Dr. Russell Moore wants everyone to know how much God honors women.

If we are going to raise up a biblical understanding of women in our churches,

we must understand what it means to honor women and to honor womanhood.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast for Monday, December 28, 2015.

One of my favorite women in the Bible is Mary of Nazareth. I love the way that this young girl

submitted to the Lord's will and his calling when she was given a huge, actually an impossible assignment.

Her example and the way she responded to the Lord's calling has been such a challenge

to my own life.

I think Mary has a lot to teach us as women in the 21st century.

So today and tomorrow, I want to share with you a message I heard some time ago from Dr. Russell

Moore.

I was so encouraged when I first heard this message by the many practical insights

he pulled from Mary's life. Dr. Moore is the president of the Southern Baptist Ethics

and Religious Liberty Commission. In addition, he's an author and a father of five. Let's listen

as he shows how Mary's story points to the incredible value that God places on women.

Luke chapter one, like for us to read in verse 26 and on down through 38. In the sixth month,

the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed

to a man whose name was Joseph of the

house of David, and the virgin's name was Mary.

And he came to her and said, greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you.

But she was greatly troubled at the saying and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be.

And the angel said to her, do not be afraid, Mary,

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