SHEERAH: CITY BUILDERAs we’ve been working our way from Eve to Bathsheba, we’ve been walking in chronological lockstep with history. Today's story, however, breaks that pattern. Although Bathsheba's story is recorded in Samuel and Kings, and today's...
HANNAH: PRAYIN' MAMAWhen we first meet Hannah, she is at home with her husband Elkanah AND his other wife, Peninnah, and their children. Hannah has no children of her own. Elkanah is descended from the tribe of Ephraim and his family worships the LOR...
JAEL: HOSTESS ASSASSINWhen we first meet Jael she is greeting an unexpected visitor outside her tent. She barely recognizes him, but invites him in anyway. His name is Sisera, and he’s a Canaanite General who has been oppressing nearby Hebrews for th...
SARAH: MIRACLE MOMToday, we’re going to learn about one of the MATRIARCHS of the faith. Matriarchs? Yes. ❤️Maybe you’ve heard of the patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Well, I’m here to remind us all that they were married, and their wives were...
MARY OF BETHANY: INTUITIVE DISCIPLEWhen we first meet Mary, she is at home with her sister Martha in Bethany (less than 2 miles from Jerusalem). Mary and Martha live with their brother Lazarus and host Jesus and his disciples frequently at their home...
MARTHA: ATTENTIVE HOSTESS When we first meet Martha, she is busy entertaining a house FULL of guests. Martha, her sister Mary, and their brother Lazarus live together in the town of Bethany which is located less than two miles from Jerusalem.We have...
ANNA: PIOUS PROPHETESSWe first meet Anna at the same place we could have met her any other day in the previous 60+ years of her life: the Temple in Jerusalem. Anna marries young, but her husband dies only seven years later making her a widow with no...
MARY: DEVOTED MOTHERWhen we first meet Mary, she is at her home in Nazareth in Galilee (northern Israel). We don't know exactly how old she is, but we do know she is old enough to be betrothed (like engagement on steroids) to a man named Joseph and o...
ELIZABETH: EXPECTANT ELDERWhen we first meet Elizabeth, she is at home waiting for her husband, Zechariah, to return from his special time of service at the Temple in Jerusalem. Both she and her husband are descended from priests, but they themselves...
ELIZABETH: EXPECTANT ELDERWhen we first meet Elizabeth, she is at home waiting for her husband, Zechariah, to return from his special time of service at the Temple in Jerusalem. Both she and her husband are descended from priests, but they themselves...