Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Egalitarian, Genesis, WOmen, Women of the Bible

Given to God: Jephthah’s Daughter

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.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer Hebrews

Hebrews: Sealed by the Blood

This sprinkling of blood refers to a different action than having had propitiation made, or being cleansed by. Sprinkling was symbolic of cutting a solemn and sacred covenant, just as the first covenant had been cut between God and humanity, through the people of Israel.

Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer 1 and 2 Peter (With Jude)

1 Peter 2: A Chosen People

You and I, by virtue of our new birth, our birth from above, have become citizens of the kingdom of light.