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Tabitha: Disciple Delivered from Death

The disciple Tabitha’s ministry, her presence, her generosity and reach were so important and widespread, that when she died the apostle Peter was summoned. The news of her being brought back to life spread like wildfire, igniting countless conversions throughout Samaria and Phoenicia.

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Michal, Passion and Dignity

Embedded within the story of David, Israelโ€™s most beloved king, and of whom the Lord said was a man after Godโ€™s own heart, is the tragic story of Michal, a Benjamite princess and daughter of king Saul.

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Free Bible Studies

This series of Bible studies seeks to retell the stories of women who were divinely called and empowered to do great things. Many of them rose to the occasion, and a few very famously did not. Often, the tragedies and triumphs in their lives are missed, and their stories are told from perspectives other thanโ€ฆ

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Herodias, Ambition to be Queen

Herodias used everyone in her lifeโ€”including her young daughterโ€”to further her own agenda. Yet Godโ€™s stance towards Herodias reveals a refreshing perspective on a woman otherwise so vilified in the retellings of her story.

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Prophet, Poet, and Judge: Deborah

What sets Deborah apart from perhaps every woman in the entirety of the scripturesโ€”both the Hebrew and Christian Testaments, is the astonishing position she held in Israel.

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Prophet to the Nation: Huldah

The high priest had just discovered the long-lost scriptures in a shuttered room of the temple. The king tore his clothes when he heard God’s Law for the first time, ever. They were a nation in crisis! Who should they turn to for counsel?

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Pastor in Philippi: Lydia

It is through such stories as Lydiaโ€™s that the scriptures convey the dignity God settled on women in first century Palestine, and on Lydia. In keeping with the Lordโ€™s example, the apostle Paul also conferred dignity on women and on Lydia when she hosted the first church in Europe in her home.

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