Spiritual MotherHood
Monday, May 19th, 2008While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.”
He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.” Matthew 12:46-50 NIV
Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”
“Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked.
Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.” Mark 3:31-35 NIV
Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press. And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee. And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it. Luke 8:19-21 KJV
Book on Women in the Bible
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The Remarkable Women of the Bible: And Their Message for Your Life Today by Elizabeth George – In this inspiring look at the lives of women in the Bible, bestselling author Elizabeth George reveals refreshing models of faith for today. Stories about Eve, Deborah, Sarah, Ruth, Mary, and other women from Scripture offer testimonies of changed lives and reflections on the remarkable strengths God cultivates in women who love Him. Jocebed is an example of a remarkable mother, Deborah’s life is an illustration of wisdom, Ruth and Naomi model pure devotion, and Hannah demonstrates sacrifice. Conveying the assurance of God’s love, The Remarkable Women of the Bible provides nourishment from a woman’s point of view and connects today’s woman with the source of fulfillment that sustained her sisters in Bible times a relationship with God. |
Website on Women in the Bible
Christian Distinctives–Women in the Heart of God – Glen Miller’s study on Women in the Bible. Appears to be a Biblically sound study of women in the Bible and the “role” of women in the Bible. In additoion to the regular website view – it can be downoload (free) and printed as a 368 page pdf file.
Christian Distinctives–Women in the Heart of God
Book for Christian Women
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God’s Word to Women by Katharine C. Bushnell – is a groundbreaking study that carefully examines every scripture relating to women. Jessie Penn Lewis said that the material opened up the Scriptures in a way that can only be described as containing a revelation direct from God. For many today, it is the book that set them free to be what God has called them to be and to do the work that the Holy Spirit has placed in their hearts. Katharine C. Bushnell (1856-1946) was a physician, missionary, crusader, reformer, author and speaker as well as a brilliant and original scholar who spoke seven languages and was grounded in Greek and Hebrew. Bushnell left medicine to do what she considered the more important work of reforming conditions of human degradation through leadership in the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) of the 19th century women’s movement. For a biographical sketch, see this brief timeline (in context of the U.S. history of women’s movement). Katherine Bushnell Biography While in China as a medical missionary, Bushnell discovered that the Chinese Bible was mistranslated to support cultural prejudice against the ministry of women. She wondered whether the same male bias might prejudice English translations as well and renewed her study of Hebrew and Greek. Later, while traveling throughout the world for the WCTU, she made good use of hours spent on trains, boats and in rooms where she was staying to carefully compare biblical translations with the Word as found in the original languages. Through experience and study, the Lord was preparing Bushnell to write God’s Word to Women. Begun in 1908 as a correspondence course, it was first published privately by Bushnell. Despite positive early reaction, the book soon disappeared; and Bushnell died believing that her life had made little impact. God knew better! The book was rediscovered and continues to be republished by those who see its priceless value. Today it is finally receiving well-deserved recognition as a foundational reference for those working on the cutting edge of biblical equality for women. (from the website below – www.godswordtowomen.org) |
Website For Christian Women
God’s Word for Women – The Mission of the website:
God is calling all women to assume the full scope of the role for which they were created. This website is designed to help women in their search to discover who God says they are.
God’s Word for Women desires:
…To provide a forum on the Internet to be used as an encouragement and a stimulus for women to gain assurance of their call and commission from the Lord
…To equip women with a knowledge of God’s Word as it relates to:
- their place in ministry
- their relationship to their husbands
- their place and function in their local assembly as well as the Body of Christ as a whole
…To be a catalyst for the release of women in the Body of Christ into their God-ordained ministries
…To encourage both men and women of God to re-examine traditional interpretation of scriptures that pertain to women.