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December 9, 2014 By Courtney Reissig
Thank you to the many women who read our recent series on women in the church. We hope you were encouraged as you saw (through varying eyes) the many ways women can and do serve in their local congregations. The local church is God’s ordained means of bringing his glory to the nations. As followers...
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November 4, 2014 By CBMW Guest
“I love Jesus; I just don’t care for the church.” “I don’t need the hypocrites in the church to help me follow God.” “My relationship with God is private; I don’t need other people to tell me how to worship my God.” I know women who have said these statements. They have been hurt at some...
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October 28, 2014 By Courtney Reissig
Editor’s Note: Chrystie Cole is the Women’s Ministry Advisor at Grace Church in Greenville, SC. She has helped develop curriculum for the women of her church that seeks to focus on key areas women struggle with most. She talked with Courtney Reissig about how their women’s ministry functions in their church. ***************************************************************  What is your...
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October 21, 2014 By Courtney Reissig
We live in a “me”centered culture. When making decisions in life, we almost always base our decisions on how we are personally going to be affected by them. Whether it’s big issues like deciding on a career and finding a spouse or small issues like what to eat for dinner, there tends to be a...
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March 28, 2014 By CBMW Guest
By Leanne Swift I’ve been praying lately that the Lord would show me how I could be more effective in his service. I think he answered by revealing something that has been holding me back in many ways: self preservation.  It has begun to gnaw at my soul. Websters defines self-preservation like this: 1. preservation of...
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September 3, 2013 By CBMW Guest
Editor’s Note: At Karis, we care about helping women understand God’s word and his design in every season in life. That is why we are doing a series for college students. Today’s post continues this series with a discussion on the importance of the local church for college students. We hope you will continue to...
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CBMW Gender & Sexuality Curriculum Male and Female He Created Them: A Study on Gender, Sexuality, & Marriage, by Denny Burk, Colin Smothers, & David Closson

This new curriculum is aimed at Christians who are facing challenging questions with the rise of LGBT ideology on topics like homosexuality, transgenderism, gender dysphoria, intersex conditions, preferred pronouns, and more. The study is broken down into eight chapters that guide readers through the Bible’s teaching on gender, sexuality, and marriage. Male & Female He Created Them gives Christians with a biblical foundation that starts in Genesis 1 and 2 with God’s good design in making mankind male and female in His image.

Male & Female He Created Them: A Study on Gender, Sexuality, & Marriage can be purchased online at Christian Book, Christian Focus, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.