What does Deborah's story reveal about leadership in one of Israel's darkest eras? In this episode of The Chick Report, Dr. Sandra Glahn talks with Dr. Ron Pierce about Deborah, the woman of fire who judged Israel, and the partnership between Deborah, Barak, and Jael that turned the tide in the Book of Judges.

Discover:

• Why "a woman of Lapidoth" likely describes Deborah's fiery character rather than a husband or town

• How Deborah bookends the era of the judges alongside Samuel as a prophet-judge

• Why Barak's request that Deborah accompany him is a mark of faith, not cowardice

• How the heroes of this story—Deborah and Jael—upend a deeply patriarchal world

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What happens when we reduce Rahab to "the harlot" and miss her significant role in Israel's siege of Jericho? In this episode of The Chick Report, Dr. Sandra Glahn talks with Dr. Eva Bleeker about Rahab, the women in Matthew's genealogy, and the way Scripture spotlights outsiders who trust God more than the insiders.

Discover:

• Why Rahab functions as the theological hero of Joshua—and why the spies are the foils

• How the Canaanite woman in Matthew 15 mirrors Rahab and exposes what the disciples missed

• Why the women in Jesus' genealogy point to Gentile inclusion, not "bad girl" status

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What does it mean to be seen by God in the middle of suffering? In this episode of The Chick Report, Dr. Sandra Glahn talks with Dieula Previlon about her journey from Haiti to America, her work as a trauma specialist, and why the story of Hagar gives language to anyone who has ever asked, "God, do you see me?"

Discover:

• Why being a "1.5 generation immigrant" creates unique tension and grief that often go unnamed.

• How a trip to Kenya led to founding Elevate Her International, a global trauma healing ministry.

• Why Hagar—not Abraham or Sarah—is the only person in Scripture to name God, and what that means for the marginalized

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Has Eve been misread for centuries? In this episode of The Chick Report, Dr. Glenn Kreider talks about the first woman in Genesis, the meaning of her name, and how patriarchal tradition reshaped her story.

Discover:

• Why Eve's "deceived" and "seductress" labels contradict one another and the text

• How Adam naming Eve was a post-fall act of authority, not a God-given mandate

• Why the new creation, not Eden, is the ideal we're moving toward

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Timestamps:

00:00 — Meet Dr. Glenn Kreider

02:02 — How Dr. Kreider Sees Divisions in Redemptive History

04:39 — Why Eve Needs Vindicating

06:59 — Naming Eve: Authority After the Fall

17:55 — Desire and Rule: Judgment, Not Design

26:42 — Eden Wasn't the Ideal—The New Creation Is

What happens when women in Scripture—and the way we read Scripture itself—get reconsidered? In this episode of The Chick Report, Henry Rouse, an Australian preacher and contributor to Vindicating the Vixens, talks about how careful study of the Bible changed his mind on women in ministry, the Samaritan woman, Esther, and daily quiet time.

Discover:

• Why a higher view of Scripture led Henry away from one-verse theology and toward a broader biblical hermeneutic

• How the Samaritan woman and Esther look different once you set aside inherited assumptions

• Why doing theology in community—not alone in your closet—guards against private interpretations becoming public doctrine

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What happens when we teach the Bible’s big story and still push key women to the margins—through omission, shorthand, or added shame the text never assigns? In this episode of “The Chick Report,” Dr. Sandra Glahn talks with Dr. Kelly Dippolito about her research on curriculum, the metanarrative of Scripture, and how our storytelling habits shape what people notice (and miss) in the biblical text.

Discover:
- Why “big story” curriculum often leaves out key figures (like Deborah and the Romans 16 women) and what we lose when we treat them like after-credits.
- How we can stop shaming women where Scripture doesn’t—especially in stories like the Samaritan woman at the well and the woman Jesus forgave.
- How teachers can move people from biblical familiarity to biblical literacy by telling the whole story with women fully included—and by using open-access art through the Visual Museum to help teach it.

Join us as we explore the theme “A Woman’s Place is in the Story”—because when we skip, minimize, or mislabel women in Scripture, we flatten the storyline and miss models of faithful discipleship for the whole church.

