Did Jesus Call Women to Be Disciples? @GraceandPeaceJoanne

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Did Jesus call women into discipleship in the same way Jesus called men?

Or did women simply start following Jesus of their own accord, with no formal call?

Can we say, for instance, that Mary of Bethany was actually a disciple, or was she simply acting like a disciple when she sat at Jesus’s feet?

In the same way, was Mary of Magdala only acting like an apostle to the apostles, as she is sometimes called, or was she actually sent by Jesus as an apostle?

Three years ago, as I sat down to read the Gospel of John in Greek, I didn’t know what to expect. I just knew that I had always loved this Gospel, and the Greek employed in all of John’s works is at a level I could read. But as I read, the seeds of understanding about Jesus and women began to grow. I found myself often mulling over the words themselves, and the way they are phrased. But, I also found myself reading as a Bible student, taking note of the way the writer had arranged his material.

The more I read, the more I saw something truly amazing!

And that has now become a four-part video series, beginning with this one. So stay tuned, I think this is going to be pretty exciting.

Each video is designed to offer background scholarship on the topic, including setting, culture, original language, and archaeology, as well as a theological study.

The "Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" series is a companion to the book, available on Amazon, and published by Wipf and Stock.

updated 2 years ago

Did Jesus Call Women to Be Disciples?

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2023-10-23 | #WomenDisciples #WomenApostles #WomenPastors

Did Jesus call women into discipleship in the same way Jesus called men?

Or did women simply start following Jesus of their own accord, with no formal call?

Can we say, for instance, that Mary of Bethany was actually a disciple, or was she simply acting like a disciple when she sat at Jesus’s feet?

In the same way, was Mary of Magdala only acting like an apostle to the apostles, as she is sometimes called, or was she actually sent by Jesus as an apostle?

Three years ago, as I sat down to read the Gospel of John in Greek, I didn’t know what to expect. I just knew that I had always loved this Gospel, and the Greek employed in all of John’s works is at a level I could read. But as I read, the seeds of understanding about Jesus and women began to grow. I found myself often mulling over the words themselves, and the way they are phrased. But, I also found myself reading as a Bible student, taking note of the way the writer had arranged his material.

The more I read, the more I saw something truly amazing!

And that has now become a four-part video series, beginning with this one. So stay tuned, I think this is going to be pretty exciting.

Each video is designed to offer background scholarship on the topic, including setting, culture, original language, and archaeology, as well as a theological study.

The "Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" series is a companion to the book, available on Amazon, and published by Wipf and Stock.

Season 7, Leaders in the Cause of Christ: Lydia

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-06-26 | In thinking about Lydia’s story, five divisions seemed to emerge.
Lydia’s destiny,
Lydia’s career as a dye merchant
Lydia’s desire to establish her own household
The dream God gave Paul to evangelize in Macedonia
And the dignity God settled on women in first century Palestine, and on Lydia, and the dignity the Apostle Paul also conferred on women and on Lydia

I Destiny, Acts 16:14
II Dye Merchant, Acts 16:14
III Desire, Acts 16:14
IV Dream, Acts 16:6-12
V Dignity, Acts 16:13-15

And through Lydia we learn that mature faith accepts God's crossing up of conventions--I first heard that taught in a BSF class, years ago, and I was struck with the simple wisdom in that statement.

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"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Season 7, Leaders in the Cause of Christ: Tabitha (Dorcas)

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-06-19 | Tabitha’s story begins in Joppa, an ancient seaport along the Mediterranean. This is harbor city as the place Jonah fled to when he heard God’s call to Nineveh. Joppa’s international anchorage so well represented, Jonah knew he could board a ship to the farthest reaches of the west—in the opposite direction of Assyria—as soon as he arrived. Further back in its history, Joppa represented the territory allotted to the tribe of Dan in the book of Joshua.

Centuries afterward, when Solomon built his palace and the temple, the massive cedar logs he conscripted had to come through Joppa’s port, the only natural harbor between Egypt to the south and Akko to the north. Again, a thousand years later at the rebuilding of the temple, the lumber needed to come through Joppa.

