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Bad Girls of the Bible and What We Tin can Learn From Them (1999)

by Liz Curtis Higgs

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Lessons in Good Living From the Bible'southward Bad News Belles. Women everywhere marvel at those good girls in Scripture-Sarah, Mary, Esther-but on well-nigh days, that's non who they encounter when they look in the mirror. Virtually women (if they're honest) run into the selfishness of Sapphira or the charade of Delilah.

They take hold of of glimpse of Jezebel'south take-charge pride or Eve'southward disastrous disobedience. Like Bathsheba, Herodias, and the rest, today'due south modernistic woman is surrounded past temptations, exhausted by the demands of daily living, and encumbered by her own desires. So what's a good girl to practice? Larn from their lives, says dearest sense of humor writer Liz Curtis Higgs, and past God'south grace, choose a meliorate path. In Bad Girls of the Bible, Higgs offers a unique and articulate-sighted approach to understanding those other women in Scripture, combining a contemporary retelling of their stories with a solid, poetry-past-verse report of their mistakes and what lessons women today can learn from them. Whether they were Bad to the Bone, Bad for a Season, but Not Forever or merely Bad for a Moment, these infamous sisters show women how non to handle the challenges of life. With her trademark humour and encouragement, Liz Curtis Higgs teaches usa how to avoid their tragic mistakes and joyfully embrace grace.

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And when she was practiced
She was very, very expert,
But when she was bad she was horrid.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Always and Forever. To my brilliant married man, Bill Higgs, Ph.D., who has extended more grace to this Former Bad Daughter than she always imagined possible. I love yous with all my heart.
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Lessons in Expert Living From the Bible'south Bad News Belles. Women everywhere marvel at those proficient girls in Scripture-Sarah, Mary, Esther-only on most days, that'due south not who they encounter when they expect in the mirror. Most women (if they're honest) come across the selfishness of Sapphira or the deception of Delilah. They catch of glimpse of Jezebel's take-charge pride or Eve's disastrous defiance. Similar Bathsheba, Herodias, and the rest, today's mod woman is surrounded by temptations, wearied by the demands of daily living, and burdened by her own desires. So what's a good daughter to exercise? Acquire from their lives, says beloved sense of humour writer Liz Curtis Higgs, and by God's grace, cull a ameliorate path. In Bad Girls of the Bible, Higgs offers a unique and clear-sighted approach to agreement those other women in Scripture, combining a gimmicky retelling of their stories with a solid, verse-past-verse study of their mistakes and what lessons women today can learn from them. Whether they were Bad to the Bone, Bad for a Season, but Not Forever or just Bad for a Moment, these infamous sisters show women how not to handle the challenges of life. With her trademark humor and encouragement, Liz Curtis Higgs teaches us how to avoid their tragic mistakes and joyfully embrace grace.

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