Carolyn Custis James Quotes

• Joy isn't grounded in our circumstances; it is grounded in the unchanging character of God.

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  Character, Joy, Unchanging

  Carolyn Custis James (2002). “When Life and Beliefs Collide: How Knowing God Makes a Difference”, p.146, Zondervan

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• In the beginning no power differential existed between male and female. God empowered both with full rights and responsibility to rule outward over all creation, not over each other. As we know all too well, the fall changed everything, precipitating male rule over women and also the rule of some men over other men, a.k.a., patriarchy. Within patriarchy, women no longer derive their value from their Creator, but from men - father, husband, and sons. Within patriarchy, a woman's value is gauged by counting her sons.

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  Husband, Father, Fall

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• The moment the word 'why' crosses your lips, you are doing theology.

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  Lips, Moments, Crosses

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• Desde el principio, Dios diseñó un mundo en el que sus portadores de imagen -hombre y mujer juntos- eran su Equipo A para hacer las cosas en el mundo. Era algo más que un "¿no estaría bien que los hombres y las mujeres se llevaran mejor?". Dios sabía que así funcionaría mejor su mundo y floreceríamos como Él quiere. Hombres y mujeres - juntos - en una alianza que recibió la bendición explícita de Dios.

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  Nice, Blessing, Men

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• I have to ask myself how I can possibly expect to know Jesus as he would want to be known if my life remains unscathed by trouble and grief. How can I hope to grasp anything of God's heart for this broken planet if I never weep because its brokenness touches me and breaks my heart? How can I reflect his image if I never share in his sufferings? And how will any of us ever learn to treasure his hesed and grace if we never experience phases where these blessings seem absent?

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  Jesus, Grief, Heart

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• First and foremost, God is the true hero of the story. No matter how captivating the other characters may be, our top priority is to discover what the Bible reveals about God.

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  Hero, Character, Priorities

  Carolyn Custis James (2011). “The Gospel of Ruth: Loving God Enough to Break the Rules”, p.30, Harper Collins

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• The strongest statement ever made about women's rights appears on page one of the Bible. God's first words about his daughters established an indestructible foundation for women's rights because God anchored those rights in himself. By creating his daughters along with his sons in his image and likeness, God elevated every human being to the highest possible rank. Which means any mistreatment - verbal, emotional, or physical - of any woman or girl amounts to defacement of God himself, for she bears his image.

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  Girl, Daughter, Mean

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• The ezer is a warrior, and this has far-reaching implications for women, not only in marriage, but in every relationship, season, and walk of life.

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  Warrior, Reaching, Walks

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• The Bible doesn't speak of "women's rights" in the social-political language we're used to hearing today. Still, that doesn't mean the Bible is silent on the subject.

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  Mean, Today, Language

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• Faith may want answers, but somehow it is able to survive without them.

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  Answers, May, Want

  Carolyn Custis James (2011). “The Gospel of Ruth: Loving God Enough to Break the Rules”, p.84, Harper Collins

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• Talking Taboo es un libro innovador. Este coro de audaces voces femeninas ofrece a la Iglesia la oportunidad de abordar cuestiones reales, pero con demasiada frecuencia evitadas o pasadas por alto, que afectan a innumerables mujeres cristianas hoy en día. Sus sinceros ensayos abarcan un amplio espectro de perspectivas. Los lectores se sentirán identificados con algunos de ellos y sorprendidos por otros. Escribir Talking Taboo requirió valor. Leer Tabú también requiere valor. Así que abróchense los cinturones y prepárense para una lectura reveladora pero de vital importancia.

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  Christian, Real, Book

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• Officially, the New Testament church at an early stage took seriously their responsibility for widows who lacked family or other resources. The office of deacon was instituted initially to address this pressing need.

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  Responsibility, Office, Church

  Carolyn Custis James (2011). “The Gospel of Ruth: Loving God Enough to Break the Rules”, p.69, Harper Collins

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• My book in a nutshell is about the deleterious effects of patriarchy down through the ages for women and for men and how the Bible dismantles this fallen social system. I'm completely persuaded that patriarchy is not the Bible's message, but that it runs counter to God's vision for humanity. It produces tension and disunity between men and women that run contrary to God's vision for his world.

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  Running, Book, Men

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• The months of political campaigning have given us vivid reminders that women's rights are under constant assault all over the globe. Tragically even the church has some self-examination to do, where often women are perceived as a threat or viewed as temptresses.

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  Political, Church, Threat

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• There is a golden opportunity here for Christian men to assume a national leadership role by engaging in conversation with women.

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  Christian, Opportunity, Men

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• The overwhelming female protest to the presidential election perhaps is an accurate indicator of how essential it is to understand women, the issues they face, and the need to address women's rights, not just nationally, but globally.

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  Presidential, Female, Election

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• Women's rights is an important and challenging question for us to be asking. It focuses attention on a global issue that in the wake of the 2016 presidential election reached a fever pitch and flooded city streets with pink-hatted protestors. The stakes are enormously high for women, but also for the church.

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  Presidential, Challenges, Important

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• In 1855, a former American slave remarked: "Tisn't he who has stood and looked on, that can tell you what slavery is - tis he who has endured."I think the same holds true for women's rights. The incredulity in the question, "What rights don't women have presently that they are marching about?" reflects a troubling disconnect that comes from power and privilege.

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  Thinking, Slavery, Slave

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• Our society and especially those who suffer injustice need to feel the impact of our commitment to justice and our advocacy for the vulnerable.

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  Commitment, Justice, Suffering

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• The biblical assertion that women are created in God's image and Boaz's advocacy for Ruth and Naomi necessarily mean women, then and now, have inherent God-given rights. This surely means the church should be at the forefront of advocating for women's rights - not merely political and legal rights, but as in the case of Boaz moving beyond the letter of the law to exceed how any culture regards women.

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  Moving, Mean, Biblical

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• Women and men who are pro-life in every sense of the word marched side-by-side with pro-choice women because they care about so many common issues. We are already joined in common-cause to end sex-trafficking, pornography, discrimination, bullying, and a host of other issues.

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  Bullying, Men, Care

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