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Issue / Theme

Volume 1 Issue 1:  What is a Woman in Christ?

Volume 1 Issue 2:  Maturing in Christ

Volume 1 Issue 3:  Peace

Volume 1 Issue 4:  Discipleship

Volume 1 Issue 5:  Commitment

Volume 1 Issue 6:  Perseverance

Volume 1 Issue 7:  Witnessing

Volume 1 Issue 8:  Relationships 

Volume 1 Issue 9:  Judgment

Volume 1 Issue 10: Living Sacrifice

Volume 1 Issue 11: False Teachers

Volume 1 Issue 12: Christian Teachers 
 

Issue / Theme

Volume 2 Issue 1:  God's Plan

Volume 2 Issue 2:  Walking by Faith

Volume 2 Issue 3:  Prayer God Answers

Volume 2 Issue 4:  Fan... the Gift of God

Volume 2 Issue 5:  The Hope of Glory

Volume 2 Issue 6:  Called and Chosen

Volume 2 Issue 7:  Grace in Suffering 

Volume 2 Issue 8:  Keep Yourselves From Idols 

Volume 2 Issue 9: This is What the Lord Says 

Volume 2 Issue 10: Devote Yourselves to Prayer

Volume 2 Issue 11: Rest and Worship

Volume 2 Issue 12: Feed My Sheep

Issue / Theme

Volume 3 Issue 1:  Heirs According to the Promise

Volume 3 Issue 2: Bound by Satan, Released by Christ

Volume 3 Issue 3:  Set Apart for God

Volume 3 Issue 4:  Near the Cross of Jesus

Volume 3 Issue 5:  Hope Not Yet Seen

Volume 3 Issue 6:  Root of Bitterness

Volume 3 Issue 7:  "Lord, help me!"

Volume 3 Issue 8:  Build on this Foundation 

Volume 3 Issue 9: In The Days Of Your Youth

Volume 3 Issue 10: The Lord's Discipline

Volume 3 Issue 11: Now I Know

Issue / Theme

Volume 4 Issue 1: By Faith 

Volume 4 Issue 2: Not So With You 
 

Volume 4 Issue 3: Let a Search Be Made

Volume 4 Issue 4: I Have Seen The Lord 

Volume 4 Issue 5: That You May Enjoy Long Life 

Volume 4 Issue 6: Filled With The Spirit 

Volume 4 Issue 7: Out of Her Poverty

Volume 4 Issue 8:  Why Do You Disobey The Lord's Commands?

Volume 4 Issue 9:  I Will Give You Rest

Volume 4 Issue 10: Look Up At The Heavens

Volume 4 Issue 11: Servant of the Church 
 

Issue / Theme

Volume 5 Issue 1:  On That Day God Subdued 

Volume 5 Issue 2:  Be Reverent 

Volume 5 Issue 3: Train The Younger Women 

Volume 5 Issue 4: Go In Peace 

Volume 5 Issue 5: You Will Be My Witnesses 

Volume 5 Issue 6: For This We Labor

Volume 5 Issue 7: A Wife For My Son 

Volume 5 Issue 8: Love the LORD your God 

Volume 5 Issue 9: Know The Truth 

Volume 5 Issue 10: I Don’t Have Any Bread 

Volume 5 Issue 11: How Can I Help You? 

Volume 6 Issue 1: Grant Me Justice

Volume 6 Issue 2: In Prison With Me 

Volume 6 Issue 3: A Disgraceful Thing

Volume 6 Issue 4: A Prophet’s Reward

Volume 6 Issue 5: Everything is all Right

Volume 6 Issue 6: The Renewal of All Things  

Volume 6 Issue 7: What Good is the Birthright to Me?

Volume 6 Issue 8: The Wisdom That Comes From Heaven

Volume 6 Issue 9: Be United

Volume 6 Issue 10: Incomparable Riches

Volume 6 Issue 11: Who Is This Who Even Forgives Sins?

Volume 7 Issue 1: The LORD Has Seen My Misery  

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Bible Studies

Abigail: Peacemaker

Be Reverent

Be United

Bound by Satan, Released by Christ

Build on this Foundation 

Called and Chosen

Christ in you-the Hope of Glory

Commitment

Daughters of Reuel, Seven Shepherd Sisters - Feed My Sheep 

Daughters of Zelophehad - Heirs According to the Promise

A Disgraceful Thing

Elizabeth: Filled With The Spirit 

Everything is all Right

For This We Labor

Go In Peace 

God’s Plan of Life for Men and Women

Grace in Suffering 

Grant Me Justice

Heard of God, Prayer God Answers

Hope Not Seen

How Can I Help You? 

