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Book Review: Sacred Friendships
Celebrating the Legacy of Women Heroes of the Faith by Dr. Robert Kellemen and Susan Ellis In the writings of early church history, women’s voices have gone underrepresented. This realization began Dr. Robert Kellemen’s desire for writing Sacred Friendships. In addition to his work in biblical counseling, his personal passion is to empower “those who…
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The Desert Ammas
Paul writes in Romans 8:15 that we have “received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father!” Abba is the affectionate term for one’s father. Likewise, Amma is used to lovingly refer to one’s mother. In the very early church, Amma referred to one’s spiritual mother. What follows are a few…
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Book Review: “I’m Not Good Enough”…and Other Lies Women Tell Themselves
by Sharon Jaynes If I were a betting woman, I’d wager that every woman reading this review has at one time or another told herself something that isn’t true. I’m guilty: earlier today I fumed to myself, “I am such an idiot!” On a more spiritual note, the other day I said to myself, “God…
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Different Year, Same Need
Last year I was very anxious about the election. I was blogging through Future Grace and reading The Reformed Expository Commentary of Daniel. Very timely reading, indeed. If you were a Lux Venit reader back then, maybe you’ll remember that I never finished blogging through Future Grace. In fact, I didn’t even finish reading it.…
Leslie Wiggins 