Who Defines Preaching Anyway? Beth Moore and Catherine of Siena
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Who Defines Preaching Anyway? Beth Moore and Catherine of Siena

ByBeth Allison Barr

I usually never read comments on my blogs, much less respond to them. But one recently caught my eye. It was posted on a twitter thread following a tweet by Katelyn Beaty about my last AB article posted by Scot McKnight on Jesus Creed (sorry, the social media world can be a confusing place…). This…

“Let Me Be A Woman” Revised? Elisabeth Elliot and Beth Moore
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“Let Me Be A Woman” Revised? Elisabeth Elliot and Beth Moore

ByBeth Allison Barr

In 1976, Elisabeth Elliot published her landmark book Let Me Be A Woman: Notes to My Daughter on the Meaning of Womanhood. If you remember, Elisabeth Elliot’s first husband Jim was one of five missionaries speared to death in Ecuador in 1956. Let Me Be A Woman was a gift to her daughter, Valerie–Elliot’s only…

What Will Evangelicals Say to Jesus?
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What Will Evangelicals Say to Jesus?

ByBeth Allison Barr

“White Jesus has blood on him.” Angela Tarango, Associate Professor of Religion at Trinity University, said this during the Conference on Faith and History’s 2019 panel for the American Historical Association meeting in Chicago last weekend. The panel (which I was so excited to have organized) featured Jennifer Graber’s excellent and provocative book The Gods…

Sorry, John Piper, (Medieval) Christianity Doesn’t Have A Masculine Feel
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Sorry, John Piper, (Medieval) Christianity Doesn’t Have A Masculine Feel

ByBeth Allison Barr

A carved image, about two feet tall, stands alone in a glass case in the Cluny Museum in Paris. At first it seems a typical image of the Madonna and Child. Both look straight ahead, holding the gaze of the viewer. Their matching golden robes fade so easily into the golden background that it is…

Is There Hope for Evangelical Women?
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Is There Hope for Evangelical Women?

ByBeth Allison Barr

My daughter and I were walking our new puppy when my phone buzzed. It was a twitter notification from my fellow blogger Chris Gehrz. He had tweeted about Beth Moore’s open letter. I stopped dead and started reading.This was a mistake. We had only had our new puppy a few days and hadn’t yet convinced…

Calling Out Sexual Harassment: The Implications Of Complementarianism
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Calling Out Sexual Harassment: The Implications Of Complementarianism

ByBeth Allison Barr

Meredith Stone, a Baptist female seminary professor, responded last week to John Piper. If you remember, John Piper recently posted the script of an interview on Desiring God. He argued that women should not teach at seminaries. Actually, that isn’t correct. John Piper argued that women are disqualified from teaching pastors because–according to his complementarian…