Tag: women
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9 inspirational women from the New Testament
I love the fact that the New Testament records a range of women of different ages and backgrounds using their skills and gifts for God’s Kingdom. We see rich and poor, educated and uneducated, single and married, leaders, charity workers, intellectuals, risk-takers, business women and craftswomen all being used by God in powerful ways. It…
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9 Christian women you should know
1. Susan B. Anthony (1820 – 1906)Born into a Quaker family with a long history of anti-slave activism, Susan B. Anthony developed an early sense of fairness and justice. She dedicated her life to women’s suffrage after joining the women’s rights movements in 1852. She campaigned for the abolition of slavery, the right for women…
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Doesn’t religion treat women terribly?
One of the many reasons that I love Jesus is his radical approach to women. At a time when women were treated as possessions and had virtually no voice in public life, Jesus unequivocally saw women as equal in worth and value to men. Luke 7: 36 – 50 records the account of Jesus eating…
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