Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible: Flawed Women Loved by a Flawless God [Paperback]

Good Women Behaving Badly

A spiteful boss, a defiant employee, a manipulative mother, a desperate housewife, an envious sister…honey, weknowthese women. We’ve lived with them, worked with them, or caught a glimpse of them in our mirrors.

Now let’s take a look at their ancient counterparts in Scripture:Sarahmistreated her maidservant,Hagardespised her mistress,Rebekahmanipulated her son,Leahclaimed her sister’s husband, andRachelenvied her fertile sister.

They were far from evil, but hardly perfect. Mostly good, yet slightly bad. In other words, these matriarchal mamas look a lot like us.

“A Slightly Bad Girl is simply this: a woman unwilling to fully submit to God. We love him, serve him, and worship him, yet we find it difficult to trust him completely, to accept his plan for our lives, to rest in his sovereignty.”—fromSlightly Bad Girls of the Bible“I love Liz’s work! She entertains while teaching and leaves me with points to ponder long after. Her insights are fresh and exciting and will draw readers back into the Word.”
—Francine Rivers, best-selling author of Redeeming LoveLiz Curtis Higgs is the author of 26 books, with more than 3 million copies in print, including her best-selling nonfiction series,Bad Girls of the Bible, Really Bad Girls of the Bible,andUnveiling Mary Magdalene,and her Christy Award—winning historical novel,Whence Came a Prince. A columnist forToday’s Christian Womanand an accomplished speaker, Liz makes her home in Louisville, Kentucky, with her husband, Bill.Introduction:Controlling Interest

Let but the puppets move,
I’ve my desire.
- CHARLES CHURCHILL

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