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When Unequal = Equal: How Complementarianism changes the Meaning of Words

Separate but equal has been tried and failed. So why is the church still using the same arguments about gender? It's International Women's Day, and I thought I'd sum up some of what we said in a podcast yesterday, combined with some great input you all gave me on...

PODCAST: Are We Creating a Strawman out of Complementarianism?

Who is really a complementarian? Just when we think we're finished arguing something, another critique pops up. And honestly--we had SUCH FUN doing this podcast! Keith and I planned it for several days beforehand, going over all the arguments we wanted to use.  But it...

The Question That Haunts Me 35 Years Later

Scott was a seriously cute Australian whose accent made me swoon. I was 18-years-old, and attending Capernwray Bible college in England for a semester before I started at Queen’s University the following year. And I spent the first few weeks trying to get Scott’s...

When Male Hierarchy Teaching Turns Good Men Bad

Not everyone who ends up dominating their wife is actually an abuser at heart.  What they are doing may be abusive; the same dynamics may be at play, and the same harm may be being done. But it doesn’t always come from the same place. Over and over again since we have...
Why Queen Vashti Should Be Considered a Hero

Why Queen Vashti Should Be Considered a Hero

Vashti is an often-forgotten woman from the Old Testament. I love the Bible because it’s filled with stories–heroes and villains; kings and peasants; rulers and prophets. And often the Bible leaves us with stories without giving any commentary on them. We’re supposed...

Her Cherch Merch That Makes You Happy!

Her Cherch Merch That Makes You Happy!

Let's celebrate being a woman who loves God! I've been following the Her Cherch account on Instagram for a while, and she has awesome cartoons that cut to the heart of so much of what we talk about here on Bare Marriage! The artist is Marcia Takasaki, and we've been...

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