Category Archives: Women

Doesn’t Christianity Denigrate Women?

Posted on September 24, 2019 by rjs5

How can you be a Christian? In my experience there are three big subtexts to this question these days, science, women, and sexuality. Other questions are important as well … but these are the showstoppers. How can you be a … Continue reading →

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When We Disagree

Posted on February 14, 2019 by rjs5

I’ve been traveling – with little time to write. This is a repost – but it joins with the series looking at leadership within the church. John Walton has an interesting analysis of the question of women in ministry included … Continue reading →

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Women of the New Testament

Posted on October 2, 2018 by rjs5

Last Tuesday we looked at women of the Old Testament. Not commands and laws, but stories about people, what they did and how they did it. It is quite an amazing variety. Today we will look at women of the … Continue reading →

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A Look at Biblical Womanhood

Posted on September 25, 2018 by rjs5

I have been very busy lately. The beginning of the term, a major deadline, and a little traveling … and limited time to write. This is a repost, lightly edited with a few examples added, but one worth thinking about. … Continue reading →

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The Heart of the Matter

Posted on March 29, 2016 by rjs5

John Walton has an interesting analysis of the question of women in ministry included in the Contemporary Significance section of his commentary on Genesis 2 (The NIV Application Commentary Genesis). This is worth some serious thought and discussion. Commitments. He … Continue reading →

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Biblical Womanhood … The New Testament

Posted on January 28, 2016 by rjs5

I started a series on Biblical womanhood last Thursday with a look at women of the Old Testament. Not commands and laws, but stories about people, what they did and how they did it. It is quite an amazing variety. … Continue reading →

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Biblical Womanhood … Not What Many Think

Posted on January 21, 2016 by rjs5

More often than I am asked how I as a scientist can be a Christian, I am asked how I as an educated woman can be a Christian. After all, the questioner generally continues, Christianity oppresses women. Unfortunately we don’t … Continue reading →

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Did Shemaiah Know?

Posted on September 23, 2014 by rjs5

I’ve been listening to the prophets lately (again), this week in Jeremiah. In chapter 29 we hear about a conflict between Jeremiah and another man Shemaiah (According to wikipedia Hebrew: שמעיה SheMa`YaH “God Heard”) the Nehelamite. Jeremiah has this to … Continue reading →

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The Bible and That “Women” Question

Posted on March 18, 2014 by rjs5

Several weeks ago I put up a post That “Women” Question looking at comments by N. T. Wright on the text of 1 Timothy 2 and the role of women in the church. Wright’s response referred to his small commentary … Continue reading →

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That “Women” Question

Posted on January 30, 2014 by rjs5

I’ve put up a two posts on N.T. (Tom) Wright’s response to listener questions posed by Justin Brierley on the radio show Unbelievable. (The link to the show: NT Wright on Paul, Hell, Satan, Creation, Adam, Eve & more – … Continue reading →

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