equality - Embrace the Truth https://embracethetruth.org Embrace the Truth by Abdu Murray Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:56:28 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://embracethetruth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-triqueta_-32x32.png equality - Embrace the Truth https://embracethetruth.org 32 32 213625847 Women Under the Law (Bad God! Part 14) https://embracethetruth.org/blog/women-under-the-law/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:23:18 +0000 https://embracethetruth.org/?p=6428 Were women second-class citizens in Israel? Could they be seized by any lustful man? Did they have to marry their rapist? These questions will finally be answered.

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]]> 6428 Was Lilith Adam’s Wife Before Eve? https://embracethetruth.org/blog/was-lilith-adams-wife-before-eve/ Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:39:00 +0000 https://embracethetruth.org/?p=2975 Some say Lilith was Adam’s wife before Eve, that is before religious authorities silenced the truth. The actual story is a bit more complicated.

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]]> 2975 The All-Seeing, All-Knowing, All-Searching Love of God https://embracethetruth.org/blog/the-all-seeing-all-knowing-all-searching-love-of-god/ Wed, 20 Dec 2023 09:51:00 +0000 https://embracethetruth.org/?p=2867 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people –robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’ Luke 18:11-12 I once heard a story about Charles Spurgeon that, apocryphal or not, says something […]

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]]> 2867 How Stereotypical Barbie might shatter stereotypes about the Bible https://embracethetruth.org/blog/how-stereotypical-barbie-might-shatter-stereotypes-about-the-bible/ Sun, 13 Aug 2023 11:52:47 +0000 https://embracethetruth.org/?p=2776 Within my close circles, I’m famous (or infamous) for obsessing about movies after seeing them. Unexpectedly, “Barbie” became one of those movies.  For many, it has inspired and irritated, entertained and enraged, and roused and rankled. Many laud its female empowerment message. Others decry how it portrays men as clueless, narcissistic and power hungry. Though left almost […]

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]]> 2776 Juneteenth and the ethnic mosaic of Christianity https://embracethetruth.org/blog/juneteenth-and-the-ethnic-mosaic-of-christianity/ Mon, 19 Jun 2023 13:25:33 +0000 https://embracethetruth.org/?p=2792 In the past few years, we’ve finally recognized Juneteenth, which celebrates the eagerly awaited complete emancipation of enslaved African Americans in America. As I reflect on it this year, I remember that Christian principles were the pulse of the abolitionist movement that led to Juneteenth. Yet a growing group of people see Christianity as a […]

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]]> 2792 All Rise: Objection! “The Bible Is Sexist” Part 2 https://embracethetruth.org/https-embracethetruth-org-podcasts/all-rise-objection-the-bible-is-sexist-part-2/ Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:13:00 +0000 https://embracethetruth.org/?p=2285 In the previous episode, Abdu addressed allegedly sexist “texts of terror” in the Bible. Today, he presents his evidence for why the Bible establishes rather than inhibits the equality and dignity of women, often in very surprising ways!

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