The Liberating Truth: How Jesus Empowers
Women
By Danielle
Strickland
ISBN
978-0-85721-019-7
Monarch
Books
Review by
Clint Walker
Over the
last few years, I have been amassing a several books just on the issue of
equality for women in the church. I live in a community where my commitment to
Biblical equality is not always well-received, and I need to be well-versed in
why I believe what I believe about women’s equality in and out of the church.
Recently I was able to add The Liberating Truth by Danielle
Strickland to this section of my library. It is a great edition.
Danielle
Strickland is a skillful and passionate writer. She is an officer in the
Salvation Army, and has spent much of her ministry reaching out to women in an
intercultural and global manner. She communicates several cases of gender injustice
that most of us should be shocked by, and shares anecdotes on how she brings
Jesus into those extreme situations with her.
Her global observations
about the oppression of women make Strickland keenly aware that oppression of
women is a huge global problem. As she sees these situations, she finds clear
hearings for the good news of Jesus, and how his gospel is a call of good news
and equality for women.
Unfortunately,
she is also able to notice that there are many anti-gospel messages in
Christian circles. One of those anti-gospel messages are the messages that
women are to be meek and subservient, supporting their men in their dreams but
never submitting to the callings God may have put on their own hearts to preach
and to lead. She challenges these anti-egalitarian viewpoints Biblically.
Throughout The
Liberating Truth, Strickland tells many interesting stories about experiences
she had while she was in the ministry. She writes captivatingly, and with true
passion. The Liberating Truth is a tour de force in what God calls the
church to be, and what God calls the church to do in relation to this call. An
excellent book that I will return to again and again.
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