The debate continues as to whether Scripture endorses, or at least permits, or rather forbids women from certain roles within the Body of Christ. May women be deacons? May women be elders? May women be pastors? May women be bishops? May women teach or lead in church? At stake, of course, is how to live … Continue reading HER STORY: Leaders in the Cause of Christ, Women Disciples an Introduction
Women Disciples: Conclusion to the Series
The Twelve Elements in Jesusโs Call to Discipleship The Greek verb ฮถฮทฯฮญฯ | zฤteล held a centuries-old spiritual significance sourced in the Hebrew scriptures and was well-known to Jewish students of sacred writings. It means to seek God, in the hope that God may be found. Within a hundred years before Jesusโs ministry, it came … Continue reading Women Disciples: Conclusion to the Series
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Women Disciples: Jesus’s Call to Mary of Magdala
Though Mary of Magdala is a well-known figure in the gospels, she is not introduced by name until Jesusโs crucifixion in Johnโs Gospel (John 19:25). John doesnโt explain who she is, or what her relationship is to Jesus or his family, but there she is, with John and Mary, Jesusโs mother. That alone says how … Continue reading Women Disciples: Jesus’s Call to Mary of Magdala
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Women Disciples: Jesus’s Call to the Samaritan Woman
Matthew is the teaching Gospel, giving instruction on what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Markโs Gospel shows the whole arc of Jesusโs impact on those disciples. Luke gives many snapshots of the Jesus and the disciplesโ ministry. John focuses in on individual stories, giving a whole chapter, for instance this story, the … Continue reading Women Disciples: Jesus’s Call to the Samaritan Woman
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Women Disciples: Twelve Elements in Jesus’s Call to Discipleship
The Acts of the Apostles, which was Lukeโs continuing story after his Gospel, records several notable stories of women prophets,[1] a woman teaching,[2] a woman as a wealthy benefactor and host of a church,[3] and a woman named as a disciple.[4] The book of Acts records Peter turning to Joelโs prophecy[5] to explain why all … Continue reading Women Disciples: Twelve Elements in Jesus’s Call to Discipleship
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Women Disciples: Architecture of the Research
Did Jesus call women into discipleship in the same way Jesus called men? Or did women simply start following Jesus of their own accord, with no formal call? Can we say, for instance, that Mary of Bethany was actually a disciple, or was she simply acting like a disciple when she sat at Jesusโs feet?In … Continue reading Women Disciples: Architecture of the Research
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Phoebe
Paul introduced her as โour sister,โ and later one of the saints. Phoebe was deacon of the church at Cenchreae, and she was to be warmly welcomed. Anything she required, the assemblies in Rome were to provide for her. Why? Because she was, in fact, a benefactor of many, including Paul himself.
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Michal, Daughter of Saul
In Michalโs story we meet a young women in love, who soon becomes courage itself in her quick-witted rescue of her husband. But as the years go by, she becomes an abandoned wife given to another man, then a political pawn and finally the outraged and rejected queen.
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Tabitha (Dorcas)
The unique and intriguing story of a woman with dual citizenship, as it were, a woman known for her good deeds, the only woman who was actually called disciple in the entire Christian Testament, whose death rocked her Christian community to its core, and her deliverance by being raised back to life generated widespread belief in the Lord.
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The Sinful Woman
her traditional title of โthe sinful womanโ is very misleading. In this story, she is portrayed as the devoted-to-Jesus woman, the forgiven-by-Jesus woman, the living-portrait-of-love-sacrifice-and-bold-faith woman.
