Author and speaker Katie McCoy says in the Old Testament laws we see God's heart for, not against, women.

No matter what her socioeconomic status, no matter what her culture, the value that she had came because she was made in God's image,

and God defends the most vulnerable of women.

This is the Reviver Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Adorned.

For February 27, 26, I'm Dana Gresh.

Hey, are you following the Revive Our Hearts Bible reading plan this year? If so, today you read or will read chapters 24 to 26 of the Book of Deuteronomy.

Chapter 24 starts off with some laws about certificates of divorce.

Chapter 25 has laws about what is called Leverett marriage.

Basically, if a man dies without an heir, then it's his brother's responsibility to marry the widow and have children with her.

Is that confusing?

Like, why would God give these directions? How can we see God's love in that kind of rule?

Well, I'm so glad you asked, because our guest today is going to talk about that along

with other Old Testament laws that might seem strange to us today.

Here's a quick note from our guest on what's coming up today.

I want to just give a little bit of warning. We're going to talk about the laws on, I call it,

like, coerced disgrace. It's the passage in Deuteronomy 22 about sexual assault. I just want to

make sure that you can make space for that. We will be looking at it in terms of its legal ramifications, but it's a very

heavy topic. So I just want you to be aware of that. Dr. Katie McCoy speaks on women's

issues a lot. She's the author of the award-winning book To Be a Woman, The Confusion

Over Female Identity, and How Christians Christians can respond. We'll hear the third

part of a message she gave at True Woman not too long ago. True Woman is a large international

conference sponsored every other year or so by Reviver Hearts. If you missed any of the previous

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