After observing four decades of gender inequality in prison work, marriage counseling, seminary classrooms, and pulpit ministry, Austin Stouffer is more convinced than ever that an objective, compassionate understanding of biblical truth comes down solidly on the side of absolute equality for men and women in church, home, or workplace. Hitchhiking on Martin Luther's idea of ninety-five thesis statements (but not his views on women!), Stouffer has carefully combed through the Bible and developed 95 short chapters on passages from Genesis to Revelation that cry out for a NEW REFORMATION of gender-equal interpretation. Like Luther, some current theologians will still disagree, but others will joyfully welcome these easy-to-read, solid biblical explanations as a breath of fresh air!

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95 More for the Door is an interesting, provocative book that is easy reading for lay people but deals in depth with most of the questions raised regarding women's roles in the church, home, and society. People who are honestly interested in what the Bible says on this topic will find this book very helpful. Austin Stouffer, a pastor and marriage and family therapist, brings his vast knowledge of the Bible and human nature to deal sympathetically with the questions and traditions many Christians struggle with concerning this subject. The take-off on C. S. Lewis' Screwtape Letters in the Appendix, titled, The Rev Mrs -Satan's Greatest Fear is alone worth the price of the Book. Alvera Mickelsen

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© 2008 Austin Stouffer
6 x 9 inches, 155 pages

Austin Stouffer Upon completion of his BA in Psychology and Sociology, Stouffer received an M Div from Providence Dollege & Seminary in Otterburne, MB Canada and a D Min from Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, CA where he also studied at the California Family Study Foundation (Burbank(. Ordained with the Evangelical Free Church, Dr Stouffer has served several pulpits, four of them church plants, and taught counseling at Trinity Western University & Seminary (Langley, BC, Canada). He also holds a Clinical Membership in the American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy. Now retired from pulpit ministry, he and his wife, Eleanor, enjoy their daily armchair view of the smashing waves of Lake Superior, just on the edge of Thunder Bay, Ontario, where he still maintiains a small counseling practice.