I Don’t Have Any Bread 

I Will Give You Rest

In Prison With Me

Incomparable Riches

Know The Truth 

A Lesson in Reconciliation

Let a Search Be Made

Lois and Eunice: Fan into Flame the Gift of God 

Look Up At The Heavens

"Lord, help me!"

The Lord's Discipline 

The LORD Has Seen My Misery

Love the LORD your God

Lydia, Worshipper of God: Rest and Worship

Mary of Magdala: I Have Seen The Lord 
 

Mary the Mother of Jesus: That You May Enjoy Long Life

Maturing in Christ Takes Time

Miriam, The Slave Girl: In The Days Of Your Youth 

Near the Cross of Jesus

Now I Know

Offer Your Bodies as Living Sacrifices

On That Day God Subdued 

Out of Her Poverty

Perseverance or standing firm to the end.

Phoebe: Servant of the Church 

Principles of Judgment

Priscilla: Teacher of the Way of God Bible, Instructions for Christian Teachers 

A Prophet’s Reward 

The Prophetess Anna, Devote Yourselves to Prayer

The Prophetess Huldah: This Is What The Lord Says 

Rahab: By Faith 

Recognizing false Christian teachers 

The Renewal of All Things

Root of Bitterness

Sapphira: Keep Yourselves From Idols 

Set Apart for God

Train The Younger Women 

Vashti: Not So With You 

Walking by Faith, not by Sight 

What Good is the Birthright to Me?

What is a disciple?

Who Is This Who Even Forgives Sins?

Who is a Woman in Christ?

Why Do You Disobey The Lord's Commands? 

A Wife For My Son

The Wisdom That Comes From Heaven

Woman of Samaria: Witness

You Will Be My Witnesses 
 

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Women in Christ

Abigail: Peacemaker

Along With The Women

Andronicus and Junias

Anna, The Prophetess

The Chosen Lady and her Children 

Daughters of Reuel, Seven Shepherd Sisters 

Daughters of Zelophehad

Deborah: Judge

Delilah

Dinah

Elizabeth

Euodia and Syntche: Co-workers in Christ

Eve and Grace

Eve, the Mother of All Living

A Great Woman (The Shunammite Woman) Part 1

A Great Woman (The Shunammite Woman) Part 2

A Great Woman (The Shunammite Woman) Part 3

Hadassah Also Known As Esther

Hagar and Grace

Hannah and Grace

Huldah, The Prophetess

Jael

Jehosheba

Jephthah’s Daughter: A Living Sacrifice

Jezebel: False Teacher

Joanna

Job's Wife

Leah

Lois and Eunice

Lydia, Worshipper of God 

Martha: Sister in Christ

Mary: Disciple

Mary and Grace

Mary of Magdala

Mary the Mother of Jesus

Michal Miriam, Leader and Prophetess 

Miriam, The Slave Girl

Naomi

Older Women of Titus Chapter Two

One Young Captive Girl from Israel

Our Sister Phoebe

A Poor Widow

Priscilla: Teacher of the Way of God

Rahab

Rebekah, Bride

Rebekah, Isaac's Wife

Remember Lot's Wife

Ruth: Committed Friend

Sapphira

Sarah and Grace

Sheerah Who Built

Sisters of Bethany

Solomon's Wives

Tabitha, Arise!

Those Women Who Work Hard

Vashti

A Widow in That Town

A Widow in Zarephath

The Wife of a Man from the Company of the Prophets 

A Wise Woman

Who is a Woman in Christ?

Woman of Samaria: Witness

The Woman Set Free

A Woman Was There

The Woman With Great Faith

The Women Who Followed Jesus from Galilee

A Woman Who had a Sinful Life

The Younger Women of Titus Chapter Two

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Abundance of the Heart

Anchored on a Rock

Anger Is Not The Answer

An Average Day in August

Because I Am a Child of God

The Best Thing To Spend On Your Children Is Your Time

Cast Away Your Hardened Hearts 

A Child's Thought of God 

Chosen

Congregations

Daily Prayer

Despair or Life--It's Your Choice

Dinah's Spring

Don't Blame God for Bad Things

Election Day, A Prayer by Scarlett Stough, November 2, 2004

Empty Your Cup

Faith and the Garden

The Fervent Prayer of a Righteous Cat Avails Much

From the Kitchen Window

God's Call of Grace

God's Challenge

God Has Raised Up a Judge for Today!

