The Proverbs 31 Woman: Favored or Forsaken?

A lecture given at L’Abri Fellowship in Southborough,
Massachusetts. For more information,
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by Mary Frances Giles


The "Proverbs 31 Woman" has long been held up as a model of
virtue and character for Christian women, often appearing in
Mother's Day sermons and women's retreat talks. But at times she
has also been wielded with a heavy hand to keep women "in their
place," and can feel unrelatable to 21st Century Christians. So
what are we to do with this passage of Scripture? Is she a real
woman that only wives are meant to emulate, or did the author of
Proverbs have some other purpose in mind for all of us, men and
women alike? This lecture explores this beautiful, yet
complicated, biblical character in the context of Wisdom
literature and the full biblical narrative, with an aim of
unlocking her true purpose as a model of wisdom and faithfulness
for all God's people.


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