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Women Happily Accept Significant Work (Luke 1)
ArticleWhen we open the Gospel according to Luke, we immediately meet an elderly woman named Elizabeth, the wife of a Jewish...
Lady Wisdom in Street Clothes (Proverbs 31)
ArticleWe met Lady Wisdom in the opening chapters of the book of Proverbs. We also find her in the closing verses of that same...
Lady Wisdom and the “Beginning of Wisdom” (Proverbs 1:20-32; 9:10)
ArticleWe may be familiar with the real women and real situations of the Old Testament. But the Bible also calls us to pattern...
Esther: A Harem Girl Grows into a Powerful Queen (Esther 4)
ArticleEsther was a woman who thought she had no influence over her husband or over matters of importance. Yet a desperate...
Huldah: a Prophet and Teacher (2 Kings 22)
ArticleOne of the most important but sometimes under-valued professions is that of teacher. We may prosper or fail, depending...
Abigail: An Ezer Ranch Wife Saves Her Household From Disaster (1 Samuel 25)
ArticleRefusing to be hampered by patriarchal strictures, Abigail defied gender roles in order to keep a workplace dispute from...
Ruth: the Ezer Daughter-in-Law
ArticleWomen's work takes many forms. Among the women in the Old Testament, some served as midwives, some as either prostitutes...
Deborah: an Ezer Woman Equipped to Lead (Judges 4-5)
ArticleSometimes God calls a woman to the highest level of leadership in a crisis moment. As the Israelites settled into the...
Rahab: Diverse Situations Require Ezer Work (Joshua 2)
ArticleSometimes surprising women are called to show up as ezers in unusual situations. Rahab was one of these examples. Here's...
Shiphrah and Puah: Two Ezer Midwives Defy the King (Exodus 1:8-22)
ArticleOne consequence of the woman's sin was an increased frequency of pregnancies and increased pain in delivering babies...
Genesis 3 and the Birth of Sin
ArticleWhile Genesis 1 and 2 show us how God intended human beings to be, Genesis 3 shows us what the man and woman chose to...
God Created Woman as an Ezer Kind of Helper (Genesis 2:18)
ArticleMany opinions of working women have been shaped by the word in Genesis 2:18, "helper." This word therefore merits some...