What Does the Bible Say About Women? | Torah | Genesis 35:16-29

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🗓️ 30 March 2022

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What does God think about women? Does the Old Testament condone the abuse of women? How should Christians think about stories of abuse? In today's episode, Jensen looks at Genesis 35:16-29 to discuss how God brings justice against evil and abuse. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Genesis 35:16-29 Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now.

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.8	I'm Jensen Holt McNair.
0:12.1	Right now we're going through the first book of the Bible, Genesis.
0:15.0	In 2017, Time's Person of the Year was actually a group of people. They were named The Silence Breakers. Time described these women as the
0:25.2	voices that launched a movement. That movement was the Me Too movement. I'm sure you
0:30.1	remember this time as many women came forward and bravely spoke of the sexual misconduct, harassment, and abuse that they had endured.
0:37.0	Even in the evangelical culture, there's been a sort of awakening to the abuse and sexual misconduct that has pervaded the church.
0:44.7	The rise and fall of Mars Hill is a podcast that's become increasingly popular.
0:50.0	It follows the story of how Mark Driscoll became the pastor of a megaturch in Seattle and subsequently
0:55.0	felt a disgrace.
0:56.8	One particular episode condemns, amongst other things, the disturbing beliefs that Driscoll held
1:02.3	about women and how they should be treated within a marriage.
1:05.4	For years Driscoll used his position as a pastor to misuse scripture,
1:09.3	to uphold sexist beliefs until 2014 when he resigned amidst a number of
1:14.4	accusations against him. His story is not the only one of misconduct in the
1:19.4	church. Church too became a hashtag alongside the Me Too movement and many other pastor's sexual sins were brought into the light.
1:27.0	It seems that slowly our culture both inside and outside of the church is standing up and calling out the mistreatment of
1:35.3	women. But it can be hard seeing so many so high up in the church abusing their power in this way.
1:44.9	It can make the waters murky for so many involved in the church and oftentimes it turns people away from the church and maybe even from
1:50.5	their faith. In the same way it can be hard as we read passages in scripture about men of faith
1:56.4	exploiting the women around them.
1:59.1	If you've been following along through Genesis, you know that the family line that we've been following has been rife with the sexual mistreatment of women.
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