By Lindsey Carlson “Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather she is to remain quiet. For Adam was formed first, then Eve.” 1 Timothy 2:11-12 This isn’t exactly one of those verses I’ve seen girls sport on coffee...

  by J.A. Medders Leave the lame gift at the store. Get a good one. And whatever you do, don’t order you and your wife the same thing and call it a Mother’s Day present; this happened to a guy I know— I know this guy, like Paul knew a guy that went to the...

By Mary Beth Odom  I watched from across the room as his chubby baby hands clung to hers. I thought about how those precious weathered hands of hers had served me tirelessly over the years. Their eyes locked, they exchanged smiles, and he let out a squeal of delight. Time seemed to stand still as...

By Lore Ferguson For most, Mother’s Day is a celebration of their mothers and for many it’s a day when women are simply celebrated themselves. There is another demographic, though, for which this Sunday is a painful reminder of what is not. Trillia Newbell gave some beautiful encouragement for women experiencing miscarriages and infertility at...

By Owen Strachan Recently a brand-new conversation began among complementarians. Wendy Alsup wrote a post called “A New Wave of Complementarianism” that met with an enthusiastic online response. Many took note, and key leaders weighed in, including Kevin DeYoung and Thabiti Anyabwile. Any discussion on complementarianism is inherently interesting and important to me, and so...

By Courtney Reissig Any woman who has ever experienced labor has probably had some unkind words for Eve at some point, or at least felt like it. Even women who haven’t gone through the birthing process are familiar with the curse that faces us as women. The curse given to women when sin entered the...