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What happens when we ignore how story works in Scripture? In this episode of “The Chick Report,” Dr. Sandra Glahn welcomes Dr. Kelley Mathews to explore how readers, teachers, and translators sometimes write women out of the biblical story. Together Drs. Glahn and Mathews discuss plot, character, setting, and narrative voice, and they show why careful reading helps us hear the text more clearly.

Discover:

• How story shapes the way we read Scripture and why that matters for interpretation 
• What Mary, Abigail, Tamar, and Judah reveal when we follow the narrative closely 
• How some English translations can hide women in plain sight and what Bible teachers can do about it

Join us as we explore the theme “A Woman’s Place is in the Story”—because when we overlook, minimize, or misread women in Scripture, we miss crucial dimensions of the biblical story. 

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Timestamps:

• 0:00 - Introduction: how story works and how women get written out of Scripture 
• 0:47 - Meet Dr. Kelley Mathews: background, scholarship, and studying Mary 
• 3:38 - Why story matters: history, fiction, and what makes a narrative work 
• 9:21 - Favorite settings and characters: Anne of Green Gables, Elizabeth Bennet, and narrative imagination 
• 17:39 - Favorite Bible story and why Mary stands out as a disciple 
• 23:25 - Abigail and David: plot, character, setting, and narrative voice in 1 Samuel 25 
• 30:23 - Reading Scripture as story: Judah, Tamar, and following the Messiah’s line 
• 31:20 - How Bible translation can erase women in plain sight 
• 36:32 - What pastors and ministry leaders can do differently 
• 41:10 - Final thoughts: reading each Gospel as a literary whole 

What happens when a Bible scholar refuses to force the text into inherited conclusions? In this bonus episode of “The Chick Report,” Dr. Sandra Glahn welcomes Dr. Preston Sprinkle and explores "From Genesis to Junia," tracing his journey from hardline complementarian assumptions to a fresh, text-first reading of Scripture on women and leadership, the first-century church, and Romans 16.

Discover:
- How Preston followed the text rather than a tradition he received and why he delayed firm conclusions until he worked through the arguments and sources for himself
- How the New Testament’s leadership language—coworker, servant, prophet, overseer, elder, and those who “work hard in the Lord”—reshapes the questions many Christians ask today
- How Romans 16 pushes readers to take Phoebe, Priscilla, and Junia seriously as key figures in Paul’s ministry network

Join us as we explore the theme “A Woman's Place is in the Story”—because when we return to Scripture with humility, curiosity, and courage, we see women across the biblical story and we learn to let the text correct us where needed.

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What happens when archaeology tells the story that later editors tried to hide? In this episode of "The Chick Report," Dr. Sandra Glahn goes beneath basilicas, mosaics, and inscriptions with Dr. Carina Prestes, author of Excavating Women: The Archaeology of Leaders in Early Christianity, and uncovers evidence of women who preached, led, and built early Christian communities—while tracing the marks of later erasure.

Discover:
- How burials, mosaics, and inscriptions point to women leaders in early Christianity
- How altered images and missing inscriptions signal attempts to erase women’s identities and titles
- How archaeological evidence challenges “sacred prostitution” claims and exposes translation bias in key terms

Join us as we explore the theme “A Woman’s Place is in the Story”—because when we erase women from Christian history, we miss what the evidence still shows.

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What happens when we misread the Samaritan woman in John 4? In this episode of "The Chick Report," Dr. Sandra Glahn talks with Dr. Lynn Cohick about the Woman at the Well, the “sixth hour,” and the way John uses light and darkness to spotlight who Jesus is—and how he sees her.

Discover:
- Why the “five husbands”, and "one who is not your own" details do not demand a story of immorality
- How church tradition honored her as Photina—and why later interpretation turned suspicious
- How the harvest teaching belongs inside John 4 and exposes what the disciples missed

Join us as we explore the theme “A Woman’s Place is in the Story”—because when we import assumptions into the text, we distort the story John tells.

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