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... Christ did not lose his heavenly identity when he became human.
Yet, he chose not to pursue his right to satisfy his own desires ahead of tending to the needs of others (Phil 2:4).” - Denise T. Plichta
From: redemptivehistorytheology.com/blog/chapter...
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Yet, he chose not to pursue his right to satisfy his own desires ahead of tending to the needs of others (Phil 2:4).” - Denise T. Plichta
From: redemptivehistorytheology.com/blog/chapter...
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Equality with God: Philippians 2:5–6
The hymn in Phil 2:5-11 provides us with a glimpse of the earliest form of Christian worship, revealing what followers of Jesus believed about him even before the four gospels were written. One’s “…
redemptivehistorytheology.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 AM
... Christ did not lose his heavenly identity when he became human.
Yet, he chose not to pursue his right to satisfy his own desires ahead of tending to the needs of others (Phil 2:4).” - Denise T. Plichta
From: redemptivehistorytheology.com/blog/chapter...
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Yet, he chose not to pursue his right to satisfy his own desires ahead of tending to the needs of others (Phil 2:4).” - Denise T. Plichta
From: redemptivehistorytheology.com/blog/chapter...
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... The issue is not whether Christ possessed equality with God, but whether he used it for his own benefit (Rom 15:3). People living in the Roman colony of Philippi would have expected grasping and seizing by a lordly power ...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:28 AM
... The issue is not whether Christ possessed equality with God, but whether he used it for his own benefit (Rom 15:3). People living in the Roman colony of Philippi would have expected grasping and seizing by a lordly power ...
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From the Orthodox Barbie archives:
[On Phil 2:5–6]: “Contrary to what one would expect of a sovereign Lord, Jesus did not regard his equality with God as a right to utilize while he lived on earth ...
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[On Phil 2:5–6]: “Contrary to what one would expect of a sovereign Lord, Jesus did not regard his equality with God as a right to utilize while he lived on earth ...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:28 AM
From the Orthodox Barbie archives:
[On Phil 2:5–6]: “Contrary to what one would expect of a sovereign Lord, Jesus did not regard his equality with God as a right to utilize while he lived on earth ...
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[On Phil 2:5–6]: “Contrary to what one would expect of a sovereign Lord, Jesus did not regard his equality with God as a right to utilize while he lived on earth ...
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... So do we, as New Covenant people, take our relationship cues from the pagan warlord Xerxes or from the consequences of the fall? I don’t think so.” – Marg Mowczko
From: margmowczko.com/gender-roles...
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From: margmowczko.com/gender-roles...
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Gender Roles & Gendered Activities in the Old Testament - Marg Mowczko
Does the Old Testament teach that husbands are to be the leaders of their wives, or that men have authority over women? Are some roles forbidden to women?
margmowczko.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
... So do we, as New Covenant people, take our relationship cues from the pagan warlord Xerxes or from the consequences of the fall? I don’t think so.” – Marg Mowczko
From: margmowczko.com/gender-roles...
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From: margmowczko.com/gender-roles...
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Furthermore, Paul never tells husbands to rule or lead their wives (Eph. 5:25ff; Col. 3:19). Rather he tells them to love their wives ...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Furthermore, Paul never tells husbands to rule or lead their wives (Eph. 5:25ff; Col. 3:19). Rather he tells them to love their wives ...
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“Most people assume the Bible teaches that husbands are to be the rulers of their own homes or households, but Xerxes is the only person in the Bible to state this. Paul, for example, never says that husbands must be the rulers or leaders or heads of their homes.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
“Most people assume the Bible teaches that husbands are to be the rulers of their own homes or households, but Xerxes is the only person in the Bible to state this. Paul, for example, never says that husbands must be the rulers or leaders or heads of their homes.
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Importantly, the story of Zelophehad’s daughters demonstrates that God cares deeply about women and about the implementation of just systems that protect their rights.” - Bronwen Speedie
From: godsdesignperth.org/2020/07/12/s...
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From: godsdesignperth.org/2020/07/12/s...
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Securing Their Future: the Daughters of Zelophehad
Does the Old Testament contain one of the oldest examples of an appeal for women’s rights? The story of the daughters of Zelophehad in Numbers 27 is one that you may never have noticed. It…
godsdesignperth.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Importantly, the story of Zelophehad’s daughters demonstrates that God cares deeply about women and about the implementation of just systems that protect their rights.” - Bronwen Speedie
From: godsdesignperth.org/2020/07/12/s...
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From: godsdesignperth.org/2020/07/12/s...
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Rather than ignoring or rejecting them, Moses took their carefully crafted request seriously and brought it before the Lord, with the result that their future was secured.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Rather than ignoring or rejecting them, Moses took their carefully crafted request seriously and brought it before the Lord, with the result that their future was secured.
