Just BE - Matters of Justice and Biblical Equality Krista Lucich

Replaying this episode from 2020, recorded almost a year before I started seminary! Thanks for your patience as I play some repeats during this busy season of life. Keep learning! Keep going! ~Krista

At the founding of the early church, most women lacked the educational backgrounds that were afforded to men. Krista takes a closer look at how the Apostle Paul addresses this problem.  
Scripture references:
1 Timothy 2:11-12
1 Corinthians 14:35
Romans 12
Galatians 3:28
Proverbs 4:5-9

Throughout the ages, the story of Eve's fruit eating faux paw has been used to support notions of women as being more prone to deception than men and viewed as temptresses and man's downfall.  In her fallen world Eve's husband would have the upper hand, and she would experience pain in childbirth. Rather than viewing these outcomes as tragic results of living in a world tainted with sin,  this story only confirmed the biases against women, and hailed the outcome of male-rule as a blessed solution to sin. But what if there was a better way to read and understand this story? Krista provides a clear and cohesive argument to support that the idea that the original state of equality and partnership between men and women as the ideal we must continue to strive toward. 

Replay review session! Men and women are co-image bearers of God, created to function as co-workers. Spoiler alert: women were not created to be subordinate "helpers" of men. Listen in to find out all the biblical evidence that supports this claim.

Find out more episode details by checking out the show notes of Episode 2 from 5/22/20. Enjoy!

*Trigger warning, but not too explicit*
Learn about *and be inspired by* this amazing woman who was a doctor, investigative reporter, advocate, international speaker, and biblical scholar during the late 19th century, until her death in 1946. She helped change laws both in the US and abroad to outlaw prostitution, ministered to (and freed) women caught in sexual slavery around the globe, and contributed biblical scholarship to dismantle the ways that sexism and patriarchy entangled themselves in the church and biblical studies.
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Show notes:
Baker-Johnson, Sharon. “The Life and Influence of Jessie Penn-Lewis.” Priscilla
Papers, Spring 2012. https://www.cbeinternational.org/resource/article/priscilla-papers-academic-journal/life-and-influence-jessie-penn-lewis
Bushnell, Katharine. Union Signal, November 2, 1893, 5.
----- “Biography.” Francis Willard House and Archives at The Center for Women’s
History and Leadership. https://franceswillardhouse.org/frances-willard/biography/ Accessed August 2021.
Bushnell, Katharine, C. God’s Word to Women. Ed. by Amy Francis. 1903 and 2016.
Du Mez, Kristin Kobes. A New Gospel for Women: Katharine Bushnell and the
Challenge Of Christian Feminism. Oxford University Press, 2015.
Haddad, Mimi. “Christian Compassion or Complicity: The Abuse and Gendercide of
God’s Daughters.” She Loves. June 19, 2015. https://shelovesmagazine.com/2015/compassion-or-complicity/
Haddad, Mimi. “A Life of Silence Breaking: Katharine Bushnell, MD.” Catalyst. March
22, 2018. https://www.catalystresources.org/a-life-of-silence-breaking-katharine-bushnell-md/
Hardwick, Dana. Oh Though Woman That Bringest Good Tidings: The Life and Work of
Katharine C. Bushnell. Wipf and Stock Publishers, 1995.
----- “Mission and Vision.” Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.
https://cbmw.org/about/mission-vision/ Accessed August 19, 2021.
Walsh, Julie. “What Katharine Bushnell Still Has to Teach Us Today.” Priscillia Papers.
Winter 2020. January 31, 2020. https://www.cbeinternational.org/resource/article/priscilla-papers-academic-journal/what-katharine-bushnell-still-has-teach-us-today

1 Timothy 2:12, "I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man," has long been misunderstood and used to reinforce unhealthy (and unchristian) gender dynamics. If you're caught wondering, "What does this verse even mean? What is this passage all about?" then listen in to this episode and share with a friend!  

Eve wasn't deceived because she was a woman, no more that Adam sinned because he was a man. That the story of original sin has played into the hands of those who would contend that women aren't suitable as leaders and decision makers is a clear misreading of Genesis 3. 



Throughout the ages, the story of Eve's deception has been used to support notions of women as being prone to deception and viewed as temptresses.  In her fallen world, Eve's husband would have the upper hand, and she would experience pain in childbirth. Rather than viewing these outcomes as tragic results of living in a world tainted with sin,  this story only confirmed the biases against women, and hailed the outcome of male-rule as a blessed solution to sin. But what if there was a better way to read and understand this story? Krista provides a clear and cohesive argument to support that the idea that the original state of equality and partnership between men and women as the ideal we must continue to strive toward.