I love strong women.

That's a classic Piper quote from T4G 2008 in a panel discussion and it was not the only

famous Piper quote from the conference either.

In your message there you said Bethlehem is a church teaming with strong women and something

about polygamy or something I forget all the details now.

Okay so explain this pastor John because strength is often considered to be a masculine

trait.

Of course the Proverbs 31 woman has strong arms for 17.

So how would you define strong feminine womanhood?

Yes, good question and if I were a polygamous that's the kind of woman I want, the kind of

women I want.

I've got one, she's great, she's strong and she's kind of one anymore, she's perfect.

Now here's what I mean and I really do need it.

I'll be very strong strongly about the strength of women.

In Proverbs 31 it's not just her arms that are strong.

Verse 25 strength and dignity are her clothing, she laughs at the time to come.

That's got to be one of my favorite verses in all the Bible.

A woman laughing at the time to come is not a woman who is looking at her biceps and

getting encouragement.

She's looking at her God and getting encouragement because the time to come is a time of trouble,

it's a time of unknown.

Her biceps are not going to help her, you know, she may be carrying kindling or carrying

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