McLaughlin Reminds Us A Woman's Highest Calling is Following Jesus
Breakpoint
Colson Center
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🗓️ 24 May 2021
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
A Christian worldview offers dignity to women that's not found in any other worldview in human history. Author Rebecca McLaughlin spoke about this at Wilberforce Weekend and shared these thoughts at a special Strong Women podcast episode recorded at the conference. You can listen here. Here is an excerpt from Rebecca's talk:
Sometimes marriage and motherhood are celebrated at the expense of all other things God calls women to do. Some say a woman's highest calling is to be a wife and a mother. But a woman's highest calling is really to follow Jesus. Some are called to do that as wives. Some are called to follow Him as a wife and mother, and some are called to follow Him as single people. The Bible gives us an elevated view of both modes. We Christians have tended to downplay or denigrate singleness in order to elevate marriage.
But the negative contrast to marriage isn't singleness. It's having multiple partners in non-monogamous sexual relationships. An important piece of the puzzle, therefore, is actually those women who are called to follow Jesus as singles.
I have always been a little surprised that I got married. Part of me feels single on the inside. I love my husband. It's just that the Lord could have pulled me in a different direction. The relational aspect is as true and important for men as it is for women. Part of how we are made in God's image and how we roll out His kingdom is in relating to each other in ways that flow out of the kind of love Jesus has for us. It's in relationships in which we recognize that the other person is made in God's image, and someone for whom Jesus died. How we relate to other people is so important. The creative piece applies in terms of creating new humans, which men and women do together. It applies in terms of all the other spheres in which we use our skills, gifts, experience, and hard work.
To listen to the rest of Rebecca McLaughlin's talk on the Strong Women podcast, download the episode on your favorite podcast app. Rebecca's full talk at Wilberforce Weekend will be available as part of our online Wilberforce Weekend offering (included are all the video sessions plus some special online-only sessions). The online platform is available for only $49. To purchase it, please visit wilberforceweekend.org/online.
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| 0:00.0 | Our worldview is the lens through which we view everything, including society and history. |
| 0:06.0 | For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with Breakpoint. |
| 0:09.0 | One of the things that the Christian worldview offers is dignity to women that you do not find from other worldviews throughout human history. |
| 0:20.0 | My friend Rebecca McLaughlin talked about this at our Wilberforce Weekend Conference, |
| 0:24.0 | and she shared similar thoughts in a special Strong Women podcast episode |
| 0:28.0 | that was recorded at the Wilberforce Weekend Conference. |
| 0:30.2 | Take a listen. |
| 0:31.2 | Sometimes I think we celebrate and uphold of marriage and motherhood at the expense of all |
| 0:35.3 | the other things that God calls us to do. |
| 0:37.0 | I think I said this morning that we'll sometimes say, you know, a woman's highest calling is to be |
| 0:40.3 | a wife and a mother. I'm like, no, a woman's highest calling is to follow Jesus. And some women are |
| 0:44.4 | called to do that as wives. Some women are called to do that as wives and mothers. There are some |
| 0:48.3 | women who aren't able to have children for whatever reason. And there are some women who are called to do as single people. And the Bible actually gives us an elevated view of both |
| 0:56.0 | those things. And what we've tended |
| 0:58.1 | to somethings to do is sort of downplay |
| 0:59.7 | or denigrate singleness |
| 1:01.0 | because we want to elevate marriage. |
| 1:03.6 | But the contrast, the sort of negative contrast to marriage |
| 1:05.8 | isn't singleness. It's like having |
| 1:07.9 | multiple sexual partners, like non-monogamous |
| 1:10.1 | sexual relationships |
| 1:11.3 | and so that's an important piece of the puzzle here |
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