A Word Fitly Spoken

Practical Women’s Ministry - Part 2

Last week in Biblical Women's Ministry -Part 1, you learned about the biblical aspects of a women's ministry in the church. In this Part 2 episode, Michelle and Amy discuss some of the more practical aspects of how to “do” women’s ministry. We offer some suggestions you may want to implement in your own women’s ministry as well as sharing with you how we’re serving the women of our own churches.

Resources:

Titus 2: Teach What Is Good?- A Word Fitly Spoken Podcast

Teaching What is Good - Naomi's Table

A healthy women's ministry, who can find? - Naomi's Table

Good News!

How to Study the Bible - and How Not To!

Bible Studies- Naomi's Table

Bible Studies- Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

All Word and No Play- The Importance of Fun and Fellowship in the Doctrinally Sound Church- Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

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Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!

More at https://awordfitlyspoken.life/podcast/practical-womens-ministry-part-2/

Biblical Women’s Ministry - Part 1

The local church is one of the greatest blessings God has given us as Christians. We get to fellowship with our church family, teach and disciple one another, pray for each other, help each other, and sharpen each other. How can women do this in their local churches?  Michelle and Amy begin a two-part series on women’s ministry. In this episode, you'll learn how to make sure your women’s ministry is biblical. In part two, we’ll talk more about the practical aspects of women’s ministry.

Resources:

Titus 2: Teach What Is Good?- A Word Fitly Spoken Podcast

Teaching What is Good - Naomi's Table

A healthy women's ministry, who can find? - Naomi's Table

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Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!

More at www.awordfitlyspoken.life/

Should Women Vote?

In this episode, Michelle and Amy talk about an interesting discussion that's come up in recent months about how the 19th Amendment came to be, and how the women's suffrage movement was born out of feminism.

Now that many theologically conservative Christians and social conservatives recognize this, some have wondered aloud if our nation should go back to a head-of-household voting system in which the husband casts his ballot on behalf of his family.

Resources:

History of women’s suffrage in the United States- BallotPedia

Election 2020 – How Can Christians Vote Biblically?

A patriotic Gospel? Putting politics in perspective

Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!

More at https://awordfitlyspoken.life/podcast/should-women-vote/

Why we celebrate Reformation Day

Did you know that October 31 is Reformation Day? It's a time when Christians recognize and even celebrate a huge, game-changing event in our history more than 500 years ago: Reformation Day commemorates the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.

 

Yet many Christians today are unaware of this landmark incident in their heritage which birthed the Protestant church. Michelle and Amy reprise this discussion from 2020 about the commemoration of one of the most important events since the closing of the canon of Scripture.

 

Resources:

 

The Mailbag: What is Reformation Day? - Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

What are the 95 Theses of Martin Luther? - Got Questions

Reformation 500: Can Roman Catholicism be Considered Christianity? - Berean Research

Protestant and Catholic: What’s the Difference? - Berean Research

The Five Solas of the Protestant Deformation - Berean Research

Free resources on Luther - Ligonier Ministries

Luther: The Life and Legacy of the German Reformer - Ligonier Ministries

Martin Luther (1953 movie)

Steve Lawson's books and sermons on various Reformers

Why We're Protestant by Nate Pickowicz

Luther: In Real Time (podcast)-  Ligonier Ministries

Reformation articles and resources, October 26-30 - Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

Visit www.awordfitlyspoken.life for more!

Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!

Christians: WHen Halloween Comes Knocking

Halloween is a multi-billion dollar celebration marked by witches, ghosts and goblins, candy and parties.

Not all Christians take part in Halloween. Some have taken a step back to rethink this tradition, and they have changed how they look at Halloween. Others say they honor God through Halloween by making it a Christian outreach -- a time to share the Gospel with the lost. Still other Christians say we have the freedom in Christ to dress up in costumes, attend secular or church-based festivals, and take their children trick-or-treating.  In this episode, Michelle and Amy take a look at where these traditions come from and what the Bible has to say about Christians and Halloween.

Resources:

• Should Christians Participate in Halloween? 7 Scriptures to Consider – Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women
• Christians and Halloween: Where do you land? - Berean Research
• Occult – Sorcery - Berean Research White Paper
• Christians and Halloween – A History – Amy Spreeman Archives

Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!

Disney, Dalai, or Divangelista?

Social media and the internet are a gold mine for inspirational quotes, and today’s most popular celebrity Christians post a lot of them. But, does inspirational always equal biblical? Shouldn’t you be able to tell the difference between a line from a Disney movie, a platitude from the Dalai Lama, and biblical truth from a Christian leader? 

All the resources we talked about in this episode can be found at
Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!

The Pew - Debut!

In this episode we’re launching what we hope will be a regularly recurring feature here at AWFS. We’re calling it “The Pew.” 

On each episode of The Pew, Amy and Michelle will collect a few trending topics that we’ll share and react to. Kind of like a non-annoying, Christian version of The View - all of the Joy, none of the Behar. But, unlike The View, we don’t want to focus too much on worldly carnage, because our main focus should always be on Jesus and what our God says to us through His Holy Word.

Find all of the links we talked about in this episode at https://awordfitlyspoken.life/podcast/the-pew-debut/

 

Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!

What Has Christianity Come To?

In this episode Amy and Michelle ask, “What has Christianity come to?” There is an interesting study called The State of Theology survey that’s done every two years by Ligonier Ministries, and it has just released its latest findings about what Christians believe about God, salvation, ethics, and the Bible. And it seems like professing Christians have “shifted” their beliefs - and not for the better - since the pandemic.

Resources:

The State of Theology website and survey

Searching for a new church?- Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

Basic Training: 7 Reasons Church is Not Optional and Non-Negotiable for Christians-Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

Church was never meant to be remote: Reuniting after COVID-19

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Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!

More at https://awordfitlyspoken.life/podcast/what-has-christianity-come-to/ 

Prophecy Bingo! With Chris Rosebrough

This week we are airing a special treat - our guest appearance on Fighting For the Faith's "Prophecy Bingo!" Host Chris Rosebrough of Pirate Christian Radio challenged Amy and Michelle to a game that isn't your grandma's bingo. We've also included the video to watch for our listeners who want to see those "prophets." (Note: the "crazy eyes" are just a special effect. We don't really look like this.)

Resources:

Watch this episode on Chris' YouTube channel

Fighting for the Faith on YouTube

Fighting for the Faith website & archives

Berean Research

New Apostolic Reformation by Berean Research

The Mailbag: What is the New Apostolic Reformation? (multiple links) at Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!

Glad You Asked - Summer 2022 - Part 2

It is still technically summer...at least for a few more moments. So here is Part 2 of our Glad You Asked, Summer of 2022 edition!

Resources:

The Mailbag: Which Bible Do You Recommend?- Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

AWFS on Tune In Website

AWFS on Podbean

Christmas Dinner with the Sexual Sinner

Pride, Pronouns, & Prodigals

Worship with Laramie Minga

Rock Your Role FAQs #15-Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

Christian Liberty 

Is Women Preaching a Secondary Issue?

How to talk to your church leaders about false teachers

Mystical Mess: New Age in the Church

From New Age to New Creation with Doreen Virtue

Top 7 Reasons the Enneagram is Unbiblical

The Poison of the Enneagram with Marcia Montenegro

Christians, the Church, and the Occult

Searching for a new church?- Michelle Lesley- Discipleship for Christian Women

Baptism is not Private- Josh Buice

The Lord’s Supper Is Not an Afternoon Snack- Josh Buice

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Thank you, bless you and Walk Worthy!