What if a preacher struggled with feelings of inadequacy to preach God’s holy Word? What if someone could come up with a heartening picture of how God by his grace can use even this preacher’s inadequate words? What if this picture could show him how beautiful is the preaching when God’s true Word shines through his proclamation?
And what if he could be reminded that his humble living of God’s Word makes the picture bright? And more, what if he could begin to see this picture as one part of a larger, glorious work—-the only one that lasts? Well, then, we might end up with something like the 17th-century poem “The Windows” by Welsh-born Anglican priest George Herbert.
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Free eBook by Rebecca McLaughlin: ‘Jesus Through the Eyes of Women’
If the women who followed Jesus could tell you what he was like, what would they say?
Jesus’s treatment of women was revolutionary. That’s why they flocked to him. Wherever he went, they sought him out. Women sat at his feet and tugged at his robes. They came to him for healing, for forgiveness, and for answers. So what did women see in this first-century Jewish rabbi and what can we learn as we look through their eyes today?
In Jesus Through the Eyes of Women, Rebecca McLaughlin explores the life-changing accounts of women who met the Lord. By entering the stories of the named and unnamed women in the Gospels, this book gives readers a unique lens to see Jesus as these women did and marvel at how he loved them in return.
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