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From My Bookshelf to Yours: The Gospel-Centered Woman

August 14, 2013 By: demingglobal125 Comments

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Please pardon my dust! I’m renovating around here – and like me – this site is a work in progress! There are big things coming to Hive Resources in September. I’m releasing my first e-Bible study next month. So, while we’re under construction getting ready for the big reveal, I hope you’ll enter to win one of my favorite reads from this summer.  You don’t want to miss any giveaways in this series! And be sure to check back for all the fun things that will be happening here!

From my bookshelf to yours {Book Giveaways at Hive Resources}

The Gospel-Centered Woman


If there’s one book you should buy this fall, it’s Wendy Alsup’s The Gospel-Centered Woman: Understanding Biblical Womanhood through the Lens of the Gospel. Written from a strong complementarian position, Alsup encourages women to let their identity as God’s image bearers equip them for their particular role in life – whether single, married, childless, mother, or widow.

 

What I loved about this book:

Enter to win a copy of The Gospel Centered Woman {@MelissaGDeming of Hive Resources}Most books on biblical womanhood focus on female figures in the Bible. I love those books! I love stories of how God works through ordinary wives and mothers. But Alsup asks the reader to elevate her eyesight beyond human figures – as much as we can learn from them – and fix her gaze on Christ. Because it is his image to which we are being restored, he alone should be the ultimate role model we prize for everyday life.

Most books on biblical womanhood focus on Scripture’s prescriptives for married women and mothers. I love those books too – I need all the help I can get in being a godly wife and mom! But Alsup urges women to find her greatest sense of fulfillment in Christ above any other role or any other person. Rightly ordered affections (God first, then husband, then family) will result in a strong women who is gospel-centered and best equipped to serve both her family and husband in the ways Scripture lays out for us. This has HUGE implications for single, divorced, widowed, and childless women.

 

Why you should buy this book:

Enter to win a copy of Wendy Alsup's new book over at Hive Resources}You should buy this book for these quotes alone. They’re the kind of words you underline and highlight and then go back and draw little arrows in the margin because you don’t want to forget them. (Hopefully, someone else does that besides me).  Here are some of my favorites:

“Godliness with contentment does not mean pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. If the phrase fills you with guilt, you are missing the entire point. The gospel does not obligate you to contentment. It equips you for contentment.”

“While the Proverbs 31 wife reflects back to the first woman created in perfection, she also reflects forward to the wife of Ephesians 5 who, redeemed by Christ, is equipped to reclaim the image of God in her relationship with her husband.”

“When the strong helper made in the image of God offers respect to her husband, the meaning of that respect is compounded tenfold by the strong character of the giver.”

Want to win a copy? I’m giving away a copy to one lucky Hive Resources reader! Enter below. US Residents only please. Contest ends Friday at midnight IS OVER.  Congrats to Abigail! And don’t forget to check back next week – I’m giving away one more book you’ll love and maybe even a little sneak peek at my forthcoming Bible study!

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I was provided a copy of this book to review. This post contains affiliate links. For more information, click here.

 

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Comments

  1. Lori Harris says

    August 14, 2013 at 11:04 am

    Would love to have this book! It would be a happy shift from my normal read. Thanks for the giveaway!

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    • demingglobal1 says

      August 14, 2013 at 7:46 pm

      Thanks for entering, Lori!

      Reply
  2. Megan says

    August 14, 2013 at 12:09 pm

    A similarly-themed title I love is Because He Loves Me by Fitzpatrick. This book sounds great, too! Thanks for the review.

    Reply
    • demingglobal1 says

      August 14, 2013 at 7:47 pm

      Oh Yes, that book is great, Megan!

      Reply
  3. Jessica Grimes says

    August 14, 2013 at 12:25 pm

    One I enjoyed from college is called Lady in Waiting

    Reply
  4. shana says

    August 14, 2013 at 1:25 pm

    Looking forward to reading

    Reply
  5. Tracy Demmer says

    August 14, 2013 at 2:50 pm

    “Feminine Appeal”

    Reply
  6. Mara hampton says

    August 14, 2013 at 5:22 pm

    A wife after Gods own heart is still one of my favorites.

    Reply
  7. Ann Dunlap says

    August 14, 2013 at 5:54 pm

    As a women’s ministry leader I’m always looking for good studies to do. Thanks for this opportunity!

    Reply
    • demingglobal1 says

      August 14, 2013 at 7:48 pm

      Ann, this would make a great study for a women’s group. In fact, there are discussion questions for each chapter and you could interact with the author on her blog.

      Reply
  8. Katie T. says

    August 14, 2013 at 6:24 pm

    Love Wendy Alsup’s writing and would love to win this book!

    Reply
  9. Angela Robbins says

    August 14, 2013 at 6:53 pm

    I love “A Women After God’s Own Heart” (as well as the others in that “series” of course!)

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    • demingglobal1 says

      August 14, 2013 at 8:12 pm

      Thanks for stopping by again Angela! Always happy to see your name pop up!

      Reply
  10. Elizabeth says

    August 14, 2013 at 7:41 pm

    One of the first books that I read on Biblical womanhood was “Feminine Appeal”, and it is probably one of my favorites. I’ve also gleaned a lot from “The Fruitful Wife” by Haley DiMarco but would like to read it with some more spiritually mature women to flesh out some areas where I had questions. 😉

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    • demingglobal1 says

      August 14, 2013 at 7:49 pm

      Elizabeth, Thanks for stopping by and entering to win the book. Also, have you checked out the virtual book club at Desiring Virtue? It is a site owned by a friend and they read through some great Christian books together. http://www.desiringvirtue.com/

      Reply
  11. nive says

    August 15, 2013 at 12:54 pm

    Would love to win a copy of this.

    Reply
  12. Christina says

    August 15, 2013 at 2:29 pm

    Love this! Thanks!

    Reply
  13. Jessica B. says

    August 15, 2013 at 7:36 pm

    Is there any way to enter for us non-Facebook users? I quit Facebook 2 years ago because I was convicted of how much time I was giving it rather than my family…and I never get to enter any giveaways. I loved her book Practical Theology for Women and would really like this one.

    Reply
  14. Lisa Gonsalez says

    August 15, 2013 at 10:12 pm

    I think I could benefit from a book like this. Just not in my budget at this time.

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  15. Beth Smith says

    August 15, 2013 at 10:14 pm

    The Excellent Wife by Martha Peace is one I love.
    Thanks for the opportunity to win The Gospel Centered Woman!

    Reply
  16. Corine Hyman says

    August 15, 2013 at 11:00 pm

    Dont have a favorite book on Biblical womanhood but I have been wanting to do a study on how to be the woman God created me to be and this book sounds wonderful.

    Reply
  17. Katelyn says

    August 15, 2013 at 11:18 pm

    I recently finished “Passion & Purity” by Elisabeth Elliot, so good!

    Reply
  18. Emily@redeemedreader.com says

    August 15, 2013 at 11:48 pm

    This looks really solid, Melissa! Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

    Reply
  19. Donna Collis says

    August 16, 2013 at 7:41 pm

    Am going to have to read this book. Thanks Melissa.

    Reply

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