Welcome to the Journey Women Podcast. I'm your host, Hunter Beelis. Life's a journey we were

never meant to walk alone. We all need friends along the way. On the Journey Women Podcast, we'll

chat with mentors about gracefully navigating the seasons and challenges we face on our journeys

to glorify God. On today's episode of the Journey Women Podcast, I'm chatting with Dr. Michael

Haken about Church History. Dr. Haken's the chair and professor of Church History at these Southern

Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky and director of the Andrew Fuller Center

for Baptist Studies. Y'all, he did such a great job engaging a somewhat daunting topic in a

really relatable and interesting way. Here's a little snippet on why Church History is relevant for us

as a women in the Church. And so using text from the past as a usable past, as not only an item to

be studied in its context, which it has to be, but also does it say anything to me today? And of course

it does. We have that long list of witnesses in Hebrews 11 and the writer of Hebrews expected his

readers to be encouraged and challenged and rebued by the faith of those who've gone before. And

likewise with, we can do the same. So, you know, that there is a great line of women who are witnesses.

We spent some time diving into the line of great women that Dr. Haken mentioned and he left

us with some sincere encouragement that God can use us in our normalcy for his glory right wherever

he has us today. I know you guys can't wait to get started, but before we go there, I've got to

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