“Quit Casting God as a Male!”

Jesus refers to his Father in heaven numerous times.  Jesus IS God and chose to reveal himself to mankind as a male.  The male pronoun is used hundreds of times throughout the Bible to refer to God.  And yet here comes some lady writing for Baptist News saying we need to rewrite the Bible and start using some feminine terms when we refer to God. And of course she spring-boards her discussion by referencing the sexual abuse being uncovered about male priests being perverted. “Why does this keep happening? Why are men chosen as Senior pastors over women?”

Women rule!...Men drool!

In scripture we see God referred to as lady wisdom or a mother hen gathering her chicks or a mother bear protecting her cubs. Yet, we often use solely male language for God. Some of you may be thinking, “Here we go again. Another angry feminist pumping her fist into the air.” And, you aren’t wrong. I am angry. I’m angry that with one breath the Church is teaching my daughter that she is created in the image of God and in the next is telling her repeatedly that God is a man. “Daughter, you’re created in the image of God. Just not quite as fully in God’s image as your brothers.”

Church, we are doing a disservice to both our women and our men, our sons and our daughters. Casting God as male affects us all, even if many of us are unaware of how. We have granted our sons the authority and responsibility of being the face of God and with the same words have stripped our daughters of their identity as voices of God. In our culture, women are paid less than their male counterparts, given fewer leadership opportunities and often preyed upon by male leaders, male bosses and, yes, male ministers. Men continue to be selected as senior pastors over equally or better prepared candidates who are women.


https://baptistnews.com/article/continuing-to-cast-god-as-male-does-a-disservice-to-us-all-women-and-men-sons-and-daughters/#.W8nLWxpOmhC