Category: women

Christian Feminism: Friend or Foe? Part 2

ByRachel April 23, 2014 17 Comments
As we saw in yesterday's post, a recent article made the argument that feminism is unnecessary for Christians, and I gave my view on why that’s not so. As promised yesterday, I want to spend this post examining the second main objection that Walsh raised against feminism (again, with the understanding that I am picking on his article because it represents a widely-held view among many...

Christian Feminism: Friend or Foe? Part I

ByRachel April 22, 2014 7 Comments
A recent article warned Christian women (and men, in parentheses) that Feminism Is Not Your Friend. It asked whether feminism and Christianity are incompatible.This is a question many Christians on both sides of the aisle are asking. (For those who don’t know, “the aisle” means the divide between Christian complementarians and egalitarians. Complementarians believe the Bible teaches a...

Modesty Battles and the Role of the Fashion Industry

ByRachel March 31, 2014 0 Comments
With April nearly on us and summer around the corner, do you dread the start of the modesty battles as much as I do?You know what I’m talking about. Someone writes a blog post urging girls to embrace modest dress in an effort to prevent lust. Someone else writes a response post discussing how this attitude hurts women. More posts pop up. All of them get shared on Facebook. The comment section...

Mark Driscoll and Mars Hill: Hindsight is 20-20

ByRachel March 26, 2014 2 Comments
The Mars Hill conundrum continues as former pastors and elders come forward with more specific testimony about what’s wrong at the church.I’m writing today because it speaks to my previous Driscoll-themed post, which, if you recall, argued in favor of the wider church culture being allowed to call Driscoll out on worrying behavior.The problem that many well-meaning (and some not...