Lesley Ramsays shares a review of Sharon James’ book “The Lies We Are Told, The Truth We Must Hold”.
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Sharon James has given us a pithy, well-written book comparing the Christian world view with others. We could all read it with profit, but it is essentially written for students. Sophie, a 16-year-old school student, shares her thoughts on the book.
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Scrivener takes us on a journey from the ancient world to our modern one, or as he puts it - from Genesis to George Floyd - showing us how Jesus has shaped our modern world - its ideals, its values, its moral principles.
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In part 1 of these articles on Equality, Lesley Ramsay presented the argument that differences between men and women are an essential part of their God given equality, and that to deny the differences is dangerous to women. In this article I will address the issue of how an order of authority does not undermine equality.
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In my last post we took a look at some different types of feminism, and also some of the gains achieved by the movement. We also, in light of those gains, wondered whether we should be calling ourselves feminists. My preliminary response was ‘no’: God’s word gives us better diagnoses and better solutions. In this post I’ll try to show you what I mean.
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The New York Times magazine labelled 2015 as “the year we obsessed about identity”,[1] and it’s an obsession that isn’t finished yet. Answers to questions of personal identity—‘Who am I’ and ‘What do I identify as’—are now shaping public discourse, and increasingly the answers are expressed in labels. I even discovered recently you can now ‘identify’ as vegan!
And one of the labels people are obsessing over is whether or not to be a feminist.
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Sadly, the suppression of a woman’s equality in our broken world prevailed. But, since the explosion of the feminist doctrine onto world history, equality now trumps difference! Women certainly needed a redressing of that cursed imbalance… but the pendulum has swung so far in the other direction, that women are once more in a precarious position. We want to begin a conversation about why equality without difference is dangerous for women. It is a tale of two equalities: cultural equality and Biblical equality.
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In this third article, Robyn looks at, when we know our King, what are some ways we can show Kingdom love and make a difference to those who have experienced abortion or may find themselves facing an unplanned or complicated pregnancy?
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In this second article Robyn looks at how we can start to address the many tragic aspects of this issue of abortion. The first place to go to is the gospel of Jesus. We’ll look here at some ways the gospel shapes our thinking on abortion.
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It’s important to talk about abortion thoughtfully as Christian women. There are many ways in which God’s Spirit can take up this issue and use it to probe, convict and comfort every one of us through His Word. In these three short articles, we will let God’s Word talk us through abortion and show us something of ourselves, our King and His Kingdom love at work.
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The New York Times magazine labelled 2015 as “the year we obsessed about identity”, and it’s an obsession that isn’t finished yet. Answers to questions of personal identity—‘Who am I’ and ‘What do I identify as’—are now shaping public discourse, and increasingly the answers are expressed in labels. And one of the labels people are obsessing over is whether or not to be a feminist.
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As a young girl, I just loved to talk. I talked all the way through primary school and high school, and when I became a Christian at fourteen, I loved to talk with my Christian friends and leaders about what it meant to follow Jesus. Thirty (thirty!?) years on, I still love to be a part of these encouraging Christian conversations. I went searching for podcasts that specialised in conversations with Christian Women. When I couldn't find any, I decided to start one!
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I said at the beginning of part 1 that this would be a rule-free zone, because legalism will kill the heart of modesty. But we need to think deeply, and challenge ourselves about the implications of what the Bible is saying. Rather than following a list of rules, then, what are the questions we need to ask ourselves?
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So often discussions about modesty end up in a list of rules: this is godly, that is not; only go this low, not that high; don't show this, or that… There is a ferocious legalism associated with modesty. This article is a rule-free zone because legalism will kill the heart of modesty. So if it's not a list of rules, what is modesty?
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You’re a strong, capable, independent woman whose identity is found in self, and whose concept of success is closely aligned to job title or pay packet. And now you have become a Christian! What next?
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What is it about listening to the stories of Jesus at work in people's lives that pushes us on to greater trust in and desire to serve our heavenly Father? After interviewing Carol and Stephanie on stage at the 2016 OneLove women’s conference in Sydney, Libby Janssen shares how she was both encouraged and challenged as she reflected on how the gospel has transformed their lives.
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Many of us have a pretty good idea of the state of race relations in South Africa, but what of gender relations? How do men and women fare in the rainbow nation? We interviewed Grant and Lillibet Retief, who work in Durban and were visiting Australia for the Geneva Multiply Conference.
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