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Disrupting Evangelical Biblical Womanhood

I want to tell you two stories. The first one is really disturbing, so prepare yourself. Once upon a time there was a middle-class American family. The dad lost his job and couldn’t get a new one. So the mom had to go to work…

Beth Allison BarrNovember 24, 2018

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Why Evangelical Christians Are Afraid of Halloween

We carved pumpkins again this year. I still had to clean out the insides, but this time my daughter carved the triangle eyes. I had to help with the teeth. My son opted out of carving entirely, aside from helping keep our Whippet from eating…

Beth Allison BarrOctober 31, 2018

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Why I am Speaking Out for Evangelical Women

The same afternoon Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court, one of my friends sent me a link to a devotional series for married couples from Desiring God. My heart just sank.This is how it was tweeted on October 5, 2018: “She submits. He sacrifices.…

Beth Allison BarrOctober 7, 2018

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My First Sermon: The Faith of a Woman

I teach and research sermons. Two weeks ago, on September 11, I had the privilege of preaching my first sermon at Truett seminary. I am so thankful for seminaries like Truett which affirm and actively support women in ministry. Although my sermon text stands as…

Beth Allison BarrOctober 3, 2018

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Here We Go Again: Willow Creek and Pastoral Accountability

I was sitting on a picnic bench outside of the Navajo Nation capital when I read Scot McKnight’s tweet about Willow Creek. His comment that, “mismanagement, powermongering, threatening, and offering money for silence” should be themes “central to church leadership discussions” in seminaries really caught…

Beth Allison BarrAugust 8, 2018

Christian Patriarchy Evangelicalism Medieval History Women's History

To Submit or Not to Submit? A Medieval Woman’s Tale….

It was a bright, sunny day in King’s Lynn last week. A faint breeze of sea salt, along with the echoing cries of sea gulls, reminded us that this was a port city. Although hidden at first by the twisting streets, the soaring towers of…

Beth Allison BarrJuly 25, 2018

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

My family outside the Cluny Museum last summer. 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…

Beth Allison BarrJune 15, 2018

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Paige Patterson Is My Fault, Too

For years, I attended complementarian churches. I kept telling myself that maybe things would change. I kept telling myself that I, as a woman who taught and had a career, set a positive example. I kept telling myself that complementarianism wasn’t misogyny. I kept telling…

Beth Allison BarrMay 30, 2018

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Is There Hope for Evangelical Women?

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…

Beth Allison BarrMay 16, 2018

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The Myth of Biblical Womanhood?

In 2012, Rachel Held Evans—a New York Times bestselling author of American Christianity–wrote a stunningly provocative book titled A Year of Biblical Womanhood. In it, she vividly shows us how “biblical womanhood” is not a constant. It is a culturally constructed concept. For those of…

Beth Allison BarrMay 2, 2018

Evangelicalism

Disrupting Evangelical Biblical Womanhood

Why Evangelical Christians Are Afraid of Halloween

Why I am Speaking Out for Evangelical Women

My First Sermon: The Faith of a Woman

Here We Go Again: Willow Creek and Pastoral Accountability

To Submit or Not to Submit? A Medieval Woman’s Tale….

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

Paige Patterson Is My Fault, Too

Is There Hope for Evangelical Women?

The Myth of Biblical Womanhood?

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