The Call to the High Places

Browsing through the archives of ladiesagainstfeminism.com, led me to this forgotten gem by a Natalie N. I feel it needed a renewing.

As young women, our longing for romance and marriage is a desire at the core of our beings. This hope is part of the foundation of our identity as women; thus the wrestling we face when we are told to be content as singles or to “put our emotions to sleep” can be overpowering. The answer I have discovered is simple, yet so profound that I can barely scratch the surface of its truth, even in a full-length book. It lies in keeping our eyes fixed on something higher than earthly romance: the High Places.

Read the rest here.

A Few Words on College

By Maria Pauline

-There is much more to a good education that textbooks and college professors. Rather than studying for exams, I would like to develop other skills more fully, such as sewing, cooking, and the arts.
-I have already studied many subjects in high school and should be able to live a happy and successful life without a college diploma.
-I do not wish to be indoctrinated with the deceptive lies that are prevalent on so many college campuses.

Read the rest here.

But What about Deborah?

"Why the Example of Deborah Does not Support the Candidacy of Sarah Palin"
by William Einwechter with an editorial introduction by Doug Phillips

An excerpt from the introduction:

...How do Christians support for the second highest elective office in America, a self-avowed feminist, mother of young children who goes back to work three days after giving birth to a Down syndrome baby, who has a child with a teenage pregnancy, who clearly leads the direction of her family, while her husband (whom she formally acknowledges plays a “Mr. Mom” role) follows her and helps to advance her leadership? How do partisan, politically-active Christian leaders do this, given the fact that this is the very type of feminist lifestyle and vision they have in the past opposed as unbiblical and unwise?

Answer: Appeal to fear; downplay the facts; and whenever biblical concerns are raised, simply mention Deborah....

....Long after the presidential elections of 2008 have passed, Christians will be fighting the battle for the family. But the pro-family Christians of 2008 who set aside their defense of the biblical doctrine of the family and the creation order principle to satisfy partisan political ambitions have lost something fundamental. They have lost the scriptural foundation of their cause. They have sold their birthright for a mess of politically idolatrous pottage. To win an election, they have not only embraced the ideals of feminism, but they have canonized the role models of feminism as saintly examples for the daughters of Zion to emulate...

An excerpt from the article:

...Evangelicals who have enough biblical sense to feel the weight of these concerns, and yet still believe that they should support Mrs. Palin and the McCain/Palin ticket (otherwise Obama might be elected!), seek to find some biblical justification for their position. In this search, all roads seem to lead to Deborah. In Deborah they see the answer to their dilemma. Here, they believe, is the example of a godly woman who exercised political leadership in Israel. Her ministry was obviously God-approved, and so the story of Deborah proves that, at least during extraordinary times, God calls women to serve as rulers, kings, and judges, and to lead men and nations. Therefore, from their perspective, the Christian debate about Mrs. Palin is over, and all the concerns of the previous paragraph are no longer valid. In their view, Sarah Palin is a Deborah for our day...

...we believe that it is foolish (if not blasphemous; cf. Titus 2:5) to compare the feminist Sarah Palin to Deborah and to use Deborah to validate her candidacy. Deborah was a prophetess who stood for God’s law in a corrupt society. Mrs. Palin is not a prophetess, and instead of standing for the authority and truth of the law of God, she has violated God’s law by her feminist life-style and her support of public policy positions that are contrary to God’s law. Deborah was a great prophetess; Sarah Palin is only another Republican politician...

Read the full essay here.
(A long article, but well worth the read!)

On Modesty

Brynne A. on Modesty:

The first reason to be modest is to serve God: Our bodies are created "for the Lord" and are "members of Christ." Our bodies are not our own, but "bought with a price", and for this reason we should glorify God with our bodies. (1 Corinthians 6:13 - 20). Because of this, Peter tells us that we should make it our goal to live the rest of our lives on earth not for human desires, but for the will of God (1 Peter 4:2).

The second reason to be modest is to serve others: Philippians 2:3 - 4, "Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than [herself]; do not merely look out for your own interests, but also for the the interests of others."

Read the full article here.

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