To the woman he said, "I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you." (Genesis 3:16) So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words, (Proverbs 2:16) And as… Continue reading My experience with abuser-enabling misogyny in the church
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When Men as Leaders Forfeit Their Right to Lead
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel came up to her for judgment. (Judges 4:4-5 [ESV]) I am no expert on the era of… Continue reading When Men as Leaders Forfeit Their Right to Lead