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understood the dilemma they faced as unmarried and fatherless girls in a patriarchal society where women’s protection and economic security rested wholly in the hands of men. Seeing destitution in their future, they formed a plan to seek justice.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
understood the dilemma they faced as unmarried and fatherless girls in a patriarchal society where women’s protection and economic security rested wholly in the hands of men. Seeing destitution in their future, they formed a plan to seek justice.
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From the Orthodox Barbie archives:
[On the Daughters of Zelophehad in Numbers 27]: “These five young, single women – probably still children and teenagers –
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[On the Daughters of Zelophehad in Numbers 27]: “These five young, single women – probably still children and teenagers –
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November 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
From the Orthodox Barbie archives:
[On the Daughters of Zelophehad in Numbers 27]: “These five young, single women – probably still children and teenagers –
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[On the Daughters of Zelophehad in Numbers 27]: “These five young, single women – probably still children and teenagers –
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She is not providing the goods and services that men expect from her.” - Laura Robinson
From: laurarbnsn.substack.com/p/misogyny-t...
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From: laurarbnsn.substack.com/p/misogyny-t...
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Misogyny, the SBC, and Beth Moore
On becoming a heretic in patriarchal spaces
laurarbnsn.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
She is not providing the goods and services that men expect from her.” - Laura Robinson
From: laurarbnsn.substack.com/p/misogyny-t...
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From: laurarbnsn.substack.com/p/misogyny-t...
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If women owe men admiration and respect – if men desire support for their comforting belief that they are good people doing a good job – then a woman saying that a man has done something wrong is a serious problem.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
If women owe men admiration and respect – if men desire support for their comforting belief that they are good people doing a good job – then a woman saying that a man has done something wrong is a serious problem.
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From the Orthodox Barbie archives:
“It is incredibly dicey for a woman, in a patriarchal space, to accuse a man of something. Accusations against men disrupt patriarchal spaces.
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“It is incredibly dicey for a woman, in a patriarchal space, to accuse a man of something. Accusations against men disrupt patriarchal spaces.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
From the Orthodox Barbie archives:
“It is incredibly dicey for a woman, in a patriarchal space, to accuse a man of something. Accusations against men disrupt patriarchal spaces.
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“It is incredibly dicey for a woman, in a patriarchal space, to accuse a man of something. Accusations against men disrupt patriarchal spaces.
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It's letting the church off easy, giving us permission to not be the church.
The correct response is not “that wasn't God,” but “the church has taken God's name in vain.”” – Nick O’Brien
From: www.threads.com/@nickmobrien...
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The correct response is not “that wasn't God,” but “the church has taken God's name in vain.”” – Nick O’Brien
From: www.threads.com/@nickmobrien...
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Nick O’Brien (@nickmobrien) on Threads
The church loves to remind suffering people that "it was people that hurt you, not God."
Sure, but what if the very people called to embody God to the world should be the last people on earth who sh...
www.threads.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
It's letting the church off easy, giving us permission to not be the church.
The correct response is not “that wasn't God,” but “the church has taken God's name in vain.”” – Nick O’Brien
From: www.threads.com/@nickmobrien...
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The correct response is not “that wasn't God,” but “the church has taken God's name in vain.”” – Nick O’Brien
From: www.threads.com/@nickmobrien...
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“The church loves to remind suffering people that “it was people that hurt you, not God” ...
... To say “it was people, not God” is convenient, and has some truth to it, but it also forces us to divorce Christ from the people who are supposed to be “in Christ.”
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... To say “it was people, not God” is convenient, and has some truth to it, but it also forces us to divorce Christ from the people who are supposed to be “in Christ.”
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November 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“The church loves to remind suffering people that “it was people that hurt you, not God” ...
... To say “it was people, not God” is convenient, and has some truth to it, but it also forces us to divorce Christ from the people who are supposed to be “in Christ.”
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... To say “it was people, not God” is convenient, and has some truth to it, but it also forces us to divorce Christ from the people who are supposed to be “in Christ.”
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and how women in the West didn't know their place. Guess where I heard that kind of talk before? That’s right, all my conservative evangelical pastors growing up. (And books like Love and Respect).” – Meghan Tschanz
From: www.threads.com/@meghantscha...
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From: www.threads.com/@meghantscha...
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Meghan Tschanz (@meghantschanz) on Threads
Evangelical pastors talk like Johns
When I was a missionary working with sexually exploited women in the Philippines, I had a John tell me that he came to the Philippines to get the "respect he deserv...
www.threads.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
and how women in the West didn't know their place. Guess where I heard that kind of talk before? That’s right, all my conservative evangelical pastors growing up. (And books like Love and Respect).” – Meghan Tschanz
From: www.threads.com/@meghantscha...
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From: www.threads.com/@meghantscha...