Imagine a bustling metropolis, with thriving import-export trade, merchant families living in impressive homes, the sounds of creaking ships, gulls, languages from around the world, temples and houses of worship representing dozens of religions, wine bars and inns with an overflowing clientele of travelers and seafarers, an easy place to get lost in, to start over, to begin an adventure. Joppa also represented the meeting of many cultures, for though it was one Palestine’s most important port cities, and certainly Jerusalem’s most important, Joppa also bordered Samaria and occupied the Phoenician region.

Which brings us to the unique and intriguing story of a woman with dual citizenship, as it were, a woman known for her good deeds, the only woman who was actually called disciple in the entire Christian Testament, whose death rocked her Christian community to its core, and her deliverance by being raised back to life generated widespread belief in the Lord.

I Tabitha the Disciple, Acts 9:36
The Kingdom of God about the goodness of God that brings life to all who believe.

II Tabitha’s Death, Acts 9:37-39
The Kingdom of God is about hope in the kindness, goodness, and power of God.

III Tabitha’s Deliverance, Acts 9:40-42
The Kingdom of God is for all people.

To view the original YouTube presentation, click on "Tabitha (Dorcas) (youtu.be/2TIs3B5Se8o) "

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Season 7, Leaders in the Cause of Christ: Mary of Bethany

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-06-12 | Martha, Lazarus, and Mary were all disciples of Jesus, people who loved and followed Jesus, opened their home to Him, shared their table with Jesus in fellowship and enjoyed Jesus’ friendship as well as lived by Jesus’ teaching. Each had their own unique relationship with the Lord, yet together, as a family, they displayed all the aspects of a church.

Especially the sisters, Martha and Mary, teach you and me about blessing God as a whole body of believers.

Studying the Bible, learning the doctrines of the Christian faith, do not make a person wise, or strong in the faith. In fact, wisdom is not about knowing. Wisdom is about using what you know. In spiritual terms, the wise person is the one who lives out the truths they know, not necessarily the Bible scholar and theologian.

We might say Martha brought in the importance of right doing in her service to the Lord, and in right thinking as Jesus’ developed her faith in knowing the truth about His divinity.

Now enter Mary, who said few words, but whose passion and practice made a deep and lasting impact on Jesus’ heart and our understanding of discipleship.

We see her first sitting at the feet of Jesus, then kneeling at His feet, and finally anointing his feet.

I Sitting at Jesus’ Feet, Luke 10:38–42

II Kneeling at Jesus’ Feet, John 11:1–46

III Anointing Jesus’ Feet, Matthew 26:6–13, Mark 14:3–9, John 12:1-8

To view the original YouTube presentation, click on "Mary of Bethany (youtu.be/Gb2Q3kpqeiI) "

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Season 7, Leaders in the Cause of Christ: Martha of Bethany

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-06-05 | Years and years ago, when I was in a high school writing class, we were asked to write our own obituary. I remember us all laughing nervously, it sounded so macabre! But it was the teacher’s sideways device to get us to write about our hopes and dreams. What would we want to be remembered for someday?

And it made me wonder what Martha would have wanted to be remembered for?

Most of us remember the Martha depicted in Luke’s Gospel, the busy beaver who is reprimanded by Jesus, and chastened to be more like her spiritual sister Mary.

But I don’t think that’s the Martha Jesus knew, and knows to this today.

The Gospels tell three stories about Martha. In the first story she opened her home to the Lord Jesus and his disciples who were with him.

The next place we see Martha and Mary is at their brother’s funeral. Both sisters were deeply hurt and disappointed that Jesus had delayed in coming.

In Martha’s final appearance, she was once again serving dinner at a large celebration in Simon the Leper’s home, thrown in honor of Jesus and her brother Lazarus, so recently raised from the dead.

I think the way Martha would have liked to be remembered was as a woman of bold faith and blessed service, who was able to leave the conventions of her old life and enter into the grace and freedom Jesus offers, who opened the doors of her home and her heart to Jesus and all who come with him, who is bonded in love and faith to God through Christ.

