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Part 4. Destination, the Garden
The Samaritan woman was worthy in her own right, as a woman, to be told directly by him that he was the Messiah. They engaged in a theological discussion. This woman was not learning in silence. And Jesus did not rebuke her for it. Continue reading
Destination the Garden – Part 1
An example of cursing the woman who gave you life is an action taken this week by the Southern Baptist Convention. They disfellowshipped one of their churches – Saddleback Church – because they had allowed a woman to be one of their pastors. Continue reading
The Real Meaning of 1 Peter 3 is not Submission
If 1 Peter 3 is not about wives submitting to their husbands, then what does it mean? What message does Peter really have for women? Continue reading
Advent Joy – Bringing Joy
“A woman’s greatest calling is in being a wife and mother” a young Christian woman was near tears when telling me what her women friends at church said to her. Continue reading
Part 5. Destination, the Garden
So we have finally arrived in the garden and the world has been turned upside down. Where do we go from here? Do we leave Mary and the other women beside an empty grave? Yes, we do. Not as Jesus did, but as pastors and preachers and other women have determined we should do. Continue reading
Part 4. Destination, the Garden
Its significance is greater than her confession that she was not married to the man with whom she was living. She was worthy in her own right, as a woman, to be told directly by him that he was the Messiah. Continue reading
Part 3. Destination, the Garden
There are four women to whom Jesus tells that he is the Messiah, the Canaanite woman being one of them. Most often we hear of her great faith, but when we concentrate on the faith of this woman, we diminish the message Jesus gave her. Continue reading
Part 2. Destination, the Garden
Just the facts, ma’am. Women had gone every step of the way with Jesus. They did not abandon him at the time of his trial; they did not deny him.
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Part 1. Destination – the Garden
You see, it began with the Garden of Eden and it culminated in the Garden of the Tomb and with the resurrection. That is no coincidence. And it is no coincidence that a woman was the one who was there … Continue reading
The Powerful Message of 1 Peter 3:1-6
We can interpret Peter’s words something like this, “That was the way it was done back in Sarah’s day, but things have changed. We are now under grace by faith, not under the law. Continue reading
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