The Week in Review

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We began with Beth Barr’s book, this time looking at how women have been erased and their voices silenced in church history.

Christians have not always been obnoxious about their desire to control society. In fact, John Dickson observes how they developed in the church into “good losers.”

Speaking of good losers, we are now turning to a series on a wonderful new book by Rebekah Eklund about how the beatitudes of Jesus have been understood in the history of the church’s reading of them.

Eugene Peterson — and the need for rest, which some get to take as sabbaticals.

We finished our series on the Pharisees asking “Who’s the hypocrite now?,” with a fresh look at the meaning of “hypocrisy” in the teachings of Jesus.