Christine Jensen helps us think through the importance of teaching, living and applying the Bible with your family, and provides some helpful tips.
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Part three in a series on living as God’s women in God’s world.
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Part two in a series on living as God’s women in God’s world.
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A series on living as God’s women in God’s world with this first one about confusion.
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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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How do you think about marriage and singleness? In our Christian culture, we can see marriage as the great goal in life and it becomes an idol, as opposed to the Biblical understanding of marriage. In this post, Jocelyn Bignill reflects on her journey to find contentment in singleness. Hopefully, all of us (married and single) will be able to recognise our own propensity to make idols of God’s good gifts of marriage and singleness.
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Phil and Victoria Colgan have reviewed for us the second edition of Claire Smiths book ‘Gods Good Design - What the Bible really says about Men and Women’. Claire recognizes the reality of bias and the presuppositions we bring to this topic but as far as is possible seeks to let the word of God speak on its own terms.
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Meet Avril Lonsdale who is part of our steering committee here at Equal But Different. Hear about how she came to know Jesus and what it is like studying at Moore Theological College in preparation for a lifetime of ministry.
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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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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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Last year I was asked if I would give a short talk on the topic of submission, and what it looks like in my life. I think this is a really important topic, and to be honest I said yes without thinking too much about it.
Read MoreDifferent by Design encompasses six talks by Claire Smith on the role of women in the church and in relationships. These talks are based on six important but controversial Bible passages: 1 Timothy 2, 1 Corinthians 11, 1 Corinthians 14, 1 Peter 3, Ephesians 5 and Genesis 1-3. The two of us met to discuss the talks over a period of weeks, and found it to be an enriching experience for our relationship with God, with each other and with the local coffee shop.
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