Mary Kassian
Mary Kassian and her husband, Brent, who make their home in Canada, are celebrating their 25th year of marriage and have three young adult sons and one daughter-in-law. Mary is a distinguished professor of Women’s Studies at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and is the author of several books including The Feminist Mistake and In My Father’s House. She was a speaker at the True Woman ’08 Conference.
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Posted on 08-Feb-10 14:24 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Feminism
Besides the expected beer commercials (getting the girl), and annoying chicken commercials (getting the food), and voice-over babies trading stocks (getting the money), there were a few commercials during this year's Super Bowl that illustrated men were getting frustrated.
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Posted on 04-Feb-10 15:42 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Feminism
There's nothing unusual about the idea that scantily clad Betty would use her seductive charm and kisses to "train" a man. The classic Betty Boop, and women throughout history, have used that tact. But the other message on the box was startling.
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Posted on 30-Dec-09 17:54 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Biblical Womanhood, Feminism
Our Creator delights in making things according to His unique design. That's why snowflakes are different. That's why male and female are different. That's why each individual is different.
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Posted on 30-Dec-09 17:44 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Feminism
Being good is bad. Being bad is good. That's the message communicated in Rachel Simmons' book
The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence.
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Posted on 21-Dec-09 15:25 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Holidays, Homemaking & Hospitality
Have you ever noticed that it’s the simplest, most unassuming things that often have the most worth and value? It’s the things that seem on the surface, so very ordinary, that are often the most profound.
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Posted on 21-Sep-09 11:38 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Parenting, Prayer
I want to share one of the prayers that I prayed from time to time when I sensed that something was amiss in my child’s life.
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Posted on 21-Sep-09 11:32 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Modesty & Purity, Parenting
Managing the influence of multi-media in your child’s life is one of the biggest parenting challenges of our day. Here are just a few suggestions . . .
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Posted on 18-Aug-09 10:51 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Marriage
If marriage is patterned after Christ’s covenant relationship to the church, and its most ultimate purpose is to put THAT relationship on display, then staying married is not primarily about staying in love. It is about keeping covenant. The aim is markedly different.
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Posted on 10-Aug-09 15:11 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Marriage
The Bible calls it forbearance. And it's an ingredient that's sadly lacking in a lot of marriages.
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Posted on 20-Jul-09 09:48 by Mary Kassian
One of the most precious things you can do for your family is to establish family traditions–routines that become familiar, repeated, and cherished, and that identify you as a family unit.
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Posted on 20-Jul-09 08:48 by Mary Kassian
I estimate that this has cut my cleaning time in half!
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Posted on 06-Jul-09 14:37 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Feminism, Homemaking & Hospitality
What I saw stopped me dead in my tracks. The aisle had been transformed. From top to bottom, beginning to end, it was stocked full of colorful balls of yarn. I stood there gawking in amazement.
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Posted on 06-Jul-09 14:18 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Feminism, Homemaking & Hospitality
Oakley concluded that women needed to be educated about how bitter and demeaning housework and caring for children really was, and to be convinced to reject this traditional woman’s role . . .
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Posted on 03-Jun-09 15:58 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Evangelism & Outreach, Loving God & Others
How do you score on the neighborliness report card?
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Posted on 03-Jun-09 15:53 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Loving God & Others
According to the disciple John, the true indicator of the extent of our love for God is the extent of our love for those around us ... especially the individuals who really irk us.
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Posted on 02-Jun-09 15:19 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Meekness, Surrender
Is your heart filled with pride or with humility? Take a look at this list, and examine your heart to take a "biggish" step toward humility today.
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Posted on 02-Jun-09 09:54 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Loving God & Others
“King of the Castle” is a silly, childish game, but unfortunately, it’s a game that’s played in the lives of most adults–albeit on a much more sophisticated level.
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Posted on 12-May-09 12:19 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Meekness
In modern English, "meekness" carries the stigma of cowardly acquiescence. But the meekness of the Bible—the meekness manifested by God and given to the saints—is a strong, active, volitional, courageous attitude.
