Genesis tells the intertwining stories of two women, the barren wife of a wealthy man and her Egyptian slave. Hagar Long before there were Jews, God’s chosen-for-a-purpose people, God has always been the Lord of the entire universe and of all nations. This is clearly seen on a macro level
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This is post 2 of 2 in the series “Difference feminism” What is “Difference Feminism”? Male and Female: Complementarianism vs. Egalitarianism How does the Bible view male and female? In part one we introduced the various manifestations of feminism in the West. Here’s a table to summarize. [*] While we
This is post 1 of 2 in the series “Difference feminism” What is “Difference Feminism”? Male and Female: Complementarianism vs. Egalitarianism A friend in India sent me a number of articles on the issue of the relationship between men and women to explain why he holds an egalitarian position (men
“Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!” Many of our readers will recognize these words from Luke’s gospel (1:45). He attributes them to Elizabeth, an old Jewish woman from the Judean countryside. She had been barren but now is pregnant