109: "What is Biblical Womanhood?" with Rebekah Hargraves (Solo Podcast 4)

<p>Rebekah Hargraves is the host of the Home and Hearth Podcast, which, up until recently, has always been mostly an interview-style podcast. Now, however, she is branching out into recording the fourth of her solo podcasts to talk today on the topic of  what Biblical womanhood actually is. This is a topic Rebekah has written about extensively and shared about on other podcasts, as well, so she's excited to now be branching out into discussing it on her own podcast!</p> <p>What She Chats about in Today's Episode:</p> <p>~Answering the question "What is Biblical womanhood?" as a kick-off of sorts to an entire series coming up soon</p> <p>~How my own understanding of Biblical womanhood has changed over the years</p> <p>~The extremes and main camps of thought surrounding the topic of Biblical womanhood</p> <p>~The importance of solely using the Bible alone to define womanhood, rather than someone's teachings of the Bible, what someone's pastor says, or your own camp of thought</p> <p>~The crucial importance of looking to the entire canon of Scripture rather than to just a few choice passages for our picture and understanding of what constitutes womanhood by God's design</p> <p>~The rich, robust, beautiful picture of womanhood by God's design that we find in the Scriptures </p> <p>~The reality of womanhood by God's design applying to all women everywhere and being good news for all women everywhere; the understanding that if our own picture of womanhood does not/is not, then it is not Biblical</p> <p>~Four truths about Biblical womanhood:</p> <p>*Biblical womanhood is womanhood as God designed it, Genesis-Revelation</p> <p>*Biblical womanhood is for every woman, applicable to every woman, and good news for every woman; it can look like being:</p> <p>-A wife, mother, and homemaker (Titus 2:3-5)</p> <p>-A leader like Deborah (Judges 4 & 5)</p> <p>-Working to provide financially for your family (the book of Ruth)</p> <p>-A Great Commission worker like Priscilla, proclaiming truth to her brothers-in-Christ (Acts 18:24-26, Romans 16)</p> <p>-Running a business like the Proverbs 31 woman and Lydia (Proverbs 31, Acts 16:14)</p> <p>-Being a servant (or deaconess) of the church like Phoebe (Romans 16:1-2)</p> <p>-Serving the poor and needy (Proverbs 31:20, Acts 9:36, 1 Timothy 5:9-10)</p> <p>*Biblical womanhood has been clearly defined by God and is to be embraced by us</p> <p>*Truly Biblical womanhood leaves room for different personalities, tastes, likes and dislikes, and the overarching crucially important practice of walking by faith by walking by the Spirit.</p> <p>~The lie floating around that says motherhood is a woman's highest calling; the other lies this lie leads to and what it does to our sisters-in-Christ and their understanding of Biblical womanhood</p> <p>~Understanding where a woman's true worth lies</p> <p>~The reality that marriage and motherhood (as wonderful, impactful, beautiful, and important as those roles are!) are not the sum total of Biblical womanhood</p> <p>~And more!</p> <p>For full shownotes, head to <a class="linkified" href="http://www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast" target="_blank">www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast</a></p> <br /><br />Get full access to Beyond the Boxes at <a href="https://rebekahhargraves.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">rebekahhargraves.substack.com/subscribe</a>