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I said in a previous post that Beth Allison Barr’s book is a history book.  She therefore does not pass judgement on whether people were actually following God’s will; she simply tells us the sacrifices they made.  As an historian, that’s great; as a believer…that’s unsettling.  What if the sacrifice they Read more…

Beth Allison Barr and Aimee Byrd overlap in another significant area: putting difficult passages into historical context.  Significantly, they both analyze 1 Corinthians 14:33-36, where Paul seems to tell women to be silent in church.  They have different (although not necessarily contradictory) explanations for this passage that has caused such Read more…

Ok, now to get to the books.  It’s been interesting to see how Aimee Byrd’s Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and Beth Allison Barr’s The Making of Biblical Womanhood overlap – even when they aren’t expressly linked.  The first instance of this is early on in their books – Read more…

Before we fully dive into Beth Allison Barr’s book, I think it’s important to restate what complementarianism is.  It’s a word that gets tossed around – or sometimes not – and the definition in Aimee Byrd’s book isn’t necessarily what most people have been taught about complementarianism.  But whether you Read more…

My blogs on Aimee Byrd’s Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood stopped abruptly.  At the time, I was a little confused; I still had some things to say.  However, I obeyed the Holy Spirit’s promptings – and I’m so glad I did.  With each book I’ve read, we’ve gotten closer Read more…