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The Girl Defined Show

How to Spot the Legalism Hiding in “Godly” Womanhood w/ Leslie Ludy

The Girl Defined Show

Bethany Beal and Kristen Clark

Girl Defined, Christian Teen, Girldefined, Christian Advice, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Christian Dating, Womanhood, Society & Culture, Christian Woman, Christian Girl

4.22.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Send us a text Is it possible to pursue godly femininity without getting tangled in legalism, fear, or performance-driven faith? In this eye-opening episode, I sit down with best-selling author and speaker Leslie Ludy to unpack the subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) ways legalism can creep into conservative Christian womanhood. We talk about the pressure to "look the part," the danger of equating holiness with a lifestyle checklist, and how to break free from rule-based faith and walk...

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0:00.0

All right, Sisterhood. So we have someone that some of you may know, some of you may not know,

0:05.5

but if you are in Bethany's world, I grew up reading all of Leslie Lutie's books, like seriously.

0:11.2

And so you might be, you know, a Taylor Swift fan or something like that.

0:15.5

Me, it was Leslie Lutie. It was like, oh my goodness, I could not get enough of her books.

0:20.3

And I remember one year I got

0:21.8

to travel to Colorado where they were and go to one of their events. And it was just like,

0:26.4

oh, you know, I was so starstruck by seeing you and seeing Eric. And I was just like, this is

0:31.2

amazing. So that really is like the world of Leslie Lutie for me. Like, oh my goodness, you were, you were just like this godly

0:38.6

woman that's a few years ahead of me that I looked up to and I just devoured your books. So for those

0:43.4

who know Leslie, you're like freaking out like me. And for those that don't, Leslie, thank you for

0:47.5

being here. And can you just rewind and share a little bit about who you are, about what you do, and really over the past years, kind of how you got

0:55.8

started in this. Yeah, definitely. Well, thank you for those nice words. I'm honored. Yeah,

1:02.9

I have been speaking and writing for women of all ages for quite a long time now going on upwards of

1:09.5

25 years.

1:13.6

So it's been amazing.

1:18.6

What a blessing to be able to just connect with women around the world and just communicate truth.

1:19.3

So basically to nutshell it, my husband, Eric and I wrote a book called When God

1:24.0

Write Your Love Story way back in the late 90s.

1:26.8

And that book kind of launched a

1:29.2

ministry that we never expected we would have. I was planning on being a medical missionary,

1:33.7

not a writer and a speaker, but it was a book that really challenged the younger generation to

1:38.9

consider bringing God into every area of their life, including relationships. And it was just

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