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In the middle to late 1300’s, a widely accepted view about women was the Cult of True Womanhood. This was a middle class ideology which put women on a pedestal away from the filth of the world. Women were also viewed as pure and uplifting creatures, who should stay home and take care of the home fro
What is a woman? The answer to that question has been a recent topic of debate. Our culture of tolerance says that a woman is someone who says she is a woman. Stanford University defines woman as “a term used to describe someone who self-identifies as a woman or as feminine based on what is importan
Last month we considered biblical teaching about manhood in an attempt to steer young believers toward a scriptural understanding of gender. The proper complement to that issue is one focused on biblical womanhood, which is the topic for Beacon Lights this month. For the world around us, the bibli
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The woman today has typically become an ugly spectacle. Under the banners of liberation and equality, she has bound herself with shackles of unfemininity and of Godless rebellion. She has lost all true perspective of God, of His order for the home and society, and of herself. We Christian women are
Could it be that being a genuine woman is the biggest scandal of our day? Who in our cancel culture dares to define woman for fear of public shaming? Last year a U.S. Supreme Court justice was asked at her confirmation hearing, “Can you provide a definition of the word woman?” Her reply? “No, I can’
Granted, jeans may be more comfortable than skirts, but the distinctiveness of womanhood is gone. It will do us good to examine just what it means to be a Christian young woman. When a young woman today desires to serve God, she must know God. Her life of obedience will then have to be according to
God has ordained each woman’s womanhood from before the foundation of the earth. But what is my role in life? Where do I stand? Mrs. Elliot states in chapter five that because all things are created by God, they were made for something. This includes women. We have a purpose and a divine design. Wom