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The Intervention of Zipporah: Protector of Moses

November 15, 2014 by Lydia Leigh

MIdian Mountains

One of the things I love about the Bible is that has so much to say about the ability and calling of women and men. As I read through I continually encounter story after story of God using unexpected people without condemnation. In the midst of a hierarchical culture we see women, slaves, foreigners, poor people and outcasts continually gifted, blessed, called and accepted by God. It was reading through the Bible like this that brought me to my understanding of mutuality: There are small tales everywhere which undermine inequality and bring the Kingdom of God into even the darkest times.

I’ve recently been reading the Old Testament, about Moses being called back to Egypt, where I came across this little section:

“On the way, at a place where they spent the night, the Lord met him and tried to kill him. But Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched Moses’ feet with it, and said, ‘Truly you are a bridegroom of blood to me!’ So he let him alone.” – Exodus 4:24-26a

What?

Filed Under: Women and the Bible, women in church leadership, women in the old testament Tagged With: Moses in the Bible, Zipporah in the bible

Paul’s Masculine and Feminine Leadership

March 24, 2014 by Margaret Mowczko

Some Christians believe that being a leader is a man’s role, and that it is unfeminine for women to be in leadership. These Christians dismiss female leaders mentioned in the Bible as rare exceptions and anomalies. Does the Bible teach that leadership is masculine? Or that leadership is unfeminine?

Filed Under: women in church leadership Tagged With: 1 Thessalonians, Apostle Paul and women, complementarianism, Deborah in the Bible, leadership in the church, Moses in the Bible

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