Feb 151 min read

Bookiversary: Free book!

Happy 1st Bookiversary to #theSword A Fun Way to Engage in Healthy Debate on What the Bible Says About a Woman's Role! It's a little book...

Elaine R Kelly

Dec 15, 20232 min read

Women in the Bible

Mary, Brave and Bold

Mary, brave and bold, consented to risk her life, to face accusations of adultery, to risk her marriage, to boldly consent to God's plan.

Elaine R Kelly

Jul 26, 20232 min read

Author Insights

Fresh Perspectives Give Freedom

Forgotten Followers from Broken to Bold is a biblical fiction showing women who feel forgotten and broken. How can they heal and find hope?

From Prostitutes to Priests: How We Imagine Women Matters (CBE)

Elaine R Kelly

Jul 20, 20234 min read

Art and theology

From Prostitutes to Priests: How We Imagine Women Matters (CBE)

For centuries, art and theology have shown women as prostitutes and neglected women's history as priests. How we imagine women matters.

True Doctrine Leads to Godliness (Titus)

Elaine R Kelly

Jun 14, 202310 min read

Bible study

True Doctrine Leads to Godliness (Titus)

Does the letter to Titus limit women as elders, ministry leaders, working in business or the public? No.

Qualifications to be a Church Leader (1 Timothy 3-6)

Elaine R Kelly

Jun 9, 202310 min read

Bible study

Qualifications to be a Church Leader (1 Timothy 3-6)

Do the qualifications to be a church leader say anything about women in leadership? No.

Women, Authority and Fear in Childbirth (1 Timothy 2)

Elaine R Kelly

Jun 9, 202314 min read

Bible study

Women, Authority and Fear in Childbirth (1 Timothy 2)

Egalitarian commentary on 1 Timothy 2: Women, Authority, and being saved through childbirth.

The Bible Affirms All People (1 Timothy 1)

Elaine R Kelly

Jun 7, 202316 min read

Bible study

The Bible Affirms All People (1 Timothy 1)

1 Timothy 1 affirms all people and tells believers to stop exploiting others.

Step into Scripture: Do You Imagine Yourself in Bible Stories?

Elaine R Kelly

May 3, 20235 min read

Art and theology

Step into Scripture: Do You Imagine Yourself in Bible Stories?

When you yourself in Bible stories you experience God. It's a form of prayer. Biblical fiction puts you in the shoes of women of the Bible.

Elaine R Kelly

Apr 26, 20233 min read

Book or Media Review

Book Reviews: Fiction and Non Ficton

Do you read fiction or non-fiction? I read both! Christian nonfiction frames Christian fiction. Egalitarian scholarship enlightens how to...

Elaine R Kelly

Apr 7, 20226 min read

Biblical interpretation

Deconstructing or Destroying?

Is Deconstructing faith giving you a stronger foundation or destroying your beliefs?

What do you believe, and What do those hashtags mean?

Elaine R Kelly

Nov 29, 20217 min read

Author Insights

What do you believe, and What do those hashtags mean?

Elaine R Kelly, Author writes to empower women as equals and affirming LGBT: what does she believe?

What happened in the Garden of Eden? #Evewasframed

Elaine R Kelly

Nov 8, 20213 min read

Book or Media Review

What happened in the Garden of Eden? #Evewasframed

In 2021, I discovered the Eden Podcast, discussing the correct translation of Geneses 3:16 and its implications about women and men being...

History: as different as black and white

Elaine R Kelly

Oct 15, 20213 min read

Racism

History: as different as black and white

The way we write about history is as different as black and white. White history honours the white man as Father of Pentecostalism and...

Elaine R Kelly

Oct 11, 20212 min read

Racism

Racism in Churches?

White Evangelical Racism by Anthea Butler

Elaine R Kelly

Oct 8, 20211 min read

Author Insights

The Power of Story-telling

In my new life as an author, I am very focused on the rule to "Show, Don't Tell". Other books have been written explaining the rationale...

Should Women Preach and Teach? Argula Von Grumbach

Elaine R Kelly

Sep 16, 20213 min read

History

Should Women Preach and Teach? Argula Von Grumbach

Find out about a woman preaching in the 1500s using Biblical commands to defend her speech.

Elaine R Kelly

Sep 12, 20212 min read

Biblical interpretation

Who am I to Speak?

Who am I to Speak? Did Moses have qualifications to lead? No, God led through Moses.

Elaine R Kelly

Sep 10, 20211 min read

Author Insights

Choosing a Path

My novel, Forgotten Followers: from Broken to Bold, portrays women disciples and apostles of Jesus. It shows women and minorities as...

Is Passive Voice Passé? Is Active Voice More Powerful?

Elaine R Kelly

Sep 9, 20212 min read

Writing tips

Is Passive Voice Passé? Is Active Voice More Powerful?

When, why, and how to move from the Passive voice to the more powerful Active voice when editing your writing.

Elaine R Kelly

Sep 7, 20212 min read

Biblical interpretation

Do whatever God calls you to do!

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