“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?)

Access the transcript, read the show notes, and/or ask Natalie a question here

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Aimee Byrd is a mom, blogger, wife, speaker, Christian, former barista, writer, and lady of many…feathers. She’s also the author of “Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood” and “The Sexual Reformation.” The biggest plot twist of these two books isn’t their genius names and controversial subjects — she wrote the latter during her recovery from the backlash she experienced for the first book.