Dr Paul Allen

Rachel Held Evans (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Slavery and sexism are hot topics in the blogosphere.  Rachel Held Evans has made a name for herself by provoking complementarians and multiplying confusions about the Bible. She spent a year misinterpreting the Bible, then misrepresented what the Bible teaches in a book, then went on all the talk shows. The world loved it that this woman confessing to be a Christian told them all their prejudices about the Bible were justified. Now she’s famous, but what has she done to the Bible’s reputation? What has she done to the Lord’s reputation? Earlier this year Thabiti Anyabwile and Douglas Wilson had a long, redemptive, exemplary discussion about slavery . What if we examined these two issues, slavery and sexism, from the perspective of biblical theology? Does the Bible condone either? Here are the opening paragraphs of my essay , “ Does the Bible Condone Slavery and Sexism? “: Does the Bible condone slavery and sexism? Of course not!

Grief - For the time being, and in response to the recent tragedy in Newtown, CCEF’s minibook on grief is available for free online. Also in connection to Newtown you may want to read Douglas Wilson ’s article titled That Will Be Soon Enough along with David Murray ’s warning about when to stop reading and watching the media reports. Related articles '26 Acts of Kindness' honors Newtown victims (myfox8.com) Help for Those Coping with Grief (fox4kc.com) how to help Newtown (lovelaughbelight.com) Grief-Stricken, Helping Newtown, and Saying Thank You (crazyadventuresinparenting.com) Prayer for Newtown, Connecticut (carolpenner.typepad.com) Newtown Tragedy- Immeasurable Heartbreak (louisesattler.me) Candlelight vigil for Newtown set for Alki on Dec. 22 (westseattleherald.com) Sending Love & Prayers (frillyfabulous.com)