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“When I was a missionary working with sexually exploited women in the Philippines, I had a John tell me that he came to the Philippines to get the “respect he deserved.” He went on a very long rant on women’s role to be subservient to men and to serve them,
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November 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
“When I was a missionary working with sexually exploited women in the Philippines, I had a John tell me that he came to the Philippines to get the “respect he deserved.” He went on a very long rant on women’s role to be subservient to men and to serve them,
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Slaves, Gentiles, and women serve equally with free people, Jews, and men in the purposes for which God has called and gifted them, because they too are born of the same Spirit. Rank, authority, and hierarchy are unnecessary among those born of the same substance—the Spirit.” – Mimi Haddad
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November 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Slaves, Gentiles, and women serve equally with free people, Jews, and men in the purposes for which God has called and gifted them, because they too are born of the same Spirit. Rank, authority, and hierarchy are unnecessary among those born of the same substance—the Spirit.” – Mimi Haddad
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From the Orthodox Barbie archives:
“Those who share in a spiritual rebirth are inaugurated as equal members of Christ’s body—the church. Through Christ, God is building a New Covenant people, with Jesus as head, and you and me as joint heirs.
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“Those who share in a spiritual rebirth are inaugurated as equal members of Christ’s body—the church. Through Christ, God is building a New Covenant people, with Jesus as head, and you and me as joint heirs.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
From the Orthodox Barbie archives:
“Those who share in a spiritual rebirth are inaugurated as equal members of Christ’s body—the church. Through Christ, God is building a New Covenant people, with Jesus as head, and you and me as joint heirs.
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“Those who share in a spiritual rebirth are inaugurated as equal members of Christ’s body—the church. Through Christ, God is building a New Covenant people, with Jesus as head, and you and me as joint heirs.
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P.S. I love this photo of a couple who have thrown away their umbrella and are enjoying the rain!
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November 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
P.S. I love this photo of a couple who have thrown away their umbrella and are enjoying the rain!
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In light of this, it is ironically accurate that Gothard chose the metaphor of the umbrella. Hierarchy can and often does keep us from experiencing many of God’s blessings.” - Julie R. Frady
From: www.cbeinternational.org/resource/let...
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From: www.cbeinternational.org/resource/let...
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Let God Reign: Ditching the Umbrellas of Hierarchy - CBE International
You’ve heard it said that the “umbrella order” protects the family from the rain of “Satan’s attacks.” But what if that “divine order” isn’t divine at all?
www.cbeinternational.org
November 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
In light of this, it is ironically accurate that Gothard chose the metaphor of the umbrella. Hierarchy can and often does keep us from experiencing many of God’s blessings.” - Julie R. Frady
From: www.cbeinternational.org/resource/let...
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From: www.cbeinternational.org/resource/let...
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But in the Bible, rain is almost always portrayed as a blessing from God. Ancient Israelites depended on rain to grow their crops, water their livestock, and to satisfy their own needs. Rain was a much-desired blessing, not seen as an attack to avoid.
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November 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
But in the Bible, rain is almost always portrayed as a blessing from God. Ancient Israelites depended on rain to grow their crops, water their livestock, and to satisfy their own needs. Rain was a much-desired blessing, not seen as an attack to avoid.
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From the Orthodox Barbie archives:
On Bill Gothard’s infamous "umbrella diagram" in which he portrayed a hierarchy of authority that he taught was dangerous to step outside of:
“In his umbrella illustration, Gothard used rain to symbolize Satanic attacks.
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On Bill Gothard’s infamous "umbrella diagram" in which he portrayed a hierarchy of authority that he taught was dangerous to step outside of:
“In his umbrella illustration, Gothard used rain to symbolize Satanic attacks.
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November 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
From the Orthodox Barbie archives:
On Bill Gothard’s infamous "umbrella diagram" in which he portrayed a hierarchy of authority that he taught was dangerous to step outside of:
“In his umbrella illustration, Gothard used rain to symbolize Satanic attacks.
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On Bill Gothard’s infamous "umbrella diagram" in which he portrayed a hierarchy of authority that he taught was dangerous to step outside of:
“In his umbrella illustration, Gothard used rain to symbolize Satanic attacks.
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and can only have a relationship with God through a man (whether via priest, pastor, husband, or otherwise). The effects of this environment are incredibly devastating.” - Jamin Hübner
From: www.cbeinternational.org/resource/for...
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From: www.cbeinternational.org/resource/for...
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The Formation of Gender Identity in Child Development - CBE International
It is hard to understate the influence of childhood experience. In a very real sense, the past makes us who we are. Some of the most vivid recollections human beings have are from childhood. Psycholog...
www.cbeinternational.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
and can only have a relationship with God through a man (whether via priest, pastor, husband, or otherwise). The effects of this environment are incredibly devastating.” - Jamin Hübner
From: www.cbeinternational.org/resource/for...
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From: www.cbeinternational.org/resource/for...
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