The New Testament is clear that women were not only valued as disciples but also given leadership roles. Join Dorothy Lee and Lynn Cohick as they explore these examples and investigate their implications for the contemporary church.  Jesus saw women as having a crucial role to play in God's mission found in the New Testament and He still wants to utilize women in His mission today.  

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Elisa Morgan has dedicated her life to equipping women to really living.  

From being a previous CEO of MOPs international to co-hosting a radio show and podcast, Elisa has shared the message of God hearing the cry of women with thousands. She has authored more than twenty-five books on mothering, spiritual formation, and evangelism, including The Beauty of Broken, Hello, Beauty Full, She Did What She Could: Five Words of Jesus That Will Change Your Life, the NIV Mom’s Devotional Bible. Her newest release is When We Pray Like Jesus. Join Lynn Cohick and Elisa Morgan as they journey through what it means to be cared for and heard by God. 

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Many sincere Christians dismiss evangelism due to enduring evangelistic caricatures. Dr. Priscilla Pope-Levison wants to helps Christians move beyond those caricatures to consider thoughtfully and practically how they can engage in evangelism, whether it's through one-on-one conversations, social media, social justice, or the liturgy of worship services.

Join Lynn Cohick and Priscilla Pope-Levison as they explore the different models of evangelism and the impact women have made throughout history on these models.  

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Tiffany Bluhm refuses to accept the status quo where women are forced to settle for less than the rights God has created for them. Join Lynn Cohick, Ingrid Farro, and Tiffany Bluhm as they explore the complex dynamics of power and abuse in systems we all find ourselves in. Tiffany tells stories of how women have overcome silence to expose the truth about their ministry and professional leaders--and the backlash they so often face. In so doing, she empowers others to speak up against abuses of power.

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Old Testament scholar Carmen Joy Imes shares why she works so hard to take the valuable insights from the best of Old Testament study to help God’s people today.  Join this fun conversation with Carmen, Lynn, and Ingrid as they explore everything from praying the Psalms, bearing God’s name as His people, and the implication of being created with God’s image.  It often gets missed, but the Old Testament has an empowering message for women to play a significant and active role in God’s saving work among His people.  This is the same work God wants to do through women today.  

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In first-century Ephesus, life is not easy for women. A young wife meets her daily struggles with equanimity and courage. She holds poverty and hunger at bay, fights to keep her child healthy and strong, and navigates the unpredictability of her husband's temperament. But into the midst of her daily fears and worries, a new hope appears: a teaching that challenges her society's most basic assumption.  Join Lynn Cohick as she explores with Holly Beers the reality of the Roman world for a woman and what it would have been like to come across the gospel of Jesus Christ.  

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In the throes of the #MeToo movement, our response as Christians is vital. God beckons us to be good Samaritans to those facing trauma and brokenness in the aftermath of abuse and provide safe spaces to heal. Lynn Cohick and Ingrid Farro explore with Mary DeMuth how to foster a culture of honesty and listening and calls on the church to enter the places where people are hurting. In the circle of that kind of empathetic #WeToo community, the church must become what it’s meant to be—a place of justice and healing for everyone.  

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What's the big deal about being created in God's image?

Hint, it's way more than describing how humans were to live.  It defines God's expected relationship with God's family. Lynn Cohick and Ingrid Farro with Catherine McDowell explore the powerful depths of the way the ancient world understood idols. The ways these idols were created have significant insight to inform the image of God placed within humans.  

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