Wendy
realized while attending a women's retreat at her church that, even
though the women looked together on the outside, the majority of them
had been or were dealing with serious trials and struggles. She has
written this
She
looks at what God created women to be, identifying what Scripture
says to women through the lens of the gospel. She writes for women
who are single when God says it is not good for man to be alone. She
writes for those with no children when God says children are a
blessing from Him.
She
explores how the Fall affected women, how sin has marred the image of
God He created women to be. “Until we grasp our root problem, we
will not fully understand how the gospel equips us to reclaim God's
image in us as His daughters.” (25)
She
helps us understand what Christ has done to equip us to live in that
tension between what God created us to be and the reality of our
lives in a fallen world. It is in the gospel we find confidence, we
have spiritual resources, and we are equipped to redeem what was lost
in the Fall. God is our strength. God is our satisfaction and our
inheritance. She then tackles what it means to find our identity in
Christ.
In
the next section Wendy looks at the law, Old and New Testament
instructions, and Christ's fulfillment of the law. She distinguishes
wisdom, law and the good news to determine how to navigate Scripture
and learn from its instructions.
She
lays the background for understanding what Scripture does and does
not say to women today. Particular attention is brought to Proverbs
31, Ephesians 5 and 1 Peter 3.
She
ends her book by exploring how the gospel equips women at all stages
of life to live as images bearers of God.
Discussion
questions have been added at the end of the book so this would be a
good eleven week study for women.
Wendy
Alsup is a wife, mom, and math teacher. She is the author of
Practical Theology for Women: How Knowing God Makes a Difference
in Our Daily Lives and By His Wounds You are Healed: How the
Message of Ephesians Transforms a Woman's Identity. Learn more at
www.theologyforwomwn.org/
I am taking part in a blog tour of this book and you can read other reviews here.
Link
to buy the book: http://ow.ly/jgKJd
I
received a complimentary egalley of this book from the author for the
purpose of this review.
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