Category Archives: male and female
On the Road 51: Exploitation in Bangkok, the story of Rachel and Leah, and Dave Andrews on Fear vs Love
I’ve just released issue 51 of On the Road, the journal of the Anabaptist Association of Australia and New Zealand. This one is the Women’s Issue. Inside, you’ll find a personal narrative from Bessie Pereira, one of the first women … Continue reading
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Churches of Reconciliation: the Diverse Church as Good News for the World
Here’s the paper I gave at the TEAR conference yesterday: Churches of reconciliation I shall tell you more about it later in the week, but I told people it would be up here, so I thought I’d better make good … Continue reading
Anabaptist blog: radref; and some things I was going to blog about
An excellent blog I’ve started following is ‘radref’ from Phil Wood in the UK. It’s a similar blog to this one, but probably more what I wish this one was – ie Anabaptist! One of the focuses of the blog … Continue reading
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Mighty Men?
There was a Christian conference in Perth recently called Mighty Men. I don’t know much about the content of the conference, but the title bothers me. Are we called to be ‘mighty’ as disciples of Jesus? I don’t think so. … Continue reading
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Top ten reasons why men shouldn’t be ordained
Few arguments are as engaging as humour; perhaps you’ve already seen Maggi Dawn’s top ten reasons why men shouldn’t be ordained. Of course, as an anabaptist, I don’t think anyone should be ordained.
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Mutual love and submission in marriage
I.H. Marshall’s article ‘Mutual love and submission in marriage: Colossians 3:18-19 and Ephesians 5:21-23′ appears in the excellent collection Discovering biblical equality : complementarity without hierarchy (Apollos: 2004). His article is a good argument for why these passages do not … Continue reading
Filed under Bible, male and female, New Testament, theology
“Equal but different”: applying male headship thinking to race
No-one denies that blacks and whites are equal. God created both blacks and whites in his image. They are both equally capable of leading. But not everyone can be a leader and the Bible teaches us He created black and … Continue reading
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