As the Spirit has worked in the Lake Highlands Church over the last thirty years we have reexamined the ways we had interpreted Scripture that had led us to oppressive conclusions for women. Our study revealed a systematic disempowerment of women, in part because we did not put the story of women into the True Story of the world, which …
Scripture sets the stage for our understanding in Act 1 by stating women are created as divine image-bearers: “So God created man in his image; in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27). Male and female live in co-equal, one-flesh intimacy. Furthermore, female is not a slave to man nor is she …
God’s call of Israel to be a blessing to the nations, began the long road out of bondage to freedom. Yet the law could not make this right. The law of Moses improved woman’s lot yet still accommodated the hardness of men’s hearts (Deuteronomy 24:1-4 and Matthew 19:1-9). By the time of Jesus, women were valued pieces of male property, …
