I have been reading the book of Acts recently and I was struck by the story of Ananias and his wife Sapphira. I couldn’t help but compare them to Adam and Eve because I recently wrote an article on the creation story. Both couples act together to disobey God and are judged for it. It is …
The basis for Male and Female Equality in the Genesis Creation Story I have heard numerous times, by different people, that male authority and female submission are clearly taught in the Genesis creation story. They will then go on to says that because God created it this way in the beginning it applies universally, to …
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“There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.“ Galatians 3:28, NIV Many look to this passage as their anthem of liberation. This passage certainly is powerful. It seems to establish equality between all people before God. Regardless of nationality, …
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John 4 I am no one. My father is gone, I have no brothers and I have no sons. I have been disgraced by man after man. They have left me to be destitute. They have cast me into sin. The man I am with now will not even marry me. I am no one. …
