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  • Three Steps to Change Your Life: Lessons from Rahab
    Posted on Monday, August 8th, 2022 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Boaz, Carol McClain, James 2:17, Jesse, Jewish Women's Archive, Joshua 2, King David, Matthew 1:5, powerful women, prostitution, Rahab, redemption, Salmon, Shalvi/Hyman encyclopedia of Jewish Women, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain Is your past unforgivable? Definitely not. Consider Rahab, one of the ancestors of Jesus, mentioned in Matthew 1:5. She was a prostitute. No little girl–or boy–decides as a child, “I’ll be a prostitute.” What forces one into this lifestyle? Drugs? Abuse? Poverty? They say this is the oldest profession, and indeed, we read about prostitutes …[ read more ]

  • Your Past Can Be Forgiven: Rahab
    Posted on Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, Jewish Women's Archive, Joshua 2, Matthew 1:5, powerful women, prostitution, Rahab, redemption, Shalvi/Hyman encyclopedia of Jewish Women, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain Is your past unforgiveable? Definitely not. Consider Rahab, one of the ancestors of Jesus, mentioned in Matthew 1:5. She was a prostitute. No one chooses this lifestyle. In ancient Israel, women found few avenues of employment. If unmarried or widowed, they very often had to turn to prostitution in order to survive. Who wants to …[ read more ]

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    • Five Reasons to Love that People Hate What You Stand For

      Carol McClain Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matt. 5:10 Ah the Beatitudes. How we love them. Until-- Verse ten. Why did God put that one in? Blessed? How can we be blessed? Five Reasons to Love that People Hate What You Stand For 2 Tim. 3: 12 In contemporary media, when a Christian is a character, he/she's the villain. Why? We're a light to the world. The darkness--aka sin--is exposed when the light shines. If you speak the truth, people will hate you. But the caveat is: Christians can… ...[ full story ]

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