Few things strike a bigger blow to the idea that women should be preachers than a woman who has been exposed as a false preacher. When a man is exposed as a false preacher, he’s just a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Jesus and Paul both told us that they would arise from among us and […]
Tag: Bible
Somebody Goofed
Long story short, I did a good deed and was punished by being given a Chick Tract. “Hey thanks! I’ll look into it.” I said as I gave the guy a friendly wave. It was called ‘Somebody Goofed’ and I flipped it over to see what the back cover had written on it. BBBC I […]
Guests, Hosts, and Images
Who does God look like? It’s not a question we often consider. Sometimes people are outraged that an elderly African-american lady is the personification of God, others are irked when He’s portrayed as Hindi or Egyptian. When I was growing up watching Joan of Arcadia – the premise was simple – this young woman could […]
On Agency
A couple of thousand years ago, when the Bible was written, the world was different place for women. There was a lot that women couldn’t do; while some cultures permitted slightly more freedoms than others in certain areas or certain exceptions – by and large, women were kept in specific boundaries. Those boundaries were decided […]
Origin
It occurs to me that I never really talked about where my blog’s identity: “Be Persuaded” came from. It hails from an unlikely Bible verse: Hebrews 13:17, which says: “Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do […]
Ideal Complementarianism
Have you ever had an ideal concept of something that turned out very differently when it was actually put into practice? I remember the time my friend asked me to join the Robotics Club at school; she was sure we would both get in and that as members of the team we would create and […]
Who’s In Charge … ?
So apparently some questions has been raised about the nature of authority over spiritual bloggers. Apparently, each and everyone of us are household names, with thousands of followers who hang on our every word. Well, not me and the rest of the vast majority of the blogosphere who maintain tiny specks of blogs that hardly […]
What is it to be a Girl?
I was watching a movie the other night where a character remarked: “I enjoy being a girl.” Not long ago, I wouldn’t have given that line a second thought. But then I realized that there was something that was different about her experiences as a girl: she had autonomy to decide what that meant to […]
B.F. (Before Feminism)
(Sexism) was a fact of life I simply had to accept. Men felt threatened and mistrustful of women who had good ideas, and one had to employ immense tact when dealing with directors and producers. – Olivia de Haviland, 100 year old actress “What really burns me up,” Gertrude Legendre wrote in October 1941, “is […]
Current
like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear. – 1 Peter 3:6 Lord – a title of respect – often refers to someone who has authority over others. We can think back to the Middle Ages […]
Be Persuaded 