Genre: Christian / Women / Bible Study
Release Date: 2007 (first published 2000)Pages: 289
Publisher: WaterBrook Press
And there are more where they came from! With Really Bad Girls of the Bible, Liz reveals the power of God's sovereignty in the lives of other shady ladies we know by reputation but have rarely studied in depth: Bathsheba, the bathing beauty. Jael, the tent-peg-toting warrior princess. Herodias, the horrible beheader. Tamar, the widow and not-so-timid temptress. Athaliah, the deadly daughter of Jezebel. And three ancient women whose names we do not know but who have much to teach us: the ashamed Adulteress, the bewitching Medium of En Dor, and the desperate Bleeding Woman.
The eye-opening stories of these eight "Really Bad" women demonstrate one really life-changing concept: the sovereign power of God to rule our hearts and our lives with grace, compassion, and hope.
Each chapter opens up with a novel-esque tone (which I thought to be brilliant!), painting a picture for you of a "real life" fictional woman counterpart of the biblical "bad girl" that is later on revealed about halfway through each chapter. The questions at the end of each chapter were really helpful and thought provoking too, and overall the novel approach to biblical study really grabbed a hold of my attention and just wouldn't let go. It was a fabulous "bad-girl" read, full of wisdom and grace for the modern good-girl, former-bad-girl or bad-girl!
Wow. I learned soooo much about these "bad girls," some of which I'd never remembered ever hearing about before. This whole book really made me think on a much more deeper level about grace and forgiveness and femininity than I ever have before. It is truly amazing to me how God can use us (women), even those of us who feel we have no hope right now, as we are, if we will only let him use our brokenness. God used each one of these eight women to show me a clearly defined picture of how I should (and could/can) live my life out better and bolder and more flawlessly than ever before for Him.
The Women That Are Highlighted (or is it low-lighted?) in RBGotB Are:
The Medium of En Dor
Tamar the Widow
Herodias (and her daughter Salome)
Athaliah
Jael
The Adulteress
Bathsheba
and
The Bleeding Woman
About The Author: An award winning speaker, Liz Curtis Higgs has addressed audiences from more than 1,500 platforms in all fifty states and eight foreign countries. She is the author of twenty-six books, with more than three million copies in print, including her best-selling nonfiction books, Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible, Bad Girls of the Bible, and Really Bad Girls of the Bible; and her best-selling historical fiction, Thorn In My Heart; Fair Is The Rose; Whence Came A Prince, a 2006 Christy Award winner; and Grace in Thine Eyes, listed in the Top Five Best Christian Fiction for 2006 by Library Journal.
Check Out These Other Links...
Author's Website: www.LizCurtisHiggs.com
Author's Blog: http://www.lizcurtishiggs.com/blog/
Purchase Really Bad Girls of the Bible HERE
I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group as part of their Blogging for Books program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255
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