Gender Theology Part 2: Defining Cruciform Complementarity

Content Warning: Violence and sexual violence Here at the Kingdom Outpost, we are committed to exploring the full implication of Christ’s Kingdom as transformative leaven in the societies and communities in which we live. For the past two years, we have been working through discussions and beliefs about gender in the Kingdom of God - reading, communicating, discerning, and discussing with our brothers and sisters. A range of views have been expressed,…

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Kingdom Womanhood: Nourishing Body and Soul in a Wearying World

In this essay, I want to explore the question of Nourishment in relation to Service. The central question will be, “How should we care for ourselves, and how should we care for others? How are these related? In short, what is the gold standard for Christian ministry? How do we address the controversy surrounding “self care” as a secular practice? This is an important question for Christian women, many of whom see…

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Book Review & Reflection: “She Deserves Better” by Sheila Wray Gregoire, Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach, and Joanna Sawatsky

Trigger warning: Sexual assault and sexual violence Why This Book Matters  "She Deserves Better" by Sheila Wray Gregoire, Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach, and Joanna Sawatsky asks a simple question: “How do we raise girls in an unsafe world?” If you look at the world at large, girls are not safe. We live in a world where sexual violence against girls is not only the norm, but it is glorified. The unstoppable, multi-million dollar…

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Spanking as Sexual Violence: A Survivor’s Story

Editor’s Note: Here on the Kingdom Outpost, we welcome submissions from readers with testimonies and thoughts to share. These may represent a range of views - the editorial team has a range of views on many issues as well.  This essay is a firsthand account of the effects of physical punishment in relation to sexual violence from a man and father who grew up in a conservative Mennonite church. He wanted to…

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The Gender Roles Debate: A Cruciform Kingdom Position (Part 1)

One of the most controversial yet fascinating topics of Scriptural study and application is the relationship between our cultural and society practices of gender, and the way gender and sex are discussed,  practiced, and defined in Scripture. What this essay attempts is a theological response to current debates in the Protestant and Evangelical world from a Kingdom theological perspective, outlining a position centering “cruciformity.” I hope that this essay will be a…

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Kingdom Womanhood: Making Home and Haven Part 2

Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.John 14:2 We often think of the Kingdom of God as a nation. How often do we think of the Kingdom as a home, as a family? Yet God has always desired to tabernacle in and among us, and He desires to welcome all and sundry…

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Kingdom Womanhood: Making Home and Haven Part 1

What was lost at creation was a place and a space of abundance, perfect communion, and glory. Adam and Eve were one with each other and one in God’s presence. As disciples saved from the power of Satan, we are brought once again in God’s place and space: the New Creation. It is even MORE glorious and abundant than the old, because God doesn’t just restore and renew but takes what was…

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