"In an increasingly broken world, Woman of Valor brings a much-needed call to action for women to be courageous. I encourage you to delve into this captivating book." —Lauren Perdue Olympic gold medalist in swimming Deep Down, Don't You Long to Be a World-Changer? Did you know that the famed Proverbs 31 woman was more than just a "virtuous woman"? In Hebrew, she is called a woman of valor. And if you think the Bible paints women as "less than," better look again! Inspirational speaker Marilynn Chadwick, a former agnostic, was fascinated by the powerful portrayals of women right in the pages of Scripture—courageous women who fought wars, foiled genocidal plots, and raised world-changing kids. Like these women, you were designed by God to bravely and faithfully give life to the world around you. More than just a virtuous woman, you were created to be a woman of valor. Marilynn invites you on a quest to discover your true calling. Step into real-life stories of incredible women in her own community, along with those she has met in her travels to India, Lebanon, Sudan, and more. Women who share beautiful and powerful traits you can uncover and incorporate into your own life to become a world-changing woman of valor. Includes a VALOR QUEST study guide to help you embark on a unique and life-changing journey

"A Woman of Valour is the biography of Marie-Louise Bouchard Labelle, a French-Canadian woman who found love with a priest thirty-three years her senior. Against all social convention, they lived, produced three children, and built a life together after fleeing their village. However, after several years together, Bouchard's husband ultimately chose to return to the priesthood, abandoning his family as a result. Through interviews and documentation, Claire Trepanier tells Bouchard's story of survival while highlighting the history of women's stature in Canada, and raising a question about the celibacy of Catholic priests."--Publisher's description

"In an increasingly broken world, Woman of Valor brings a much-needed call to action for women to be courageous. I encourage you to delve into this captivating book." —Lauren Perdue Olympic gold medalist in swimming Deep Down, Don't You Long to Be a World-Changer? Did you know that the famed Proverbs 31 woman was more than just a "virtuous woman"? In Hebrew, she is called a woman of valor. And if you think the Bible paints women as "less than," better look again! Inspirational speaker Marilynn Chadwick, a former agnostic, was fascinated by the powerful portrayals of women right in the pages of Scripture—courageous women who fought wars, foiled genocidal plots, and raised world-changing kids. Like these women, you were designed by God to bravely and faithfully give life to the world around you. More than just a virtuous woman, you were created to be a woman of valor. Marilynn invites you on a quest to discover your true calling. Step into real-life stories of incredible women in her own community, along with those she has met in her travels to India, Lebanon, Sudan, and more. Women who share beautiful and powerful traits you can uncover and incorporate into your own life to become a world-changing woman of valor. Includes a VALOR QUEST study guide to help you embark on a unique and life-changing journey

New York Times Bestseller. With just the right mixture of humor and insight, compassion and incredulity, A Year of Biblical Womanhood is an exercise in scriptural exploration and spiritual contemplation. What does God truly expect of women, and is there really a prescription for biblical womanhood? Come along with Evans as she looks for answers in the rich heritage of biblical heroines, models of grace, and all-around women of valor. What is "biblical womanhood" . . . really? Strong-willed and independent, Rachel Held Evans couldn't sew a button on a blouse before she embarked on a radical life experiment--a year of biblical womanhood. Intrigued by the traditionalist resurgence that led many of her friends to abandon their careers to assume traditional gender roles in the home, Evans decides to try it for herself, vowing to take all of the Bible's instructions for women as literally as possible for a year. Pursuing a different virtue each month, Evans learns the hard way that her quest for biblical womanhood requires more than a "gentle and quiet spirit" (1 Peter 3:4). It means growing out her hair, making her own clothes, covering her head, obeying her husband, rising before dawn, abstaining from gossip, remaining silent in church, and even camping out in the front yard during her period. See what happens when a thoroughly modern woman starts referring to her husband as "master" and "praises him at the city gate" with a homemade sign. Learn the insights she receives from an ongoing correspondence with an Orthodox Jewish woman, and find out what she discovers from her exchanges with a polygamist wife. Join her as she wrestles with difficult passages of scripture that portray misogyny and violence against women.

