Half-full and Overflowing – Biblical Christian Woman Blog

Infertility was God’s judgment on wicked women, or such was the ancient Israelite mindset. Barren women were openly mocked and scorned. After all, if God were against them, why shouldn’t everyone be against them?

This was Hannah’s world, and it was wrecking her, especially as she endured the taunts of her rival.

But even in her brokenness, Hannah clung to ...

Many proofs support the authenticity of scripture, including its mention of the roles women played in accomplishing God’s plan. Another support is its transparency—the way it unapologetically exposes the seamy underside of its key players.

The Bible presents the good, bad and ugly, all for our instruction.

Tamar’s story, told in

The gospel arrived in Europe via a divergent and unlikely path. It was divergent because the Lord thwarted man’s plans and introduced a better one. It was unlikely because it was a Jewish woman—a prominent entrepreneur named Lydia—who became the continent’s first recorded disciple.

Scripture only mentions Lydia twice. But each mention demonstrates her full surrender...