Feminism & Deep Terrible Want (Ruth, 1Samuel)

08/10/2021 51 min Episodio 8

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Episode Synopsis

Some storylines we recently read in the Bible reminded us that people use the Bible to promote feminism, to varying degrees. We need to use these passages to promote the gospel, first, but we discuss how we don't know everything and we have questions too. The story of Ruth's mother-in-law and of Samuel's mom reflect a time and place that isn't easily transposed into this day and age. But Let's propose that the reality for both women is that they lack, and they know the same deep and terrible WANT which drove the Israelite nation to cry out for their own King; the same want which drove Achan to take treasure from the loot dedicated to be for the Lord; the same want which drove the first humans to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.