has sparked a campus - wide debate about biblical interpretation and the roles of women, as well as a second group called Students for Egalitarianism in Marriage.

Today I am delighted to introduce you to a woman who has become an invaluable source for both information and friendship during my year of biblical womanhood.

We recognize that some societies and cultures have unjustly limited women's full participation, but biblical, church, and secular history record countless women of vision and tenacious faith who, through prayer and perseverance, overcame limitations of every variety to influence the shaping of human history.

Per Bart Ehrman (biblical scholar) Jesus said that unmarried women who wear braids in their hair to attract men will be hung in the fire of hell from the same braids.

Landon Whitsitt: «Mama's Boy: Reflections on a Masculine Christianity» JR Daniel Kirk: «Imaging the Biblical God» Ben Gosden: «Women's Witness to the Gospel» Frank Viola: «God's View of a Woman»

The report affirms feminist theology insofar as it is an aid to biblical interpretations that can be a part of a harmonized whole and insofar as it constitutes a call for equal treatment of women in church and in society.

There are a number of denominations that have been ordaining and / or licensing women preachers since the early 20th century and have not used the same methods of biblical interpretation to advance gay marriage, sex outside marriage, or to deny eternal hell, etc..

Even though Dr. Spencer laid a strong biblical foundation for the role of women in ministry based on the New Testament, I still lived with the fear of once again being silenced by the church.

But Evans bridges the divide between the belts in her new book, The Year of Biblical Womanhood, the result of an experiment in which she lived the Old and New Testament's instructions for women as literally as possible for an entire year.

Ministers are mostly male and shut women out of the ministery or even from Biblical instruction as though they are inadequate teachers, unable to merely regurgitate what scriptures say to participants as the men do; 5.

I am a biblical woman because I live and move and have my being in the daily reality of being a follower of Jesus, living in the reality of being loved.»

I've received countless emails from women who, upon reading about the original intent of Proverbs 31 in A Year of Biblical Womanhood, report that for the first time in their lives, they no longer feel that they are falling short of some sort of impossible standard of womanhood.