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Paul on Women: A Modern Obsession?

On August 4, 2009, John Piper, chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary, former pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, and the well-known author of more than 50 books including his co-authored Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, answered this question on his podcast Desiring God: “Why don’t…

Beth Allison BarrFebruary 21, 2018

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Calling Out Sexual Harassment: The Implications Of Complementarianism

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…

Beth Allison BarrFebruary 7, 2018

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Could Medieval Women Preach? Stop Using Paul Against Women Pt 3

Two days ago, John Piper answered the question of a male seminary student at Desiring God. The student, Scott, identified as a complementarian and wanted to know if John Piper thought it was okay for women to teach at seminaries. John Piper said no. Because…

Beth Allison BarrJanuary 24, 2018

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It’s Time to Stop Using Paul Against Women: A Short Reading List

This summer I went to the National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery in London for the first time. I know, as many times as I have been to London, it is shameful that this is the first time I went. I went to see Shakespeare,…

Beth Allison BarrJanuary 10, 2018

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Romans 8:31, Chris Tomlin, And The Faith Of A Medieval Woman

Norman apse and chancel of St. Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield, London “Water You turned into wine; Opened the eyes of the blind; There’s no one like you; None like you; Into the darkness You shine; Out of the ashes we rise; There’s No one like…

Beth Allison BarrOctober 18, 2017

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An Ordinary Preaching Woman in a Texas Baptist Church, c. 1930

In a 2006 interview, Wayne Grudem argued that female leaders in the church (especially pastors) are disobeying God’s word and thus open to “the withdrawal of God’s hand of protection and blessing.” As Grudem explained:“A woman who serves as a pastor, preaching to both men…

Beth Allison BarrSeptember 20, 2017

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The Medieval Counsel of Biblical Womanhood

The Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood exploded my twitter feed last week. As a Texan with both friends and family in Houston, I really just wanted to see the update on Hurricane Harvey. But the Nashville Statement dominated my news feed. I confess after…

Beth Allison BarrSeptember 6, 2017

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Should Women Rule? Netflix’s The Crown and Complementarian Theology

Riding the London Eye is deceptively peaceful. The city that slowly unfolds below seems a different place from the noise and heat of the crowded South Bank. I always look first for Cleopatra’s Needle, the 3500 year-old Egyptian obelisk shipped to England in the nineteenth-century…

Beth Allison BarrAugust 9, 2017

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Gone Girl: Disappearing Women from “The Easter Hymn”

I bet that, for those of you attending church on Easter Sunday, at least half of you will sing “Christ the Lord is Risen Today.” Christ, the Lord, is risen today, Alleluia! Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high,…

Beth Allison BarrApril 5, 2017

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Because Christian Women Should Fight Against Misogyny too….

Imagine a world rife with misogyny and governed by patriarchy. A world where women are identified primarily by their sexual status (virgins, wives, widows, prostitutes)….where rapists mostly go free….where women go to church more frequently than men, yet are mostly banned from leadership roles….where women…

Beth Allison BarrJanuary 25, 2017

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Paul on Women: A Modern Obsession?

Calling Out Sexual Harassment: The Implications Of Complementarianism

Could Medieval Women Preach? Stop Using Paul Against Women Pt 3

It’s Time to Stop Using Paul Against Women: A Short Reading List

Romans 8:31, Chris Tomlin, And The Faith Of A Medieval Woman

An Ordinary Preaching Woman in a Texas Baptist Church, c. 1930

The Medieval Counsel of Biblical Womanhood

Should Women Rule? Netflix’s The Crown and Complementarian Theology

Gone Girl: Disappearing Women from “The Easter Hymn”

Because Christian Women Should Fight Against Misogyny too….

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