Sex, consent and #churchtoo
Last year ABC news investigations by journalist Julia Baird revealed the disturbing extent of domestic violence within the Australian...
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Laura Tharion
Oct 5, 2017
Don't Get Married
When I was fourteen, I took a friend to see Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet. I had seen it before. She hadn’t. Entering the sunlight...
Anonymous
May 9, 2017
I didn’t leave my husband; I made the decision not to allow sin to take root in my home.
I upheld my wedding vow. I’m not someone who would ever leave a marriage or break a promise. I would never knowingly allow violence or...
Michael Jensen
Mar 26, 2017
Divorce - What the Bible really says
When Katrina decided to leave him, Geoff felt like he had contracted a severe illness. Only, no one was sending him Get Well cards. That...
Hannah Craven
Jan 19, 2017
Egalitarian Marriage and Parenting. Making it Work Part 4: A Christian approach to achieving gender
So what does this understanding – that gender inequality is directly rooted in sin – offer to couples who are seeking to live out...
Hannah Craven
Jan 17, 2017
Egalitarian Marriage and Parenting. Making it Work Part 3: The myth of the zero sum game
One of the most crippling and intractable of human beliefs is that human flourishing is a zero-sum game. We believe that another...
Hannah Craven
Jan 17, 2017
Egalitarian Marriage and Parenting. Making it Work Part 2: Genesis 3, Sin, and Gender Inequality
In Genesis 3, after the man and woman disobey God by eating fruit from the forbidden tree, their equal partnership in carrying out their...
Hannah Craven
Jan 16, 2017
Egalitarian Marriage and Parenting. Making it Work Part 1: Egalitarian Australia’s intriguing little
The introduction to Annabel Crabb’s excellent (and funny!) book The Wife Drought provides a depressingly clear picture of the gender...
Tamie Davis
Nov 22, 2016
A Review: Black and White Bible, Black and Blue Wife
I thought ‘Black and White Bible, Black and Blue Wife’ was a memoir of the abuse Ruth Tucker endured at the hands of her ex-husband, and...
Tanya Riches
Oct 31, 2016
A Non-Headship Marriage Part II: Four Theologies of Christian Marriage
My previous piece was a beginning of open conversation about my “non-headship” or “egalitarian” marriage. Australian Pentecostal...
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