To view the original YouTube presentation, click on "Martha of Bethany (youtu.be/IN9j08HXP00) "

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"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Season 7, Leaders in the Cause of Christ: The Woman at the Well

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-05-29 | The story of the woman at the well comes right after Jesus made a blockbuster statement to the Pharisee and Sanhedrin member Nicodemus: God loves not just Pharisees, not even just Judeans, but the whole world. And, to illustrate this very point, Jesus made his way to some of the most despised people in the region, the Samaritans.

Now, as Jesus and his disciples arrived at Jacob’s famous well, they decided to take a break. Jesus sat down to rest, and the disciples went into the nearest town to buy food, most likely a very unsettling prospect for them as Judeans.

They may even have passed by this woman with her water jug as they walked into the town of Sychar. Archaeologists show there was another well in town, but she was walking the extra half-mile out of town to Jacob’s well, possibly because of her reputation within the community.

The Lord Jesus loved this mixed-race, mixed-religion woman of questionable reputation, and he respected and honored her with his own humility and vulnerability. He was thirsty for water, and knew she was thirsty for eternal life.

But.

There is so . . . much . . . more to this story.

You may be surprised by what the Greek reveals.

To view the original YouTube presentation, click on "Woman at the Well (youtu.be/RyaXQA8_kNA) "

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"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Season 7, Leaders in the Cause of Christ: Women Disciples, the Conclusion

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-05-22 | Matthew, Mark, and Luke acknowledge the women who traveled with Jesus. Matthew and Mark do not mention these female disciples until they are found at Jesus’s cross. Luke gives more details about them, describing them as ministering to Jesus, and along with Jesus, from their own resources and ability. These women received teaching and revelation from Jesus along with his other disciples and were given Jesus’s call to proclaim the truth they received.

The Gospel of John’s less formal and more detailed portrayal provides an organic view of Jesus’s call to discipleship and apostleship, supplementing rather than duplicating the Synoptic Gospels’ accounts. John took great care in showing a direct corollary between Jesus’s calling of two different women, and the calling of Jesus’s first disciples.

The high view of Christ and of the Scriptures will lead modern Christians to hearken to John’s portrayal of women and men in Jesus’s apostolic mission, and therefore support Christ’s work today in calling women and men to every level of leadership in the church.

To view the original YouTube presentation, click on "Women Disciples, Conclusion (youtu.be/N082YIdSuJc) "

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"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Season 7, Leaders in the Cause of Christ: Mary of Magdala, a Disciple of Jesus

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-05-15 | Though Mary of Magdala is a well-known figure in the gospels, she is not introduced by name until Jesus’s crucifixion in John’s Gospel (John 19:25). John doesn’t explain who she is, or what her relationship is to Jesus or his family, but there she is, with John and Mary, Jesus’s mother. That alone says how important she was to Jesus’s inner circle.

In fact, Mary of Magdala is the only other woman besides Jesus’s mother who is identified in all four Gospels. In total, she is mentioned twelve times, with her name almost always placed first, underscoring her prominence and importance among Jesus’s followers.

Luke’s Gospel identifies Mary’s hometown as Magdala, an affluent Hellenistic city in the Galilee, where Josephus also lived for a time. According to Luke, there were certain women who had been healed of “evil spirits and infirmities,” among whom was

“Mary who is called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone forth.”
Luke 8:2 (YLT)

Evidently, Mary’s earliest encounter with Jesus was as a deeply afflicted woman with a little-understood ailment.

As deeply as she was afflicted so profoundly was she freed by Jesus. Imagine the gratitude and love Mary must have had for her Savior. Mary, along with two other named women, and “many others,” left their homes and traveled with Jesus and the Twelve, as Jesus

“was going through every city and village, preaching and proclaiming good news of the reign of God.”
Luke 8:1 (YLT)

Like the five men called to be disciples at the beginning of John's Gospel, and the woman at the well in Samaria in Chapter 4, Mary of Magdala's story includes all twelve elements unique to Jesus's call.