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Posted on 12-May-09 12:06 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Submission
It’s a common perception that women who believe in submission are either doormats or stupid. But I’ve believed in submission for a very long time, and I am neither.
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Posted on 12-May-09 10:57 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Modesty & Purity
If your finery were taken away, and the hidden, inner parts of your heart exposed, would you look more or less beautiful? How much beauty is in your heart?
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Posted on 21-Apr-09 19:23 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Biblical Womanhood, Loving God & Others
The “softness” of woman thus also became our “soft spot”—the point at which sin affects and impacts us the most.
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Posted on 08-Apr-09 18:03 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Modesty & Purity
Until we present our young women with a new and beautiful vision of womanhood–a biblical vision . . . a high and noble vision that speaks to their true identity and purpose–they will continue to pursue the modern sexualized ideal, and slither further down the slippery slope.
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Posted on 08-Apr-09 17:33 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Biblical Womanhood, Marriage
There’s one Southern phrase that I’m quite drawn to: “Steel Magnolia.” I love the phrase, because to me it speaks to the essence of womanhood. The image melds beauty with perseverance, softness with backbone, delicacy with durability, sweetness with stamina.
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Posted on 03-Apr-09 15:03 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Biblical Womanhood, Feminism
We tried. We really did. We embraced education, careers, prominence. We despised all relationships and responsibilities that would hold us back. We moved marriage, mothering, and homemaking from the top of our lists to the bottom–or crossed them off altogether. After all, we were so much more enlightened than our fore sisters were. The world had revolved around men, but it was our turn now.
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Posted on 31-Mar-09 10:43 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Biblical Womanhood, Feminism
With her beauty, clothes, cars, houses, careers, and independence, Ms. Roberts is the epitome of fulfilled womanhood.
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Posted on 24-Mar-09 10:30 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Prayer
Do you ever get “stuck in a rut” in your prayer life? Praying Scripture will help!
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Posted on 16-Mar-09 11:43 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Prayer
Last summer, my son, Matt, who had just moved back home after being away for eight months, came into the kitchen, gave me a huge hug, and exclaimed, “Mom, thank you SO much for folding my laundry!” My first thought was to check his forehead to see if he was running a temperature . . .
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Posted on 06-Mar-09 16:50 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Prayer
Last season, TV viewers cast nearly 500 million votes in support of their favorite contestants on American Idol. It’s natural to express praise for that which we enjoy . . .
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Posted on 03-Mar-09 13:13 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Prayer
Here are three simple steps to help strengthen your prayer heartbeat!
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Posted on 03-Mar-09 13:07 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Prayer
A few years ago, in front of a packed coliseum of hockey fans, a young hockey player skated off the ice, collapsed beside the player’s bench, and went into violent convulsions . . .
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Posted on 25-Feb-09 15:17 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Surrender
We think that we’ll get more out of life and relationships if we demand our rights and maintain control. But the Bible teaches that we get a lot more blessing when we trust God and do things his way.
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Posted on 18-Feb-09 10:23 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Surrender
Ironically, the woman who digs in her heels often surrenders more than the one who bows her knee . . .
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Posted on 11-Feb-09 12:33 by Mary Kassian
Topics: Loving God & Others
This past summer, at my son’s wedding, I found myself reminding him of the words my mother spoke to me at my wedding, and many times since: “Always remember that love is a choice.”
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Posted on 26-Jan-09 14:05 by Mary Kassian
Topics: The Word of God
Stanton felt so strongly that the original text of the Bible was bad for women that she put together a “revising committee” to . . . make recommendations to women about which parts of the Bible they ought to condemn and ignore.
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Posted on 07-Jan-09 17:43 by Mary Kassian
Topics: The Word of God
Everyone has a creed. Even those who say they don’t believe in creeds have a creed. What exactly is a creed?
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