Tag Archives: Religion

Stacking the deck against women

Even the Pastoral Search Committees are stacked against women. Women make up 60% of the church, but their voice counts as only two out of seven when it comes to choosing a new pastor. Continue reading

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Harmony – a disturbing word

Whenever you see the word ‘harmony’ in fundamentalist Christian or religious literature, you should run as far as you can from it. In their view, harmony can come about only when a woman is submissive. Continue reading

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Waggin’ in to Heaven

They have told that joke many times about the wagon load of concrete but they fail to see the full implication of it. They think they will line up their family and start explaining. Mark 12:24

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husband, you are no Jesus Christ

Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy, I knew Jack Kennedy, Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy.” So we women say, “Husband, I served Jesus Christ. I knew Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ was a friend of mine. Husband, you are no Jesus Christ.”
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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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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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Lowering the bar

Would a woman pastor be better than a male pastor? We don’t know, but we do know that male pastors have lowered the bar so much that a woman pastor can’t do any worse. Continue reading

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