John has put it on record that Jesus called women as his disciples and commissioned them to apostolic ministry just as he did with men, and we can do no less today.

To view the original YouTube presentation, click on "Mary of Magdala, a Disciple of Jesus (youtu.be/w-HGzHMS0Sk) "

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Season 7, Leaders in the Cause of Christ: The Samaritan Woman, A Disciple of Jesus

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-05-08 | This is a six-part series, and this is the fourth installment, exploring how the calling narrative found in the Gospel of John, chapter 1 is repeated in the story of the Samaritan Woman in John chapter 4, and in Mary of Magdala's story at the end of John's Gospel, chapter 20.

There are twelve calling elements to Jesus's call to discipleship and apostolic mission portrayed in the calling of Jesus's first five disciples: Andrew, John, Peter, Phillip, and Nathanael. The synoptic gospels key in on twelve men, eleven of whom became apostles. But there were many more disciples than that, all told 120 women and men who received Jesus's Great Commission and watched him ascend to heaven.

This podcast takes a close look at another woman, one who may not have been there for Christ's ascension (but, then again, she may have been, as Luke 8:3 indicates many women traveled with Jesus), who said yes to Jesus's call.

To view the original YouTube presentation, click on "The Samaritan Woman, a Disciple of Jesus (youtu.be/pN_4EL9bI24) "

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Season 7, Leaders in the Cause of Christ: Twelve Marks of Jesus Call to Discipleship

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-05-01 | We don’t often think of Jesus gathering disciples together as a rabbi starting a school, but the shape of what Jesus did very much is the shape of a school. Jesus did depart from the traditional rabbinical model of his day in a few significant ways. For instance, unlike other schools, Jesus kept his table fellowship open to everyone, people in every stratum and sphere of life.

And, Jesus chose as his disciples some unexpected people. Apart from the Twelve, there is evidence Jesus had women disciples, some of whom also traveled with him and ministered alongside him and the other disciples.

Though evidence for female disciples is found in all four Gospels, it is John's Gospel which provides the most dramatic evidence for Jesus calling women to discipleship and apostolic ministry.

To view the original YouTube presentation, click on "The Twelve Marks of Jesus' Call to Discipleship (youtu.be/j14WdNoPIkc) "

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"Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" (amazon.com/Broken-Searching-Trusted-Powerful-Biblical/dp/1725277700?crid=3TH5Z3HPGOTHZ&keywords=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204009&sprefix=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C55&sr=8-1-fkmr0&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=469b80b80703756378111a1f0c37290b&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Season 7, Leaders in the Cause of Christ: Did Jesus Call Women to Discipleship?

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-04-24 | Did Jesus call women into discipleship in the same way Jesus called men?

Or did women simply start following Jesus of their own accord, with no formal call?

Can we say, for instance, that Mary of Bethany was actually a disciple, or was she simply acting like a disciple when she sat at Jesus’s feet?

In the same way, was Mary of Magdala only acting like an apostle to the apostles, as she is sometimes called, or was she actually sent by Jesus as an apostle?

Three years ago, as I sat down to read the Gospel of John in Greek, I didn’t know what to expect. I just knew that I had always loved this Gospel, and the Greek employed in all of John’s works is at a level I could read. But as I read, the seeds of understanding about Jesus and women began to grow. I found myself often mulling over the words themselves, and the way they are phrased. I also found myself reading as a Bible student, taking note of the way the writer had arranged his material.

The more I read, the more I saw something truly amazing!

And that has now become a four-part video series, beginning with this one. So stay tuned, I think this is going to be pretty exciting.

To view the original YouTube presentation, click on "Did Jesus Call Women to be Disciples (youtu.be/UdQF4BI-R-s) "

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Biblical exegesis from an equalitarian point of view

Books by Joanne
"Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" (amazon.com/Broken-Searching-Trusted-Powerful-Biblical/dp/1725277700?crid=3TH5Z3HPGOTHZ&keywords=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204009&sprefix=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C55&sr=8-1-fkmr0&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=469b80b80703756378111a1f0c37290b&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Season 7, Leaders in the Cause of Christ: Women Disciples, an Introduction

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-04-17 | The debate continues as to whether Scripture endorses, or at least permits, or rather forbids women from certain roles within the Body of Christ. May women be deacons? May women be elders? May women be pastors? May women be bishops? May women teach or lead in church?

