Mystery
Women of the Bible
& the life-changing secrets behind
their stories
by Rebekah Montgomery
IN
Mystery
Women of the Bible, WE PUT TOGETHER the pieces
to complete fascinating, often shocking portraits of women we only think
we know so well! Their stories will shock you, make you laugh, cry,
and most of all give you courage and a greater sense what happens when
the life-changing power of God impacts an ordinary woman's life.
Bathsheba
Her
marriage to a rich and powerful man started out all wrong. Could it
ever be right?
Mary of Nazareth
Mentioned less than 30 times in the canonical Bible, yet her
story is bedrock to the New Testament. Can we separate fact from fiction?
Dorcas
How did she change lives with a needle?
Deborah
How did her strategy win a war?
Ruth, the Widow of Zarephath, the Woman
at the Well, Anna the Prophetess, & Mary of Nazareth…Their
lives have been simplified, sanitized, and shrouded, but these women
of the Bible were flesh-and-blood souls who teach volumes about God.
Clues to their lives, like scattered mosaic tiles, are strewn tantalizingly
throughout the Word, ancient Jewish traditions, Eastern culture, and
archeology.
Start a Mystery Woman of the Bible
Book Club and author Rebekah Montgomery will visit your book club FREE
— by telephone!
How? It’s easy!
Schedule
a time by sending an email to Rebekah. (Be sure to put ‘book club’
in the memo.) Once Rebekah has confirmed the date and time, she will
telephone your book club, take questions, and join the discussion and
fun. Your book club must be in the continental United States and have
at least five members.
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Mystery Mystery Women of the Bible
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You Can Start a
Mystery Woman of the Bible Book Club
Book clubs are a great way to make new friends and expand your women’s
ministry’s outreach in a non-threatening seeker-friendly fashion.
Mystery Women of the Bible is an excellent choice for your first club
selection because women love mysteries and the lives of these mystery
women is so approachable. Every woman in attendance will find something
in common with these women of yesterday, and hopefully, come to know
and trust in their God.
Steps to Getting Started
It’s easier than you might think and more fun than you might have
imagined starting a Mystery Women of the Bible Book Club.
1. Search and advertise for members
The first step in creating your book club is to find four to 10 women
who can participate. Advertise in your local newspaper and post notices
at the library, churches and bookstores. Look for a diverse group of
people. If all your members have similar attitudes and viewpoints, your
book discussions will be short and boring. Because you have chosen Mystery
Women of the Bible as your first book, be sure to include that fact
in your announcements.
2. Choose the place and the time
For the first meeting, you can send out invitations. You might wish
to make your own home the meeting place and take turns after that. At
the first meeting, you will need to decide if your club is meeting weekly,
biweekly, once a month, and for how long. Be sure to have some munchies
around. The hostess usually provides these and it's wise to discuss
how fancy you want be — popcorn, pizza, or a simple dessert.
3. Make an agenda
Decide how many chapters the group will read each week by creating a
reasonable timeline to finish reading the book so no one feels overwhelmed,
anxious, or bored. Twelve sessions is a logical number as Mystery Women
of the Bible has 12 chapters but some chapters may prompt more discussion.
4. Have good discussion
Encourage your members to read Mystery Women of the Bible with a highlighter,
paper, and a pencil or pen. While they read, encourage them to highlight
any sentences or paragraphs that are particularly meaningful or with
which they disagree. Ask them to jot down questions or thoughts that
occur to them on the paper and bring them along for discussion.
5. Have fun and pray!
Most importantly, have fun and pray for the members of your Mystery
Women of the Bible book club! Please don’t feel that you need
to change anyone’s mind or belief system. It is all about learning
God’s Word and letting the Holy Spirit do His job. He’s
SO much better at changing people than we are!
Want a sneak peek?
Here’s a chapter–by chapter synopsis of
Mystery
Women of the Bible
By Rebekah Montgomery
Chapter 1 Ruth & Naomi: An Eternal
Kind of Love
Ruth (Book of Ruth) had no hope of a future or a family when her innate
kindness drove to a foreign country where she didn’t know the
language, customs, or God. She demonstrated two qualities that irresistibly
attract the favor of God and man: compassion and courage. We’ll
visit the Bethlehem farms and learn how to thresh, winnow, and glean.
We’ll also ask what she was doing on the threshing floor at night.
Chapter 2 Bathsheba: Temptress or Victim?
Part One
Her name is synonymous with intrigue and forbidden love. Why was she
bathing in eyeshot of the king? We’ll stand on a rooftop overlooking
the City of David and see what David was able to see and discover the
fountain of true beauty. Did she go from adulteress to mother of the
future king to the model for the Virtuous Woman? Her marriage started
out so wrong: Did it ever truly become a love match?
Chapter 3 Mary of Nazareth: What Did It
Cost Her To Be the Handmaiden of God?
While she is arguably the most famous woman in the New Testament, she
is probably the least understood. What did her family tree have to do
with God choosing her to be the mother of the Messiah? What were the
teachers of the Law saying about the Messiah? We will visit Nazareth
and discover what it truly means to invite Jesus to live in us as did
Mary.
Chapter 4 The
Woman at the Well: Why Did Jesus Ask Her For A Drink?
There are lots of obvious curiosities in this story (John 4) but more
subtle ones as well. Why was she collecting water in the middle of the
day? Why was it unusual for Jesus, a Jewish man, to speak to a Samaritan
woman? Why this woman? We will explore the ancient, broken link between
the Jews and the Samaritans, how they differ, and talk about the unique
ministry open to a woman with a past.
Chapter 5 The Widow of Zarephath: How Did She Feed Her Family on Faith?
When a terrible famine gripped Israel, miraculously honored the obedience
and faith of one woman (1 Kings 17, Luke 4). We will make bread the
same way she did for the prophet and talk about the how single mothers
can encourage Godly faith in their children.
Chapter 6 Deborah: How Did Her Strategy Win a War?
How was Deborah (Judges 4) able to inspire a visionless leader and his
weak army to overcome impossible odds? We'll view the battlefield of
Armageddon from Mount Tabor with an Israeli female army captain and
talk strategy, courage, and leadership support in the face of tremendous
odds.
Chapter 7 Anna
the Prophetess: What Was Her Vision of the Future?
We
will explore why Anna (Luke 2) gave up marriage and family to fast and
intercede day and night for Israel. What was she hoping God would do?
To answer that question, we will be talking to women at the Western
Wall praying for Israel and the coming of the Messiah, tying that to
interceding for revival in our communities and country.
Chapter 8 Dorcas:
How Did She Build a Church With a Needle?
Of
all of the great teachers and apostles on earth in her day, why was
Dorcas (Acts 9) so effective in her particular community? We'll interview
the seamstress and fiber craftswomen of Joppa and talk about why Christian
women need to see the unique respond to basic human needs with the love
of Jesus.
