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Jesus’ mother Mary was equally assertive. Like most mothers, she was perturbed when her twelve-year-old son stayed back ...
03/07/2022

Jesus’ mother Mary was equally assertive. Like most mothers, she was perturbed when her twelve-year-old son stayed back in Jerusalem, failing to join the crowd heading back to Nazareth after Passover. Later she gathered his siblings and together they headed out to bring Jesus home for an intervention. Word on the street was that he needed serious therapy. The label fits her. But who would dare use any other term than Blessed? https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/ten-badass-women-of-the-bible
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The impoverished and widowed Ruth was far more badass than we usually imagine. With her widowed mother-in-law Naomi she ...
03/06/2022

The impoverished and widowed Ruth was far more badass than we usually imagine. With her widowed mother-in-law Naomi she hatched a plan. After she was all perfumed and manicured, she snuck out in the dark and lay at the feet of wealthy Boaz, merry with wine, on his threshing floor. The text doesn’t explicitly tell us what happened but in the morning he was determined to marry her. At an appropriate time later—and who’s counting the months—she gave birth to Obed, who would become father of Jesse, father of David. https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/ten-badass-women-of-the-bible
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Jael is not a well-known biblical name. If we’re looking for a woman who made her mark as arguably the best judge in Isr...
03/05/2022

Jael is not a well-known biblical name. If we’re looking for a woman who made her mark as arguably the best judge in Israel, Deborah fits the bill. She was also a faithful prophet and army commander. But Jael was a badass on steroids. She hailed from outside the camp of Israel and served as a holy turncoat, aiding Israel in its military campaign by bringing down Sisera the enemy commander. He trusted her when she invited him into her tent and offered him warm milk. And though the Bible doesn’t say, she also may have plied him with one skin after another of her sweet raspberry wine. After he fell asleep fully inebriated, she nailed his head to the ground with one fatal spike. https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/ten-badass-women-of-the-bible
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Rachel, Rebekah’s daughter-in-law, was another one of those beautiful, ballsy, badass wives. Second and favorite wife of...
03/04/2022

Rachel, Rebekah’s daughter-in-law, was another one of those beautiful, ballsy, badass wives. Second and favorite wife of Jacob, she competed in the game of baby-making with her cross-eyed sister Leah. Both sent in subs (their maids) and Leah won, but Rachel gave birth to Benjamin, youngest and favorite son of his father. Later Jacob, on the outs with his father-in-law, snuck away in the dead of night with the wives, maids and kids. In the morning when the old man realized the household gods were also missing, he raced to catch up with the caravan. Sneaky Rachel got by with grand theft by hiding them under a pile of Persian rugs, sat on the pile and told Dad she couldn’t move because she was having her period. https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/ten-badass-women-of-the-bible
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Rebekah, Sarah’s daughter-in-law, was another badass woman. She, like her mother-in-law, was a looker and equally strong...
03/03/2022

Rebekah, Sarah’s daughter-in-law, was another badass woman. She, like her mother-in-law, was a looker and equally strong-minded. She bore twins, Esau and Jacob, favoring the latter (and younger twin) who turned out to be just as sneaky and duplicitous as she. He trafficked in pottage, trading a bowl of it for the birthright that belonged to his starving brother. Later, prodded by his mother, he stole Esau’s blessing by tricking old man Isaac into believing he was Esau. https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/ten-badass-women-of-the-bible
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Sarah, wife of Abraham was also a gutsy, strong-minded lady who stood her ground with husband Abraham, the great patriar...
03/02/2022

Sarah, wife of Abraham was also a gutsy, strong-minded lady who stood her ground with husband Abraham, the great patriarch. But her strong-mindedness did not necessarily translate into strength of character. In fact, she behaved shamefully to Hagar, her live-in maid, whom she ordered to sleep with Abraham in order to give her a son, heir to the patriarchal line. She took the child Ishmael as her own until her “womb was opened (at age ninety no less) and she bore baby Isaac. She resented Hagar and soon thereafter banished her and Ishmael to the desert to die. https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/ten-badass-women-of-the-bible
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Dr. Margaret Andrews Fournier Holmes will not be doing her weekly Health & Healing Show until further notice. She just h...
03/01/2022

