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100			_aMAGDA, Ksenija
245			_aBlessing the curse? _ba biblical approach for restoring relationships in the church
260			_aCarlisle, Cambria _bLangham Global Library _c2020
300			_a253
500			_aincludes Bibliography, index of names and index of scriptures
520			_aThe message of the kingdom of God, as brought to us by Christ, is a message that overturns hierarchies, sets free the enslaved, and breaks the power of the curse upon humanity. Yet when it comes to women, the church has chosen all too often to live according to the structures of sin and death, offering them not the good news of Christ, but the curse of Genesis, as their inheritance. In this powerful and challenging text, Ksenija Magda traces the impact of the curse – and the ever-present temptation to choose the world and its power over the servant-hearted humility of Christ – on our families, our church structures, our nations, and ultimately, our gospel witness. The question of how we view, treat, oppress or empower women is not, Magda reminds us, peripheral to the gospel but foundational. She warns that if men and women will not partner together in building the kingdom of God, they will find themselves partners in the work of upholding the world’s structures of power and oppression.
650			_aWomen, _vBlessings and curses _xWomen's ministry
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