25 Biblical Roles for Biblical Women
http://newlife.id.au/equality-and-gender-issues/25-biblical-roles-for-biblical-women/ Some Christians have a narrow view of what godly women can be and can do. They believe their view is based on what the Bible shows us about women. They have even named their view “Biblical Womanhood”. These Christians seem to think that godly women are limited to being wives and mothers and homemakers. Or, at the very least, they think that being a wife and mother are the main roles. Is this what the Bible really shows us? The following list is of roles and activities of real-life Bible women, roles other than that of wife and mother. I am not making any recommendations or judgements, one way or the other, about these roles and activities. All I hope to show is that they are “biblical” and that not all Bible women were as restricted – or as passive – as we are sometimes led to believe. (1) Disobey authorities and jeopardise your own safety by res...