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Today’s QQ: Jesus chose a woman, Mary Magdalene, as the first witness to his resurrection. What’s the significance? Scriptures: Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” (John 20:1–2). [Peter and John run to the tomb. John looked in and saw that it …

Today’s QQ: What’s the evidence that Phoebe hand-carried Paul’s letter of Romans? Phoebe is the first of ten women that Paul mentioned and affirmed in his letter to the churches at Rome. He introduces and commends Phoebe to the Roman church.     Scriptures: “Now I [Paul] commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon [or servant] of the church in Cenchreae. I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me” …

Today’s QQ: Is the apostle Paul a misogynist? I’ve often heard this question about Paul. On a recent podcast, a woman commented that she only reads the parts of the Bible that Paul didn’t write because she feels demeaned by what he says about women. Funny, but not funny, an Irish playwright depicted Paul as the “eternal enemy of Woman.” Is Paul the “eternal enemy of woman?” What you believe about Paul impacts your understanding of women and the church. Paul’s letters do contain hard to understand elements (2 Pet 3:16). Especially puzzling are things he writes about women like …