Carolyn observes that Jesus doesn't follow the rules of patriarchy and male roles. This is Part 3. More about Judah and Tamar.
Part 3 of The Eden Podcast interview of Carolyn Custis James continues with these ideas. Judah had wandered away from God. He lived like a Canaanite. So did his three sons. His daughter in law lived righteously and God honored her. Judah learned much from her and surprisingly and thoroughly God turned his life around.
Carolyn Custis James (MA, Biblical Studies) travels extensively as a popular speaker for women's conferences, churches, colleges, seminaries, and other Christian organizations. Her ministry organization, WhitbyForum, promotes thoughtful biblical discussion to help men and women serve God together. Carolyn founded and is president of the Synergy Women's Network. She is a consulting editor for Zondervan's Exegetical Commentary Series on the New Testament and author of When Life and Beliefs Collide and Lost Women of the Bible. Carolyn and her husband live in Sellersville, Pennsylvania. They have one grown daughter.
Christianity Today named her in 2013 one of the 50 evangelical women to watch. She speaks regularly at church conferences, colleges, and for other Christian organizations both in the US and abroad and is a guest lecturer at various theological seminaries. She has been interviewed by the Associated Press and National Public Radio.
Here’s her website:https://carolyncustisjames.com
She is the author of numerous books. The latest is Malestrom: How Jesus Dismantles Patriarchy and Redefines Manhood, and she is well-known as the author of Half the Church: Recapturing God's Global Vision for Women.
Adjunct faculty member at Missio Seminary and is a consulting editor for Zondervan’s Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament.
Carolyn serves on the advisory board of Logia—an initiative of the LOGOS Institute at the University of St. Andrews, UK committed to seeing Christian female scholars become more visible and valued in the academy and the church and is on the board of Institute for Bible Reading—dedicated to facilitate and energize a twenty-first century Bible reading movement.