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Fearless Women in a World of Opportunities

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That this fullness of God overflow in daily acts of love so that people might see your good deeds and give glory to your Father in heaven. That you be women of the Book , who love and study and obey the Bible in every area of its teaching. That meditation on biblical truth be the source of your hope and faith. And that you continue to grow in understanding through all the chapters of your life, never thinking that study and growth are only for others. That you be women of prayer , so that the Word of God would open to you, that the power of faith and holiness would descend upon you, and that your spiritual influence would increase at home, and at church, and in the world.

That you be women who have a deep grasp of the sovereign grace of God undergirding all these spiritual processes, that you be deep thinkers about the doctrines of grace, and even deeper lovers and believers of these glorious realities. That you be totally committed to ministry , whatever your specific role, that you not waste your time on period dramas, or food shows, or glamor magazines, or aimless hobbies, any more than men should waste theirs away on excessive sports or aimless dawdling in the garage. That you redeem the time for Christ and his kingdom, because there is no one else with your particular contribution in all the world.

That, if you are single, you exploit your singleness to the full in devotion to Christ , and not be paralyzed by the desire to be married. That, if you are married, you creatively and intelligently and sincerely support the leadership of your husband as deeply as obedience to Christ requires, but no more than it allows. That you encourage him in his God-appointed role as head.

Fearless Women in a World of Opportunities

That you influence him spiritually, primarily through your fearless tranquility and holiness and prayer. That, if you have children, you accept responsibility with your husband or alone if necessary to raise up children who hope in the triumph of God , sharing with him the teaching and discipline of the children, and giving to the children that special nurturing touch and care that you are uniquely fitted to give.

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That you not assume that secular employment is a greater challenge or a better use of your life than the countless opportunities of service and witness in the home, the neighborhood, the community, the church, and the world. That you not only pose the question: But that you ask, just as seriously: And that you make your choices not on the basis of secular trends or up-to-date lifestyle expectations, but on the basis of what will strengthen the family and advance the cause of Christ.

Chapters are divided by various factors: No chapter has all the joys.

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Finite life is a series of tradeoffs. That you develop a wartime mentality and lifestyle.

Stick up for her if she faces unfair criticism. Vouch for her publicly. Celebrate her efforts and their results. A Few Good Men. None of these points implies or requires disordering the husband-wife relationship, hers or yours.

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Obviously, common sense applies to your interactions. We should certainly be wise about collaboration, but we must not be phobic. We must find ways to work together for the common good of the church.

Women teachers provide an indispensable layer of defense that men cannot through our example, perspective, and empathetic authority over women. We possess intel and weapons that men do not, and our contributions are needful.

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You need us on that wall. In doing so, you follow the example of the greatest Teacher who walked the earth. Help us help you.

Give us a place to be equipped for the battle we are both called to fight, to be armed for the watchtower we are both called to defend. As far as women teaching boys in Sunday School, the problem seems to grow in proportion to the age of the boys. We would prefer men teaching in the older classes jr.

Even in the younger ages, it would be good if a couple could work together. Otherwise we send the non-verbal message to kids that religion is for women. So our goal ought to be to encourage men to be involved in teaching our kids at every level. We have been moved in our purpose by the following contemporary developments which we observe with deep concern:. Recognizing our own abiding sinfulness and fallibility, and acknowledging the genuine evangelical standing of many who do not agree with all of our convictions, nevertheless, moved by the preceding observations and by the hope that the noble Biblical vision of sexual complementarity may yet win the mind and heart of Christ's church, we engage to pursue the following purposes:.

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1. Introductory Remarks.

Both Adam and Eve were created in God's image, equal before God as persons and distinct in their manhood and womanhood Gen 1: Distinctions in masculine and feminine roles are ordained by God as part of the created order, and should find an echo in every human heart heart Gen 2: Adam's headship in marriage was established by God before the Fall, and was not a result of sin Gen 2: The Fall introduced distortions into the relationships between men and women Gen 3: The Old Testament, as well as the New Testament, manifests the equally high value and dignity which God attached to the roles of both men and women Gen 1: Both Old and New Testaments also affirm the principle of male headship in the family and in the covenant community Gen 2: Redemption in Christ aims at removing the distortions introduced by the curse.

In all of life Christ is the supreme authority and guide for men and women, so that no earthly submission-domestic, religious, or civil-ever implies a mandate to follow a human authority into sin Dan 3: In both men and women a heartfelt sense of call to ministry should never be used to set aside Biblical criteria for particular ministries 1 Tim 2: Rather, Biblical teaching should remain the authority for testing our subjective discernment of God's will. With half the world's population outside the reach of indigenous evangelism; with countless other lost people in those societies that have heard the gospel; with the stresses and miseries of sickness, malnutrition, homelessness, illiteracy, ignorance, aging, addiction, crime, incarceration, neuroses, and loneliness, no man or woman who feels a passion from God to make His grace known in word and deed need ever live without a fulfilling ministry for the glory of Christ and the good of this fallen world 1 Cor We are convinced that a denial or neglect of these principles will lead to increasingly destructive consequences in our families, our churches, and the culture at large.

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