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

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! What She Chats about in Today's Episode: ~Answering the question "What is Biblical womanhood?" as a kick-off of sorts to an entire series coming up soon ~How my own understanding of Biblical womanhood has changed over the years ~The extremes and main camps of thought surrounding the topic of Biblical womanhood ~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 ~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 ~The rich, robust, beautiful picture of womanhood by God's design that we find in the Scriptures  ~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 ~Four truths about Biblical womanhood: *Biblical womanhood is womanhood as God designed it, Genesis-Revelation *Biblical womanhood is for every woman, applicable to every woman, and good news for every woman; it can look like being: -A wife, mother, and homemaker (Titus 2:3-5) -A leader like Deborah (Judges 4 & 5) -Working to provide financially for your family (the book of Ruth) -A Great Commission worker like Priscilla, proclaiming truth to her brothers-in-Christ (Acts 18:24-26, Romans 16) -Running a business like the Proverbs 31 woman and Lydia (Proverbs 31, Acts 16:14) -Being a servant (or deaconess) of the church like Phoebe (Romans 16:1-2) -Serving the poor and needy (Proverbs 31:20, Acts 9:36, 1 Timothy 5:9-10) *Biblical womanhood has been clearly defined by God and is to be embraced by us *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. ~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 ~Understanding where a woman's true worth lies ~The reality that marriage and motherhood (as wonderful, impactful, beautiful, and important as those roles are!) are not the sum total of Biblical womanhood ~And more! For full shownotes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast