Women of the Bible in Context: Her God, Her Story, Her Voice
Rediscovering women of the Bible at the intersection of trauma, ancient historical context, and Biblical languages with Jessica LM Jenkins of We Who Thirst.
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Podcasting since 2024 • 33 episodes
Women of the Bible in Context: Her God, Her Story, Her Voice
Latest Episodes
033 Bathsheba, Abishag, and a Kingdom On The Brink (1 Kings 1-2)
The room is cold, the kingdom colder. David can’t keep warm, and the palace drafts Abishag the Shunammite to lie beside him—an ancient remedy that exposes a deeper crisis: a fading king, a fragile succession, and a court willing to spend a woma...
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Episode 33
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032 Ingrid Faro on the Hidden Pillars Of Salvation History
What if the Bible’s turning points hinge on women we were taught to ignore? We sit down with Dr. Ingrid Faro to follow a bright thread through Scripture—Eve’s resilient hope, Rahab’s audacious confession, Tamar’s righteous risk, Hannah’s prayer...
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Episode 32
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031 Presence Over Power: The Nativity As God’s Answer To Trauma
Advent isn’t a glossy postcard here; it’s a story told under the stare of a fortress and the echo of marching boots. We open the Nativity in the time of Herod and Rome, where fear, taxes, and crushed revolts shape daily life—and where lament be...
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Episode 31
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030 Bathsheba, Power, And A Better Hermeneutic - Interview with Liz Daye
Bathsheba’s story has been trimmed into a tidy cautionary tale for far too long. We open the text back up with hospital chaplain and theologian Liz Day to confront the real dynamics at work: power, consent, silence, and the cost borne by surviv...
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Episode 30
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029 Bathsheba: Her story is not adultery but abuse
(TW: Rape, sexual assault, abuse of power, murder)Start with the text, and the story starts to sound very different. We walk through 2 Samuel 11–12 line by line and confront the hard truth: Bathsheba was not a seductress or a co-conspira...
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