Stay ConnectedIn our culture, if a woman is said to have strength it usually means she is competing with a man or acting like a man.
What if there is strength in the way God made us, as women?
There is and we recognize it when we see it.
We are excited to introduce you to women who display true strength, not in spite of being women but because of it.
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Today on the podcast Sarah and Erin give practical ideas for how to observe the upcoming season of Advent for yourself and your family.
Hallelujah: Cultivating Advent Traditions With Handel's Messiah Paperback by Cindy Rollins
Strong Women Podcast 21. The Importance of Advent with Cindy Rollins Strong Women Podcast
God Is in the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Light Upon Light: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany by Sarah Arthur
Silas Marner by George Eliot
Godric: A Novel by Frederick Buechner
Love Came Down at Christmas: A Daily Advent Devotional by Sinclair B Ferguson
On the Incarnation by Saint Athanasius edited by Archibald Robertson
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
The Battle of Life by Charles Dickens
The Haunted Man by Charles Dickens
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Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which "exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ." Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/
The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what's happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them. Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/
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Trillia Newbell, author of several books, shares how even through suffering her love for the Lord has grown. Trillia shares the story of how she became a Christian and how she clung to Jesus amid miscarriages. Sarah, Erin, and Trillia also discuss the beauty of God's design for community and each individual person.
God's Very Good Idea by Trillia Newbell
Fear and Faith by Trillia Newbell
You Are What You Love by James K.A. Smith
Why I Stayed in a Predominantly White Church article by Trillia Newbell
52 Weeks in the Word by Trillia Newbell
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Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which "exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ." Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/
The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what's happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them. Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/
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Listen to Sarah and Erin reflect on their conversation with Pat Stonestreet.
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which "exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ." Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/
The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what's happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them. Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/
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Sarah's mother-in-law, Pat Stonestreet, joins us today on the podcast. Pat highly values prayer and trusting God's promises, and she shares the wealth of wisdom she's gained in following God and being a mother. Giving all the credit to God's work in her, Pat will leave you feeling encouraged to trust that God is working in you, too.
Experiencing God by Henry T. Blackaby, Richard Blackaby, Mike Blackaby, Claude V. King
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Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which "exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ." Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/
The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what's happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them. Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/
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What can we learn from women in the Bible? Join Sarah and Erin as they reflect on Rebecca McLaughlin's episode about the impact of seeing women through Jesus' eyes.
Jesus Through the Eyes of Women by Rebecca McLaughlin
S2 46. Seeing Women Through the Eyes of Jesus With Rebecca McLaughlin
Confronting Christianity by Rebecca McLaughlin
The Confronting Christianity Podcast
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Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which "exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ." Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/
The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what's happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them. Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/
Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly book list: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women
What can we learn about Jesus through the women in the Bible? Join our conversation with Rebecca McLaughlin on her new book Jesus Through the Eyes of Women and become inspired by the stories of the women who interacted with Jesus.
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses by Richard Bauckham
Gospel Women: Studies of the Named Women in the Gospels by Richard Bauckham
Jesus Through the Eyes of Women by Rebecca McLaughlin
Confronting Christianity by Rebecca McLaughlin
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri
The Confronting Christianity Podcast
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Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which "exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ." Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/
The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what's happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them. Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/
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Listen to Sarah and Erin reflect on their conversation with Jean Eason.
Jean Eason Reflection Show Notes
Another Gospel by Alisa Childers
Soul Searching by Christian Smith
The Strong Women Podcast 86. Jesus Came in the Fullness of Time with Detective J. Warner Wallace - Part One
The Strong Women Podcast 87. Jesus Came in the Fullness of Time with Detective J. Warner Wallace - Part Two
Person of Interest by J. Warner Wallace
Witnessing to Jehovah's Witness – Part One YouTube video by Tim Barnett
Witnessing to Jehovah's Witness – Part Two YouTube video by Tim Barnett
A Jehovah's Witness Finds the Truth by Jean Eason
A Birds Eye View of the Bible by Jean Eason
The Strong Women Podcast 55. Weak Woman, Strong God with Dr. Jean Sutherland
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Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which "exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ." Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/
The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what's happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them. Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/
Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly book list: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women
Jean Eason is 96 years old and was once a Jehovah's Witness. After she came to know Jesus, her joy for the Lord and excitement about His Word has bloomed within her. Jean also shares about her life during the Great Depression and World War II. Jean's strength shines through it all.
Jean Eason Show Notes
Get The Story of the Family Book
The Strong Women Podcast 55. Weak Woman, Strong God with Dr. Jean Sutherland
A Jehovah's Witness Finds the Truth by Jean Eason
They Saw the Visible: The Heroes of Hebrew 11 by Claudia Barba
Crisis of Conscience by Raymond Franz
A Birds Eye View of the Bible by Jean Eason
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Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which "exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ." Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/
The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what's happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them. Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/
Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly book list: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women
Listen to Sarah and Erin reflect on their conversation with Catherine Parks.
Catherine Parks Reflection Show Notes
Get The Story of the Family Book
Empowered: How God Shaped 11 Women's Lives (And Can Shape Yours Too) by Catherine Parks
The Strong Women Podcast 81. The Woman Who Influenced a Nation with Melanie Kirkpatrick
The Strong Women Podcast S2 30: Learning From Our Eastern Sisters With Glenn Sunshine - Part One
The Strong Women Podcast S2 31: Learning From Our Eastern Sisters With Glenn Sunshine - Part Two
The Strong Women Podcast 76. The Women of the Reformation with Glenn Sunshine - Part One
The Strong Women Podcast 77. The Women of the Reformation with Glenn Sunshine - Part Two
A Child's History of the World by V.M. Hillyer
A Child's Geography of the World by V.M. Hillyer
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Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which "exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ." Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/
The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what's happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them. Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/
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Catherine Parks, author of Empowered: How God Shaped 11 Women's Lives (And Can Shape Yours Too), joins Sarah and Erin today to share about women from history. After hearing Catherine's story, we learn how many of our Christian heroines were simply faithful women doing the next right thing.
Catherine Parks Show Notes
Get The Story of the Family Book
Empowered: How God Shaped 11 Women's Lives (And Can Shape Yours Too) by Catherine Parks
A Christ Centered Wedding by Catherine Parks
The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
Strong: How God Equipped 11 Ordinary Men with Extraordinary Power (and Can Do the Same for You) by Catherine Parks
The Strong Women Podcast 3. Who We Are is Rooted with Joni Eareckson Tada
The Strong Women Podcast 34. The Life of Elisabeth Elliot with Ellen Vaughn
The Strong Women Podcast S2 23: Starting Life In the Jungle With Valerie Elliot Shepard
Becoming Elisabeth Elliot by Ellen Vaughn
The Strong Women Podcast S2 31: Learning From Our Eastern Sisters With Glenn Sunshine - Part Two
If I Perish by Esther Ahn Kim
Les Misérables' by Victor Hugo
A Hole in the World by Amanda Held Opelt
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Erin and her husband, Brett, run Maven which "exists to help the next generation know truth, pursue goodness, and create beauty, all for the cause of Christ." Check out more about Maven here: https://maventruth.com/
The Strong Women Podcast is a product of the Colson Center which equips Christians to live out their faith with clarity, confidence, and courage in this cultural moment. Through commentaries, podcasts, videos, and more, we help Christians better understand what's happening in the world, and champion what is true and good wherever God has called them. Learn more about the Colson Center here: https://www.colsoncenter.org/
Visit our website and sign up for our email list so that you can stay up to date on what we are doing here and also receive our monthly book list: https://www.colsoncenter.org/strong-women
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