At stake, of course, is how to live rightly before God, how to do what God has in mind, and to live within the space and the design God has laid out for humankind. And, questions of women's roles—whatever they may be—within the Body of Christ, as experienced in church life and among believers, also touches more broadly on what God may have in mind for women and men in marriages, in families, in communities, in the socioeconomic sphere, and in the political sphere.

Years ago, I found a site that gives a basic overview of the various ways Christians have been trying to navigate these questions. These are my summary thoughts based upon that site, Adrian Warnock’s article on "Gender: Complementarian Vs Egalitarian Spectrum," posted on Patheos.

This all is by way of an introduction to my four-part series on what I discovered in the Gospel of John about Jesus's call on women to discipleship and apostolic mission.

To view the original YouTube presentation, click on "Women Disciples Introduction (youtu.be/cSbfMkNw0E0) "

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Biblical exegesis from an equalitarian point of view

Books by Joanne
"Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" (amazon.com/Broken-Searching-Trusted-Powerful-Biblical/dp/1725277700?crid=3TH5Z3HPGOTHZ&keywords=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204009&sprefix=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C55&sr=8-1-fkmr0&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=469b80b80703756378111a1f0c37290b&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Season 6, Christs Ministry: Jairuss Daughter

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-04-10 | The story of Jairus’s daughter and the woman who suffered from a bleeding disorder are told together in all three of the synoptic gospels—the gospels that more or less track with each other, Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

I am going to be teaching out of Mark’s gospel, who has the most detailed account of these two stories. I believe this to be a true story, but it is a story that also reveals startling truths Jesus was teaching his disciples, revealing to the crowds of people who followed him, and driving home to the religious elite.

Through the stories of Jairus's daughter and the woman with the bleeding disorder, we learn that Jesus' response to faith is to release the power of his grace.

When you and I feel we are at the bottom of the barrel, Jesus is saying “I have established a new kingdom without ranking systems. I respond to all who came to me in faith.”

For Jesus has proven his mighty power over all evil, over every other power, even the power of death itself. Jesus is showing that no person is beyond his tender compassion and no circumstance is beyond his scope.

To view the original YouTube presentation, click on "Daughter of Jairus (youtu.be/puHeH-vyuZA) "

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Biblical exegesis from an equalitarian point of view

Books by Joanne
"Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" (amazon.com/Broken-Searching-Trusted-Powerful-Biblical/dp/1725277700?crid=3TH5Z3HPGOTHZ&keywords=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204009&sprefix=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C55&sr=8-1-fkmr0&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=469b80b80703756378111a1f0c37290b&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Wife of Pilate, Low Music

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-04-03 | #PontiusPilate #WifeofPilate #ClaudiaProcula #Pilate #Bible #BibleStudy #Gospel #GospelofMatthew #JesusChrist #Jesus #Christ

Of the several influential women in the Bible who are not given names—Job’s wife, comes to mind—the wife of Pilate is perhaps the most shadowy. All that is known of her from the scriptures is her relationship to the Procurator Marcus Pontius Pilate, and the message she sent to him while he was sitting on the Seat of Judgment in the Praetorium the morning Jesus of Nazareth was tried for treason.

Yet her message, and its impact, have been felt for the two thousand years since it was delivered, and some arms of the church—the Eastern Orthodox, Coptic, Oriental Orthodox and Ethiopian Orthodox—venerate Pilate’s wife as a saint, and some even venerate Pilate as well.

Though the Bible does not give us much information about Pilate’s wife, she does appear in a number of ancient accounts that arose in the first few centuries of Christianity.

I Depiction of Claudia Procula
Destiny moves forward one step at a time.

II Discernment of Her Dream
Earthly decisions can carry eternal consequence

III Development of Spiritual Import
Divine revelation requires a response
Each video is designed to offer background scholarship on the topic, including setting, culture, original language, and archaeology, as well as a theological study.

