HeyJaredCatherine Jones Payne
Writing about the Bible, especially the difficult texts that most people avoid and the rich web of connections woven through the biblical story. Join me as I walk and wrestle with God. MA in New Testament (June 2026).
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Aristotle Would Have Hated Paul’s Marriage Advice (opens the original)
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This series has taken longer than it takes Netflix to release a Season 2. Sorry about that! This post required dozens of hours to research, right as I started a new job. It’s been a struggle figuring out how to balance the job + school + getting Substacks out.I’m going to do my best to get the rest of this series out every week, but after that I may need to drop down to publishing every other week (or hit some shorter, less in-depth topics) for the rest of 2026.Paul’s household codes tell wives
Focus on the (Roman, Jewish, and Greek) Family (opens the original)
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Last time, we introduced the New Testament household codes (Ephesians 5:21-6:9 and Colossians 3:18-4:1). You know, the verses that tell wives to submit to their husbands, slaves to submit to their masters, and children to obey their parents. (Nothing controversial here, right?)Our most important takeaway: Most of us—both egalit
Submissive Wives, Obedient Children, Obedient Slaves (opens the original)
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A few days ago, I posted a Substack Note that got wayyyyyyy more traction than I expected it to.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="674" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YQVm!,
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