Category Archives: LEADERSHIP
WOMEN IN MINISTRY, VOLUME TWENTY
The Place of Women in Paul's Greco-Roman World
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Less than a year into my marriage I was invited to preach at a church in Houston. It was a small Pentecostal congregation in a lower-income neighborhood. The worship experience was like entering a time machine headed for the 1950s. Priscilla and I felt obligated to stay for a church-wide lunch. That’s when the time […]
WOMEN IN MINISTRY, VOLUME NINETEEN
Interpreting the Complex and Often Misunderstood Paul
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WOMEN IN MINISTRY, VOLUME EIGHTEEN
Jesus, His Most Loyal Disciples, and the Witnesses to the Resurrection
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The thing I love about Jesus is that he treated everyone with equal respect and value, and didn’t see any of the limitations society places on certain groups. He came to set us free from the chains that keep us in our assigned boxes. As a father and grandfather to some beautiful and brilliant young […]
WOMEN IN MINISTRY, VOLUME FIFTEEN
The Plight of Women in the Era of the New Testament
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The role of women in American society changed dramatically in the 1960s. In 1963, the President’s Commission on the Status of Women issued a report entitled American Women, which recommended that women be granted equality in employment and educational opportunities, as well as wages. In the same year, Congress passed the Equal Pay Act, the […]
WOMEN IN MINISTRY, VOLUME FOURTEEN
Is She a Prophet or Teacher, and Why Does It Matter?
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My wife teaches ESL at a local Junior High School. Her official role is to teach English to students who speak another language, but she always teaches so much more than just English. She teaches etiquette and ethics and critical thinking and … well … the list could go on. She is sometimes a teacher, […]
WOMEN IN MINISTRY, VOLUME TWELVE
Introducing the Amazing Women of the Old Testament
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In the late 1800s, Charlotte Digges “Lottie” Moon was a Southern Baptist missionary who spent nearly 40 years living and working in China. She’s a legend in Southern Baptist life because she preached the Gospel in places most Americans refused to go. Our theology, it seems, is somewhat tied to geography. The Amazing Women of […]
WOMEN IN MINISTRY, VOLUME EIGHT
Who's the Boss?: The Serpent, the Woman, and the Man
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WOMEN IN MINISTRY, VOLUME FIVE
The Chicken, the Egg, and Who Came First
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I’m the eldest among my siblings. I’m not sure what that means. My sister is the most driven. My youngest brother is the smartest. My other brother (his twin), who is mentally challenged, is the kindest and wisest. I guess that just leaves me the oldest. I’m living proof that coming out “first” means absolutely […]