Mary Magdalene: A Woman Who Does Not Remain Silent
20 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed...
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Atlantic Society for Biblical Equality
- Apr 4
- 5 min
Jesus Stands Up For Our Gifts
A Scripture passage that has always had great meaning to me and greatly shaped how I understand Christian vocation is Mark’s account of...
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Atlantic Society for Biblical Equality
- Jan 2
- 3 min
Anna: Decades of Faithful Service and Singleness
Reading this devotional and listen to this song, "Messiah (Anna's Song)," by Shane and Angela Wiebe There was also a prophet, Anna the...
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Atlantic Society for Biblical Equality
- Dec 21, 2022
- 4 min
The Challenge of Mary’s Magnificat
46 And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48 for he has looked with favour on the...
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Atlantic Society for Biblical Equality
- Dec 12, 2022
- 5 min
Mary: Leader in Courageous Faith
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was...
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Atlantic Society for Biblical Equality
- Dec 5, 2022
- 5 min
Elizabeth: The Other Miracle Birth
We invite you to listen to this song, "Elizabeth: Visitation Song," by Kathryn Wenr In the days of King Herod of Judea, there was a...
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Atlantic Society for Biblical Equality
- Nov 27, 2022
- 4 min
The God Who Doesn’t Read Labels
Listen to this song, "Rahab," by Rhonda Louise as you read this reflection. An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of...
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Atlantic Society for Biblical Equality
- Jun 1, 2022
- 6 min
When God Spoke Through Robert Munsch (God and Other Mothers, Part Five)
One day I was going through boxes at my mother’s house. There were so many boxes because my mother was the kind of person that never...
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Atlantic Society for Biblical Equality
- May 31, 2022
- 6 min
Epiphanies with Julian of Norwich (God and Other Mothers, Part Four)
I have spoken before that our knowledge of God is always interrelated with our relationships, that our beliefs about God are always...
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Atlantic Society for Biblical Equality
- May 27, 2022
- 5 min
Then the Cancer Returned (God and Other Mothers, Part Three)
Then, the cancer returned. It was everywhere. My mother made a bunch of trips to see different new age doctors to pursue radical...
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Atlantic Society for Biblical Equality
- May 26, 2022
- 12 min
A Fragmented Relationship (God and Other Mothers, Part Two)
As I said previously, how we talk about God is bound up with how we relate to others. For many, their view of God as Father is effected...
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Atlantic Society for Biblical Equality
- May 25, 2022
- 3 min
Speaking of God (God and Other Mothers, Part One)
One time I was camping on the shore of Lake Erie with a group of friends for our mutual friend's (Craig) bachelor party. Of the group of...
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Atlantic Society for Biblical Equality
- May 13, 2022
- 11 min
"So When Did the Demon of Feminism First Infect Your Mind?" (How I Became an Egalitarian, Part Four)
Things started getting tense. Dr. Webb and one other professor, a woman who had recently been ordained in another denomination, quite...
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Atlantic Society for Biblical Equality
- May 12, 2022
- 7 min
"Not Bad for a Stupid Woman" (How I Became an Egalitarian, Part Three)
One reason I asked so many hard questions in Dr. Webb’s class--and this is something I look for in my own classes I teach now--is the...
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Atlantic Society for Biblical Equality
- May 11, 2022
- 16 min
Redemptive Movements (How I Became an Egalitarian, Part Two)
The professor was Dr. William Webb, and he wrote a book called Slaves, Women, and Homosexuals, which at the time and for those circles...
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Atlantic Society for Biblical Equality
- May 10, 2022
- 5 min
The Essay on Why My Professor Should Be Fired (How I Became an Egalitarian, Part One)
The following is an account of how I came to hold to biblical equality and what that journey looked like from seminary to home life to...
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Atlantic Society for Biblical Equality
- Dec 5, 2021
- 3 min
Icons of Christ: A Review for Catholics
Editor's Note: In the first part of this review (see previous post), Kaitlyn, our reviewer, reflected on some of the points from Witt's...
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Atlantic Society for Biblical Equality
- Sep 2, 2021
- 6 min
The Problems with “Man-Bibles”: Why Gender-Inclusive Bible Translations
By Rachel McNally Several years ago, I was visiting another church with my family. As we were waiting for the service to begin, I picked...
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Atlantic Society for Biblical Equality
- Jul 5, 2021
- 12 min
Not a Modern Invention: The Femininity of God in Church History
Talking about God as feminine or motherly can often be caricatured as a modern invention by people who are offended by the Bible and want...
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Atlantic Society for Biblical Equality
- Jun 29, 2021
- 6 min
My Mother in Heaven: Exploring Gendered God Language
Editor's Note: When I, Spencer Boersma, teach theology in class, we go over the meaning of God as "Father" and look at feminine images in...
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