I happened across The Gospel Coalition’s Spanish-language version of their ministry and was suddenly struck by a note of worry. You see, America’s egalitarian values limit the church’s impact. But not all countries have the benefit of our particular point of view. Other cultures have other beliefs by other sources. In Spanish-speaking countries, there’s already […]
Month: November 2016
We Remember: A Ceremony to Lament and Honor Women
Originally posted on It Is Trish:
One of my least favorite things about the Bible are stories where women are neglected, abused, raped, and chopped into twelve pieces. Worse than the stories themselves is the way in which God is silent about these stories. When Abraham sacrificed his son, God saved the day by providing…
Covering Conscience
My friends at the Head Covering Movement recently put out a video talking about how wearing a head covering is a lot like wearing a one-piece bathing suit – you have a clear conscience when you’re wearing something modest; as opposed to the immodest two pieces and not wearing a head covering – not being […]
Ruling Structure
The Greek word hierarchia, “rule of a high priest” from hierarkhes, “leader of sacred rites”, has evolved into the concept we now know as a hierarchy – an arrangement of pretty much anything in which the items are represented as being “above”, “below”, or “at the same level” as another item. Long before the word […]
Be Persuaded 