The Acts of Paul item comes from "The Acts of Paul: A New Translation With Introduction and Commentary," Richard I. Pervo, Cascade Books, Eugene Oregon, 2014.

The "Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" series is a companion to the book, available on Amazon, and published by Wipf and Stock.

Season 6, Christs Ministry: Mary of Magdala

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-04-03 | Throughout his ministry, Jesus gathered around him men and women who became a community of 120 people joined in their love for and faith in Jesus. And one of those women was Mary of Magdala. She is mentioned fourteen times, in all four Gospels, and her name is almost always placed first, seemingly implying she was first in service, first in support. However, Mary’s most significant story appears not during Jesus’s ministry, but rather at his resurrection.

In this twenty minute talk, we’ll first follow Mary through the years she was a student and supporter of Jesus, then we will spend most of our time in the Garden with Mary at Christ’s empty tomb, and end with a deeper understanding of ourselves as members of the Body of Christ.

Mary’s first encounter with Jesus was as a deeply troubled, severely afflicted woman, in the grip of and suffering from seven demons. We can only imagine how desperate her family had become in their desire to see her healed and freed of her affliction.

After her first, life-changing encounter with the rabbi and healer, all four Gospel accounts describe Mary’s faithfulness and courage, a major financial supporter and patron of Jesus’s ministry, one of only three remaining with Jesus at the foot of his cross until his death, and among the first to arrive at his tomb the morning of his resurrection.

But Mary’s most significant story in scripture comes in her final encounter with Jesus, described in John 20, the day he rose from the dead.

I Adherent of the Messiah
The one who is freed from much, loves much.

II Apostle to the Apostles
Jesus restores the relationships of humankind—to God, to each other, and to the earth.

III Among the Body of Christ
If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another.

To view the original YouTube presentation, click on "Mary of Magdala (youtu.be/GCSmknW_cPg) "

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Biblical exegesis from an equalitarian point of view

Books by Joanne
"Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" (amazon.com/Broken-Searching-Trusted-Powerful-Biblical/dp/1725277700?crid=3TH5Z3HPGOTHZ&keywords=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204009&sprefix=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C55&sr=8-1-fkmr0&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=469b80b80703756378111a1f0c37290b&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Season 6, Christs Ministry: The Cross, Symbol of Victory

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-03-27 | Is the cross a symbol about death or life? defeat or triumph? humiliation or glory? Or all those things?

As I searched for answers, I became drawn to how Christians depicted crosses a thousand years ago and more, and that search became this fifteen minute video on the ancient symbols of Christianity.

From the eight-hundred-year old Batllo Majsty, now residing in in the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, to the gorgeous Basilica di Sant’Apollinare, Ravenna, Italy, the fifth century, Mausoleum of empress Galla Placida, to Celtic crosses in Ireland, ringed crosses in Israel, and the secret symbols of the anchor, fish, and loaves in the first-century church, this short talk follows believers’ portrayals of the glory of our risen Lord, Jesus Christ.

To view the original YouTube presentation, click on "The Cross, Symbol of Victory (youtu.be/yE-C-bNUwVY) "

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Books by Joanne
"Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" (amazon.com/Broken-Searching-Trusted-Powerful-Biblical/dp/1725277700?crid=3TH5Z3HPGOTHZ&keywords=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204009&sprefix=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C55&sr=8-1-fkmr0&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=469b80b80703756378111a1f0c37290b&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Tru316 Talk

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-03-20 | We are thankful for the ways God is affirming The Tru316 Foundation with growth in listeners, readers, workers, and supporters.

We who are involved with the Tru316 ministries are accomplishing something important together with Dr. Joy Fleming and Rev. Bruce Fleming.

- We are cleaning out the pollution that has been wrongly dumped in the river. - We are shoring up the load bearing wall, to support sturdy biblical teaching. - We are cleansing this foundational lens verse so we can see and understand what God is saying about men and women.

