The account of Jepthah's daughter as a young woman of faith, and God's call on her life is one of the more controversial in the Bible. And yet the impact her courageous faith had on the women in her community lasted for centuries.
Death Has No Sting: Jairus’s Daughter and the Bleeding Woman
Neither person is named, neither person had power, wealth, influence, or any other kind of leverage. Yet God considered them worthy of love, healing, and life eternal.
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Called Out of Jericho: Rahab
What does it mean to be a Biblical woman, a woman of God, a woman who fulfills the calling of God in her life? For Rahab, it meant doing whatever it took to be with God and God’s people. It meant espionage, undercover plans, danger, and the courage to stand her ground when that ground shook.
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Phoebe: Minister of the Word
What did Paul mean when he used the word for “deacon” and the word for “benefactor” but also “church official” (in the Septuagint) in association with Phoebe’s service to Paul and to the Body of Christ? What was Paul assuming his readers would already know and understand, so it went without being said?
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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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Evangelium: Eve, Part Two
A paradise lost, with more tragedy to come, all of God's prophecies proved true ... including the Evangelium
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‘Ezer Kenegdo: Eve, Part One
Her story reveals God’s great love and joy as the Lord anticipated the climax of God’s creative undertaking.
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Michal, Passion and Dignity
Embedded within the story of David, Israel’s most beloved king, and of whom the Lord said was a man after God’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 than with the honor and dignity they deserve.
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Herodias, Ambition to be Queen
Herodias used everyone in her life—including her young daughter—to further her own agenda. Yet God’s stance towards Herodias reveals a refreshing perspective on a woman otherwise so vilified in the retellings of her story.
