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About bwebaptistwomenforequality

Shirley Taylor writes with humor and common sense, challenging the church body to reclaim equality for Christian women.

The Seven Brothers

Teacher, they said, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and have children for his brother. Now there were seven brothers.

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Associated Baptist Press Quotes of 2010

“We threw a rock at Goliath. We don’t know yet whether or not we are Davids.” This quote by Shirley Taylor after demanding an apology from the Council on Biblical Manhood and Biblical Womanhood, made the top Religion Quotes of 2010. Continue reading

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A Christmas Card for Equality

Don and I wish you all a Merry Christmas! We will see you back here on January 3, 2011 My Christmas Card for Equality christmas 2010 ..

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Sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander

Jesus speaks about divorce and tells the men “you men think that you are the only ones who can divorce your spouse.” This is pure equality. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Continue reading

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Marriage is not the subject – part 2

Romans 7:1-3 is not a marriage manual in a how-to book. The apostle Paul uses illustrations from a woman’s legal point of view in a marriage because it wouldn’t work if he used a man’s legal point of view, because men could legally have multiple wives. Continue reading

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Marriage is not the subject

Paul did not teach about marriage. He used marriage as an illustration to show the relationship between the new Christian and Christ. Continue reading

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A Christmas miracle

You would never know it from pastors, but 1 Peter 3:1 is the same as 1 Corinthians 7:13. All is means is to remain in whatever situation you are in – circumcised or not, married or not, slave or not. Has nothing to do with women must submit to their husbands in order to honor God. Continue reading

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Who will crown him king?

Dr Al Mohler is worried about marriages. I would be worried, too, if I were him. I would be worried that the days of women crowning their husbands kings have come to an end. Continue reading

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Grace redefined

Can you imagine a man ever having a Question and Answer page with questions like “Can a man write a book that women might read? Can a man say Amen in church? Can a man vote in a business meeting? Continue reading

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It was Greek to him

Why is Equality so hard to understand? Continue reading

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