Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Book Review:Fashioned to Reign

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Kris Vallotton writes that he is appalled by the number of Christian leaders who are convinced that women are  not qualified, not as called and/or as gifted to lead as men.  The purpose of this book is to prove that this disempowering thesis is not only illogical; it is also completely unscriptural.  Included are stories of different women who are both in the Bible  and in more modern times that have made a tremendous difference for good in the lives of others

An interesting point that he made was that its embarrassing that women in the world are more powerful than sisters in the Church. Also that when women who are powerful CEO's of a large corporation  in the world comes to the Church and then is treated like a second-class citizen; why would they stay?  Jesus refused to let the religious leaders of his day oppress women; and we often say we want to be Christ-like; then in this also we must change.

I was a bit uncomfortable with the  author's imagining of the Garden of Eden experience.  Not that he was imagining it but that it seemed to stray a bit too far and seemed to alter some of the facts as the Bible tells it.
Yes, as you can guess, I am a woman, so of course I am cheering for what Kris Vallotton is speaking and teaching about women being undervalued.  But the thing is, as you look through the Bible, Jesus loved and cherished many of the women of the Bible; and Kris points out many examples of  modern women as well who were world changers.

I believe that in these dark times that we live in, God needs both men and women to fight side by side TOGETHER to win victory for the Kingdom of God.







I received a free copy of this novel from Bethany House Publishers as part of their book review program, and I am under no obligation to write a positive review.

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