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Audio - Telling Her Story in Such a Time as This
By: Karen H. Jobes, Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | March 31, 2025
The Lord has always empowered both women and men to serve his purposes. We see this in Scripture and in life. But we also see that women’s voices and stories have not always been heard.
Video - Telling Her Story in Such a Time as This
By: Karen H. Jobes, Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | December 27, 2024
The Lord has always empowered both women and men to serve his purposes. We see this in Scripture and in life. But we also see that women’s voices and stories have not always been heard.
Women in Scripture and History: Esther, Mutuality, and the Gospel with Dr. Karen H. Jobes
By: Kimberly Dickson, Amber Burgess, Karen H. Jobes | March 22, 2024
Kim Dickson and Amber Burgess interview Dr. Karen H. Jobes about Esther. As a lifetime teaching professor, Dr. Jobes skillfully explains the academic complexities of Esther in a way that brings her listeners along to understand the significance of Esther’s story in the broader canon.
Book Review: Consider the Women: A Provocative Guide to Three Matriarchs of the Bible
By: Jeff Miller | October 31, 2019
The book lives up to its subtitle, A Provocative Guide. . . . Though it has some value, I do not recommend it without reservation, given her methods of interpretation noted above.
Esther, the Earliest Silence Breaker
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | March 19, 2019
It wasn’t until 2017 that TIME Magazine honored women silence breakers as their “Person of the Year.” Truth be told, women have been breaking the silence on abuse and harassment for centuries. They have often been God’s hands of compassion and liberation, working to expose evil and topple systems of oppression.
Consider the Women: A Provocative Guide to Three Matriarchs of the Bible
By: Debbie Blue | March 7, 2019
In this book Debbie Blue looks closely at Hagar (mother of Islam), Esther (Jewish heroine), and Mary (Christian matriarch)—and finds in them unexpected and inviting new ways of navigating faith and life.
Calling All Deborahs, Esthers, and Junias
By: Gricel Medina | June 14, 2017
If we want to see women free, we have to challenge the message that passivity is godly. We have to encourage women to boldly exercise their God-given authority. We must image Bible women who took direct action to further God’s vision for the world.
More Than A Pretty Face
By: Emmaline Kempf | February 12, 2016
Both Esther and Vashti valued their personhood, their souls, over their bodies despite extreme social pressure. They each took stock in something deeper than physical appearance.
Power Brokers: Vashti, Mordecai, and Esther
By: Young Lee Hertig | July 15, 2015
In the book of Esther, two extraordinary women leaders, Queen Vashti and her successor, Esther, confronted the patriarchal palace system, eventually acting as power brokers on behalf of themselves and others.
Esther: A Woman in Full Authority
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | March 27, 2013
The book of Esther tells the story of a Jewish woman who rises from obscurity into the royal court as the new queen of King Xerxes. This narrative includes models of leadership that could not be more different from each other.