We Need a Sexual Reformation in the Church [179]

Flying Free

Natalie Hoffman

Emotional, Spiritual, Narcissism, Self-improvement, Marriage, Abuse, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Divorce, Christianity, Education

5.0 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

“Don’t try and church it up.” Ever heard that piece of advice? It hits the crux of this episode right in the nethers: biblical manhood and biblical womanhood. Author Aimee Bird offered a more refined and relevant version: “Just because you put the word ‘biblical’ in front of it doesn’t make it so. It’s not an adjective.” If you’re listening to this podcast, I’d bet my milk money you've heard the terms “biblical manhood” and “biblical womanhood” 43,854 times or more, maybe in the past month alone. They’re not standalones. They inform every aspect of your life as a Christian woman. Or so you’ve been taught. Maybe they’re just churched-up versions of junk — the overcooked vegetables on your theological dinner plate. The stain on your white blouse. The turd in your lemonade. Maybe. You’ll have to listen to find out. I interviewed Aimee in this fancy-pants episode, including: - How churches slap Bible verses on the ugly puppy of misogyny - What the heck the “eternal subordination of the Son” has to do with any of this (a lot, and it’s not as weird or highfalutin as you’d assume) - The book of the Bible dominated by a woman (and the basis for Aimee’s book The Sexual Reformation) - What happened when Aimee stepped too far out of her “role” as a woman (a tale as old as time) - The two meanings of the word “role” and why the difference matters A LOT - Several delicious plays on words (with a last name like “Byrd” and the ability to write so well, how could she resist?) Listen or download the transcript at flyingfreenow.com/179 FREE: I'll send you the first chapter of my book, Is It Me? Making Sense of Your Confusing Marriage. Just hop on my mailing list at flyingfreesisterhood.com/free-download. (I will NEVER spam you or sell your information.) Desperate for real help and safe people who understand what you're going through? Find out about my online education and support program for women of faith at joinflyingfree.com And, if you are an already divorced Christian woman who wants to take back her life and get healthy, have amazing relationships, build a business or career, or even find a good man - check out joinflyinghigher.com

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Natalie Hoffman of Flying Free Now, and you're listening to the Flying Free
0:10.2	podcast, a support resource for women of faith, looking for hope and healing from hidden
0:16.6	emotional and spiritual abuse.
0:21.6	Welcome to episode 179 of the Flying Free Podcast. Today we have with us Amy Bird. She is the
0:29.8	author of several books and we're going to be talking about and referring to two of them in this
0:34.8	episode recovering from biblical manhood and womanhood which I think is such a genius title and
0:41.7	we're going to talk about why for anyone who doesn't know why I find that to be genius.
0:46.7	And then her newest book which just came out in March I think, was it in March? Okay. And it's called the Sexual Reformation. I think that's kind of a
0:57.2	play off the idea of the sexual revolution. Am I right? You're really good
1:01.6	at writing titles.
1:03.0	Anyway, welcome, Amy.
1:05.0	Thank you.
1:06.0	Those weren't first choice titles, but you know,
1:09.0	if you're talking, marketing and all those things.
1:10.0	That's what we need.
1:11.0	Oh, that's funny.
1:12.0	Oh, I love them. I love those titles. Thank you. Okay, so I thought that I would start by just connecting my listeners to you, through my own connection to you, which you might not even be aware of but I first
1:25.7	found out about you by listening to the mortification of Spin Podcast back
1:30.7	before you got the boot from them.
1:33.0	Which I would love for you to tell us about in just a bit here.
1:36.0	But I remember you and some other women,
1:40.0	I was following Rachel Miller and Valerie Hobbs and their writings and they
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