The Chayil Woman a new book by Stella Payton...Proverbs 31:10 "Who can find a VIRTUOUS CHAYIL woman? For her price is far above rubies." KJVFew people realize that virtuous is translated from the Hebrew word CHAYIL. To the King James Translators, virtue was emphasized for good reason. Crusade wars had waged for over 200 years. They took men away from their families for years at a time. It was important that the "virtue" of their women remain intact in their absence. However, for a Hebrew woman, moral purity was a given. To do otherwise meant a swift death. Chayil in its original framework is ESHET CHAYIL meaning woman of VALOR. It is great courage in the face of danger. It implies bravery--doing what frightens you; pluck--the kind of daring that enables you to quickly remove someone from a dangerous; nerve--braced mentally to face demanding situations; audacious--taking bold risks with confident, dauntless--fearless; ; moxie--force of character with determination and nerve. This is a Chayil Woman. And these are the characteristics women need today.But Chayil doesn't stop with valor. More that 50% of the time this word is translated, it is in the context of VICTORIOUS WARFARE. Another 25% of the time it is in the context of WEALTH and the ability to acquire wealth. When you add all this up, CHAYIL was a woman who knew how to fight and win the battle of the Home, Community and Marketplace. CHAYIL is the WEALTH of Deuteronomy 8:18 and Proverbs 13:22. CHAYIL changes everything we thought we knew about the VIRTUOUS WOMAN.Furthermore, Jewish Rabbis teach that the Virtuous Woman of Proverbs 31 is an allegory. She was a representation of the Body of Christ for our time. She is a symbol of what the Kingdom of God can do in order to release the will of God on earth as it is in heaven. This is the season for the Wealth and Wisdom of the Chayil Woman to manifest. It is time for her to arise, to shine. For her light has come.

"A woman of valor, who can find?She is far more precious than jewels."Valor invites you to embark upon a life-changing personal journey to become God's intended version of yourself. An encounter with the Woman of Valor, or Eishet Chayil, will challenge and encourage the courageous few who dare to become acquainted with her. The Woman of Valor is the biblical archetype of God's beloved bride - a woman who embraces the spiritual and the physical aspects of life with beauty and grace. Solomon composed this passage as an acrostic using each of the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Each verse is a jewel of wisdom and insight into an eternal principle of godly femininity and strength. Valor will unlock each of these twenty-two insights as it leads the reader verse by verse through the text of Proverbs 31. You are invited to step away from the barrage of noise and confusing voices of our current culture and find refreshing clarity for your soul. Come meet the Woman of Valor in a way that provides spiritual insight and practical application.ROBIN R. LUTON is the wife of author and teacher L. Grant Luton. Together they have served the community of Beth Tikkun Messianic Fellowship in Akron, Ohio for more than twenty years. Robin has made a life pursuit of understanding gender roles and the beauty of biblical marriage. This book is a compilation of insights and understanding gleaned from years of her pursuit to learn from the Woman of Valor's personification of femininity.

A Guide to Navigate Evangelical Feminism In a society where gender roles are a hot-button topic, the church is not immune to the controversy. In fact, the church has wrestled with varying degrees of evangelical feminism for decades. As evangelical feminism has crept into the church, time-trusted resources like Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood help remind Christians of what the Bible has to say. In this edition of the award-winning best seller, more than 20 influential men and women such as John Piper, Wayne Grudem, D. A. Carson, and Elisabeth Elliot offer thought-provoking essays responding to the challenge egalitarianism poses to life in the church and in the home. Covering topics like role distinctions in the church, how biblical manhood and womanhood should work out in practice, and women in the history of the church, this helpful resource will help readers learn to orient their beliefs with God's unchanging word in an ever-changing culture.