God is a Good Listener

Going to Gethsemane

Greater Works than These

He Never Gives Up

Heavenly Calling

Husbands

I Go, Sir

If I Do Not Wash

If I Were Jarius

"I'm Going to Disneyland"

Imperfect Faith Is Still Faith

Intercessory Prayer

Is There More than One God in Your Life?

It's About Time

Jesus Believes in Us

The Joy Of Forgiveness

Judgment/Justification

The King is Coming

Knuckle-White

The Lamb

Lessons from the Book of Esther

Meet Them Where They Are

A Messy Affair

Molded by the Master Potter

My Love/Hate Relationship

My Testimony: Why I Believe Jesus is the Son of God

The Neighborhood Angels

A New Hat

New Life

Not Just a Sneaker

The Old Windmill

Plant a Garden of Joy

Please Heal My Broken Heart 

Pruning for Growth and for Life

Reflection

Sacrificial Ministry

St. Francis of Assisi Prayer

Sarah Found Her Voice 

The Secret of Being Content

Shairp, John Campbell quotation

The Shepherd

Show it to the Lord

The Simple Faith About The Trustworthiness of God

Someday

The Stealth Enemy in Your Home

The Sun Moved Upward, Forward

Thank you, Ruthie

Thanksgiving

That I May Receive My Sight

Victory in Christ

Wedding Clothes

What I Wanted

Where's The Beef

We're Not Turning Back

Work for the Night is Coming

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Exhortations

All My Trials, Lord

All We Like Sheep

An Invader Corrupted My Body 

Are You Listening to God

Are You Living the Way

Benedict Arnold's Wrong Foundation

Beyond Best

The Big Picture

Carry the Message

The Casting of the Net

A Child Shall Teach Them

Clean out God's Temple 

Doing Our Own Thing

Examine Yourselves

Feeding the Hungry

For Such a Time as This 

The Form of Religion 

Free Indeed

God Doesn't Say Oops!

God has Called Us to Live in Peace

God Moments

“God Told Me To Do It.” Or Did He?

Grace in Music

Guess Who the Villian  Is

Guidelines for Research Reading

He Wouldn't Reach Back

Hitting the Wall

Honesty with God

In Which God Do We Trust?

Is It Right Or Is It Easier? 

It’s Not Exactly Like Baking Cookies

Jacob's Two Prayers

Just Thinking About Teeth

Keep Your Hand on Your Wallet

Kicking Against the Goads 

Led Into the Wilderness

Let There Be Peace on Earth

A Levitical War Sermon

The Lord Told Me 

Lovers of Pleasures

Manna from Heaven

My Dear Friends, Flee From Idolatry 

Our Unseen Support

Pay it Forward

Peace, Be Still

Praying for Yourself

Reading My Own Obituary

Relationship Restored

Reverent Living 

See the Vision

Set Your Heart At Rest

The Simple Faith About Falling and Failing 

The Simple Faith About Holiness 

The Simple Faith Through Song

The Simple Faith in the Goodness of God's Law

Small Things

Sometimes You Can't Give It Away

Sparrows Fall From Heaven

The Super-Duper Apostles

Switching Channels

A Tale of Two Sisters

That They Where Proud of

Unexpected Distractions

What Does Morality Have To Do With It?

When Life Gives You a Kick, Get Up!

You Can Make a Difference

Your Prayer Can

You Shall Rule Over It 

You vs You

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Family/Children Activities

Branches, Flowers, and Fruit Illustrate John 15

A Child's Prayer

Filled With the Holy Spirit

Jesus is the living bread from heaven.

Molded by the Master Potter

Weigh the Verses

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Book Reviews

10 Lies the Church Tells Women by J. Lee Grady

The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy Families by  David Niven, PH.D. 

101 Stories of Answered Prayers by Jeannie St. John Taylor

100 Verses that Changed the World  by William J. Petersen and Randy Petersen

Abiding in Christ: Becoming a Woman Who Walks With God by Cynthia Heald 

Authentic Christianity by Ray C. Stedman

Be Your Own Best Friend by Thomas A. Whiteman, Ph. D. and Randy Petersen

Because There Was No Shepherd by Brian Knowles

Becoming a Vessel God Can Use by Donna Partow

Becoming a Woman of Influence, Making a lasting impact on others. by Carol Kent

The Best Devotions of Marilyn Meberg by Marilyn Meberg

The Bible for Dummies by Jeffrey Geoghegan, Ph.D. and  Michael Homan, Ph.D.

