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Journey through Deconstruction

How Complementarianism Sustains Abuse: My Story

***I do not go into details concerning my abuse. I focus on how the rules of complementarianism kept me in Read more…

By , 1 monthAugust 23, 2023 ago
Journey through Deconstruction

What Hill Are You Willing to Die On?

Your salvation is not tied to your interpretation of gender roles (complementarianism). Period.  What’s more, you can still believe in Read more…

By , 1 monthAugust 22, 2023 ago
Journey through Deconstruction

A Cult Rebranded

Once The Making of Biblical Womanhood gets into the early modern period, we start to see more of the roots Read more…

By , 1 monthAugust 16, 2023 ago
Journey through Deconstruction

Your Bible’s Bias

I almost didn’t write about this.  I wasn’t sure if it would be helpful, or if it would come off Read more…

By , 1 monthAugust 15, 2023 ago
Journey through Deconstruction

The Highest Calling

There were obviously big picture take-aways from The Making of Biblical Womanhood that impacted me; and yet, I found some Read more…

By , 2 monthsAugust 9, 2023 ago
Journey through Deconstruction

A Sacrifice is Still a Sacrifice

I said in a previous post that Beth Allison Barr’s book is a history book.  She therefore does not pass Read more…

By , 2 monthsAugust 8, 2023 ago
Journey through Deconstruction

Silent in Church (Or, Maybe Not)

Beth Allison Barr and Aimee Byrd overlap in another significant area: putting difficult passages into historical context.  Significantly, they both Read more…

By , 2 monthsAugust 3, 2023 ago
Journey through Deconstruction

Interrupting the Patriarchy  

Ok, now to get to the books.  It’s been interesting to see how Aimee Byrd’s Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Read more…

By , 2 monthsAugust 1, 2023 ago
Journey through Deconstruction

What is Complementarianism?

Before we fully dive into Beth Allison Barr’s book, I think it’s important to restate what complementarianism is.  It’s a Read more…

By , 2 monthsJuly 27, 2023 ago
Journey through Deconstruction

The Making of Biblical Womanhood: The Book that Changed my Life

My blogs on Aimee Byrd’s Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood stopped abruptly.  At the time, I was a little Read more…

By , 2 monthsJuly 25, 2023 ago
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