The Wise Woman Abbie Kooienga If you know anything about the book of Proverbs, you know that the book has much to say about the kind of woman to avoid. Then we get to the woman of Proverbs 31. Here is a woman that any Christian girl should aspire to be, and any grown […]
A Woman of Many Names: Judges 4–5 Annica Kuiper For years now, she has listened for the Voice. Sometimes it came out of the whirlwind. Sometimes it came still and small. And sometimes it came with the thunderings of Sinai. In the beginning, it was a quiet Voice. Calling her to do quiet work—speaking, […]
Becoming a Biblically Literate Young Woman Abby VanSolkema Young ladies, how often do you study God’s word? How much time do you spend personally engaging with the actual text of the Bible? It is easy to come up with excuses for not prioritizing personal Bible study. Between work, school, church activities, family commitments, dating, […]
The master deceiver is waging war on you under the pretense of a whispered lullaby, a seductive and attractive tune. Can you hear it? Or have your spiritual senses become so dull that you can hardly make out his deadly chords? Wake up, O daughter of Zion! You have a very distinct identity. You belong […]
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to _____ and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. Nothing dung a piece of bread poverty But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it… doth not know his left hand from his right. destroyeth his own soul. […]
“Don’t I look beautiful, Mommy?” My three-year-old daughter’s smiling brown eyes meet mine in the mirror. “You always look beautiful to me, my Leah,” I reply, as I slip a final bobby pin into the wispy blonde curls that I’ve piled on top of her head and step back to critique my work. “But I […]
What is a virtuous woman? A description you seek? She’s a God-fearing woman, mild mannered and meek; A woman whose children arise and call blessed; Who welcomes all strangers and treats them as guests; A woman who plans for her household by night; Who trusts in the Lord with all of her might; A woman […]
As we have seen from Titus 2:4,5, the young wives must be taught to love their husbands and children. That love comes to concrete expression by their being discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good. But there is one other thing that young wives must be taught. Obedient to Their Husbands The older women must teach […]
Knowing My God In Order To Know My Calling As a Young Man Some things don’t change much from generation to generation. However, the modern world and even the church today are viciously attacking the proper place of a man. The distinctiveness of manhood is being swallowed up in a feminine tide. In a […]
Elisabeth Elliot’s book, Let Me Be a Woman, deals with an issue which every young woman inevitably faces—womanhood. Mrs. Elliot wrote this book to her daughter Valerie as a wedding gift. In it, she deals with many thoughts and questions young women have. Who am 1? What does it mean to be a woman? She […]