Dr. Margaret Andrews Fournier Holmes will not be doing her weekly Health & Healing Show until further notice. She just had surgery and is on her way to recovery. Let's all pray for her healing. 🙏

Rahab - The ProtectorFresh out of Egypt, God’s people begin moving into their new homeland. The only problem? Other trib...
03/01/2022

Rahab - The Protector
Fresh out of Egypt, God’s people begin moving into their new homeland. The only problem? Other tribes of people already live there—their first big challenge in Jericho, a city surrounded by an impenetrable wall. The leader of God’s people, Joshua, sends two spies into Jericho to scout it out. They stay at the home of a pr******te, Rahab, who saves them from certain death when she helps them hide, and then misdirects soldiers hot on their trail. Why did she do it? She’d heard of the greatness of Israel’s God and wanted to be on the winning side. For her kindness, the spies promise to spare her and her family when they take Jericho. After the battle, Rahab leaves behind prostitution and joins the Israelites. She has a son named Boaz (an important guy in the Bible’s book of Ruth) and finds herself in the direct family line of David (Israel’s greatest king) and, generations later, Jesus as well.

Read Rahab’s story in Joshua chapter 2, 6, and find her listed alongside others with amazingly strong faith in Hebrews 11.

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Miriam - The RockstarMoses’ older sister, Miriam, gets less air time in the scriptures but is nonetheless present at som...
02/28/2022

Miriam - The Rockstar
Moses’ older sister, Miriam, gets less air time in the scriptures but is nonetheless present at some of the most critical points in his story. Most historians believe she’s the girl who follows baby Moses’ basket on its Nile voyage. Later, she accompanies her brother, and the rest of the Israelites, out of Egypt. In Exodus 15, she’s the first female in scripture identified as a prophetess (someone who hears from and speaks for God). She also writes part of the first worship song—a hymn of praise for God’s miraculous rescue and overwhelming defeat of Egypt. Like all relationships, she goes through a hard season with Moses, but 700 years later, she’s identified by the prophet Micah, alongside her brother, as a blessing sent from God to His people (Micah 6:4).

Need a blueprint for a meaningful life? Below are the most badass* wonder women from the Bible. When you find one you co...
02/27/2022

Need a blueprint for a meaningful life? Below are the most badass* wonder women from the Bible. When you find one you connect with or a story you don’t recognize, crack open that old book (or app) and read it for yourself. You might meet your next favorite Bible hero, and in the process, encounter the God behind it all.

Eve - The Ezer Image
The first woman, created by the very hands of God, gets a bad rap. She gets blamed for the tragic choice with the fruit in the Garden, but she wasn’t the only guilty party involved. In fact, given a choice, I’m pretty sure we all would have done the same. But what many don’t realize is that buried in Eve’s design is a deeply meaningful truth. In Genesis 2:18, God recognizes that Adam isn’t faring well alone, so He moves to make a “helper” for him. The original Hebrew word we translated as “helper” is actually Ezer. This isn’t someone to do his laundry and dishes. It’s much more profound than that. You see, Ezer is only used 21 times in the Hebrew portion of the Bible. Twice it’s used to describe women, three times to describe help in battle (Deuteronomy 33:29 for example), and the remaining 16 times to describe God’s help to humanity (Psalm 33:20 and 70:5 for just two examples). Far from demeaning, Ezer is an empowering and powerful description of how women reflect the very nature of God Himself (Genesis 1:27) ctto: Pictured below: Eve by Lucien Levy-Dhurmer, 1896

Shiphrah & Puah - The Creative SubvertersGenerations later, God’s people are living as slaves to the world’s superpower,...
02/26/2022

Shiphrah & Puah - The Creative Subverters
Generations later, God’s people are living as slaves to the world’s superpower, Egypt. Pharaoh, seeking to head off any potential revolts before they begin, instructs the two Hebrew midwives, Shiphrah and Puah, to kill all male Hebrew babies at birth. It’s a command these bold women promptly ignore. Why? Because they feared God more than any human authority. Their creative disobedience held off a genocide. Perhaps it was their story that inspired the mother of Moses to take her own creatively disobedient step: floating Israel’s deliverer down the Nile, in a basket toward his destiny. Ctto of the image: https://gcdiscipleship.com/article-feed/2018/10/02/leadership-lessons-from-slaves

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