Jesus Through the Eyes of Women: How the First Female Disciples Help Us Know and Love the Lord

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Indeed, the way that Jesus treated women tore up the belief that women are innately inferior to men: a belief that was pervasive in the ancient world. Rebecca is the author of Confronting Christianity; 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion and 10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask (and Answer) about Christianity. They stir up affection for familiar truths while McLaughlin helps make connections that are novel for readers who are older in the faith. I wouldn’t say it’s light, but it’s fairly brief, and thus stimulates my interest for a more in-depth study such as Gospel Women by Richard Bauckham.

It’s obvious why such a change would be good news for women who would previously have been the victims of coercive sex. Rather than women being excluded and made less-than (as was the culture), early Christians saw women as their sisters and their equals.D. in renaissance literature and a degree in theology, McLaughlin brings an academic’s understanding of history, context, and biblical commentary to bear on the core question of this book: How did the women named in the Bible describe their interactions with a Christ who was as countercultural then as he is today? GOD, REVELATION AND AUTHORITY VOLUME 4: GOD WHO SPEAKS AND SHOWS: FIFTEEN THESES, PART THREE, by Carl F.

Michelle Nash , President of the Military Council of Catholic Women Worldwide "This book beautifully articulates the profound longing of the human heart: to love and be loved.I would consider this gender religion, and while what she says about the Bible is not untrue, the emphasis is wrong and not helpful in any way that I could decipher. In a chapter on life, McLaughlin focuses on these women’s accounts to winsomely argue for, not against, biblical soundness at several points, anticipating opposing views. Rebecca quotes a commentary which says, "the picture of a woman in the disciple's position, at the feet of Jesus, would be startling in a culture where women did not receive formal teaching from a rabbi. All this goes to show that those who throw themselves at Christ’s feet are the ones who will enter his kingdom. She is fair and clear in demonstrating through the Gospels how Jesus valued women through His interactions and His Spirit’s inclusion of their testimonies as key.

I should note that attempt is not in vain, often broadness equates to being watered down, but Mclaughlin keeps to keeps focused on what Holy Scripture communicates, and that is both surprising and wonderful in what is revealed to the reader. This book made me want to know Jesus more and trust Him the way that these women of the NT trusted Him.Jesus’ interaction with the bleeding woman, in particular, “shows he doesn’t shy away from femaleness. Richard Giles is best known for his pioneering work in creating worship that is truly transformative and life-changing and has written numerous bestselling books on that theme. Not much is known about the childhood of Jesus, but the Gospels highlight six key moments in his early life: the angel Gabriel proclaiming Jesus' birth to Mary at the Annunciation a pregnant Mary visiting her cousin Elizabeth the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem the presentation of Jesus in the temple the flight of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus to Egypt discovering the twelve-year-old Jesus in the temple Week by week, you will dig deep into each of the scriptural vignettes of Jesus' early life and grow in your faith as you learn about virtues such as humility, patience, charity, reverence, prudence, and courage. Ponder this: a woman (Elizabeth) gives us the first prophecy since Malachi in Luke 1 and a woman (Mary Magdalene) is the person Jesus tasks with telling the disciples that He is alive in John 20. Popular Catholic media personality Teresa Tomeo, also a member of WINE, wrote the foreword for the book.

With guided meditations and prayerful reflections, this book helps you encounter Jesus anew--the way Mary and Joseph did in Christ's early years. The modern sexual revolution offered women the right to commitment-free sex: a right that many men had been assuming over the centuries. Besides John, women are largely the consistent witnesses of Jesus’ excruciating death, burial, and resurrection as well. Aaron also serves as the Social Media Officer of First Chinese Baptist Church of Walnut in California’s San Gabriel Valley, home to the largest concentration of Asian American communities in the United States.

Author Rebecca McLaughlin gives full treatment to this sort of curiosity in her book Jesus Through the Eyes of Women: How the First Female Disciples Help Us Know and Love the Lord (The Gospel Coalition, 2022) . Chapter one looks at Mary, Elizabeth, and Anna, all of whom had the gift of prophecy to recognize Jesus as messiah. Rebecca McLaughlin's writing style is entertaining, easygoing, nuanced, thought-provoking, humble and very human!