"women" Tagged Sermons
Wisdom for the flourishing of Women
Our society places incredibly high expectations on women. Women are expected to be smart, successful, beautiful, homely, motherly, fit, and emotionally strong. The pressure on women to perform on all these levels is huge. So in the church, when we come to a passage like Proverbs 31, it is easy for our community to view it as a manifesto for women, a list of essentials, or a standard that must be attained. The pressure to be a “Proverbs 31 woman”…
Courageous Womanhood
The beauty industry, friends, family, shallow men and personal desires and insecurities all put unbearable pressure on women in our society. So many women feel the pressure to be excellent at everything for everybody and to look amazing while she is doing it. The church has often been criticized for our views on womanhood with claims that they are archaic and oppressive, but as we dive into the Scriptures we see that God is all about liberating women rather than…