Body Life by Ray C. Stedman

Called and Accountable, Discovering Your Place In God’s Eternal Purpose by Henry T. Blackaby & Norman C. Blackaby

The Case for Christ: A Journalist’s Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus by  Lee Strobel

The Case for the Real Jesus, A Journalist Investigates Current Attacks on the Identity of Christ by Lee Strobel

A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael by Elisabeth Elliot

Changes That Heal by Dr. Henry Cloud

Choosing Civility, The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct by P. M. Forni 

Churches that Abuse  by Ronald Enroth

Coping With Difficult People…in business and in life by Robert M. Bramson, Ph. D. 

The Cost Of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Disciples are Made not Born by  Walter A. Henrichsen

Discipleship Journal

The Discipline of  Grace by Jerry Bridges 

The Discipline of  Grace: A Study Guide  by Jerry Bridges 

The Dream Giver by Bruce Wilkinson with David and Heather Kopp

Echoes of His Presence by Ray Vander Laan with Judith Markham

Experiencing God, How to live the full adventure of knowing and doing the will of God by Henry T. Blackaby & Claude V. King

Field Guide to the Wild World of Religion by Pam Dewey

Fighting The Good Fight, 12 Studies with Commentary for Individuals or Groups, I Timothy & Titus by John Stott with Lin Johnson Following Christ by Joseph M. Stowell

God's Leading Lady by T.D. Jakes

God’s Outrageous Claims by Lee Strobel

Good News for Women, A Biblical Picture of Gender Equality by Rebecca Merrill Groothuis

The Heart of a Great Pastor by  H. B. London Jr. and Neil B.Wiseman 

He's God and We're Not, The Seven Laws of the Spiritual Life by Ray Pritchard

How People Grow by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend

Jesus Drives Me Crazy! by Leonard Sweet

Life in Christ by John Stott

Love  Covers by Paul E. Billheimer

Love, Sex, and Lasting Relationships by Chip Ingram

Making Small Groups Work by Dr. Henry Cloud; Dr. John Townsend 

Men Are From Israel, Women Are From Moab by Dr. Norm Wakefield, Jody Brolsma

The Message of I Timothy & Titus by John R. W. Stott 

The Nativity Story (movie review)

The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict by Josh McDowell

Out of the Saltshaker… by Rebecca Manley Pippert

The Passion (movie review)

The Power of a Positive Mom by  Karol Ladd 

Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? by Philip Yancey 

The Prayer of Hannah, Eight Dynamics of Effective Christianity by Kenn Gividen

The Prayer of Jabez for Women by Darlene Wilkinson 

Preaching That Speaks To Women by Alice P. Mathews

The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren

The Pursuit of Holiness by Jerry Bridges

Recovering from Churches that Abuse  by Ronald Enroth

Sacred Marriage by Gray Thomas

The Secret Things of God by Dr. Henry Cloud

Sense and Sensuality: Jesus Talks with Oscar Wilde on the Pursuit of Pleasure by Ravi Zacharias 

Seven Snares of the Enemy—Breaking Free From the Devil's Grip by Erwin W. Lutner 

Simple Faith, Discovering What Really Matters by Charles R. Swindoll

Slaying The Giants In Your Life by David Jeremiah

The Ten(der) Commandments: Reflections on the Father’s Love by Ron Mehl

There is More to the Secret by Ed Gungor

The Veritas Project Volume 1: Hangman’s Curse by Frank Peretti 

Waking the Dead, The Glory of a Heart Fully Alive by John Eldredge

What Christ Thinks of the Church, An Exposition of Revelation 1-3 by John R. W. Stott

What’s So Spiritual About Your Gifts? by Henry & Mel Blackaby

Where Is God When It Hurts? by Philip Yancey

Wisdom From Women in the Bible by Edith Deen

Who Are You To Judge? Learning to Distinguish Between Truths, Half-truths and Lies by Erwin W. Lutzer

Woman Be Free by Patricia Gundry

The Wounded Spirit by Frank Peretti 

A Young Woman After God’s Own Heart  by Elizabeth George

Suggested reading, (short list), on the topic of the role of women in the Church

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In the Days of Your Youth

Aloe of God

Are You Thirsty?

Baptism

Be Silent and Listen

Can You Hear Me Now?

Don't Back Down

End of Day 

Good Gone Bad

Greater

A Heart to Follow God

The Love of God

Never Dull

My Favorite Toys

Our Hope (essay)

Our Hope (poem)

A Personal God

Pride: The Spiritual Pimple

Shine Little Light, Shine

Stress = Bad

Stuck On Me

Talk About Adventure

This Floor is Hard

The Weary Traveler

Where are You Going?

Who Are You?

Your Sculpture
 

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