Biblical Womanhood Does Not Hinge Upon Marital Status or Parenthood – also: Christians who portray all women as sexual temptresses – by S. Burden
(Link): What we talk about when we talk about women in church: part one
(Link): What we talk about when we talk about women in church: part two
Excerpts (from part 2):
- by S. Burden
No female can be excluded from this grand vision by her circumstances or lack of opportunities; it is a wildly inclusive plan. And through Jesus’ words in the gospels, a woman’s calling is defined even further. We see it in this quote from Reclaiming Eve:
- Let me be clear: the highest calling on any woman’s life is to love the Lord her God with all of her heart, to love her neighbor as she loves herself, and to take the good news of Jesus to the world.
… So what is a biblical woman?
She is not primarily a homemaker or a breadwinner, a mother or a childless woman, a person who “has” worldly possessions or “has not.”
(Link): What we talk about when we talk about women in church: part one
Excerpts from Part 1:
- … Our theology, history-wise, comes from men who were often openly sexist, men who viewed women disdainfully, from a place of superiority. And, I am sorry to say, I believe we are still buying some of what they are selling, even if we can’t back it up biblically.
I attended a class once on Church Leadership. At one point, the instructor told a sad story of a pastor who was ensnared in adultery and sex with a minor.
The instructor extolled the dangers of pastors meeting alone with a female and told of the vast damage done to his ministry and his family. He talked about the need for extremely tight boundaries around interactions with women. I knew the boundaries he suggested would limit women in a myriad of ways.
But what was so confusing about the story is this: the pastor had intentionally invited a young women repeatedly to his office, after hours, when the secretary was gone, to counsel her. So was the young woman inherently dangerous? Or did the pastor put himself in a situation ripe for compromise?
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Related:
(Link): Atlantic: “The case for abandoning the myth that ‘women aren’t visual.’”
(Link): When Women Wanted Sex Much More Than Men – and how the stereotype flipped
(Link): Why So Much Fornication – Because Christians Have No Expectation of Sexual Purity
(Link): Is The Church Failing Childless Women? by Diane Paddison
(Link): Married Men, Please Stop Hitting on Me by K. Ezie
(Link): New Study Released: Cheaters: More American Married Women Admit to Adultery (links)
(Link): Topics: Friendship is Possible / Sexualization By Culture Of All Relationships
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