With the help of a growing number of supporters, we are bringing to today’s Bible translators and commentators the truth that Margaret Fell so powerfully wrote of three hundred years ago:

“God himself hath manifested in his Will and Mind concerning women” and men.

And we are looking forward with excited anticipation to the quotes of future theologians who will be reading the scriptures through the lens of the true Genesis 3:16.

Season 6, Christs Ministry: The Wife of Pilate

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-03-20 | Of the several influential women in the Bible who are not given names—Job’s wife, comes to mind—the wife of Pilate is perhaps the most shadowy. All that is known of her from the scriptures is her relationship to the Procurator Marcus Pontius Pilate, and the message she sent to him while he was sitting on the Seat of Judgment in the Praetorium the morning Jesus of Nazareth was tried for treason.

Yet her message, and its impact, have been felt for the two thousand years since it was delivered, and some arms of the church—the Eastern Orthodox, Coptic, Oriental Orthodox and Ethiopian Orthodox—venerate Pilate’s wife as a saint, and some even venerate Pilate as well.

Though the Bible does not give us much information about Pilate’s wife, she does appear in a number of ancient accounts that arose in the first few centuries of Christianity.

I Depiction of Claudia Procula
Destiny moves forward one step at a time.

II Discernment of Her Dream
Earthly decisions can carry eternal consequence

III Development of Spiritual Import
Divine revelation requires a response

To view the original YouTube presentation, click on "The Wife of Pilate (youtu.be/1VLFaMt9FBs) "

The Acts of Paul item comes from "The Acts of Paul: A New Translation With Introduction and Commentary," Richard I. Pervo, Cascade Books, Eugene Oregon, 2014.

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Biblical exegesis from an equalitarian point of view

Books by Joanne
"Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" (amazon.com/Broken-Searching-Trusted-Powerful-Biblical/dp/1725277700?crid=3TH5Z3HPGOTHZ&keywords=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204009&sprefix=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C55&sr=8-1-fkmr0&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=469b80b80703756378111a1f0c37290b&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Season 6, Christs Ministry: The Widows Mite

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-03-13 | In the passage just before this one, Mark talked about the scribe who had asked Jesus about the greatest commandment and was impressed with Jesus’ answer.

Jesus was also pleased.

He told the scribe he was very close to entering the kingdom of heaven. With such a warm endorsement from a scribe, this was a rare teachable moment, the right moment, in today’s passage (Mark 12:35-44), for Jesus to talk about Messiah, and to teach His disciples the difference between a false reading, and a true reading of scripture.

To view the original YouTube presentation, click on "The Widow's Mite (youtu.be/cue7AL3hHNI) "

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Books by Joanne
"Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" (amazon.com/Broken-Searching-Trusted-Powerful-Biblical/dp/1725277700?crid=3TH5Z3HPGOTHZ&keywords=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204009&sprefix=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C55&sr=8-1-fkmr0&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=469b80b80703756378111a1f0c37290b&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Season 6, Christs Ministry: The Sinful Woman

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-03-07 | We don’t know this woman’s backstory at all, whether she was young or old, her culture or clan. Some in our Bible study thought perhaps she was the woman who had committed adultery and was forgiven privately by Jesus after everyone had left (John 8:11).

Maybe!

We really have no information on her at all but what is given in this text.

Back in 591 A.D. Pope Gregory preached an Easter sermon in which he combined the stories of Mary the Magdalene with Mary of Bethany and the woman in this story, which then gave Mary of Magdala the reputation of being a repentant prostitute or a promiscuous woman.

But, if you read the passage carefully you see this is not the same event as when Mary of Bethany anointed Jesus at Simon the Leper’s house. And the woman in this story is also not Mary Magdalene, who had been released from seven spirits in a miraculous healing.

The woman in this story had lived a sinful life was most likely a prostitute. At the very least, she had a reputation. Whatever her growing up story, there were traumas and soul wounds. Then she met Jesus.

Before we get started with this woman’s story, I’d like to say her traditional title of “the sinful woman” is very misleading. In this story, she is portrayed as the devoted-to-Jesus woman, the forgiven-by-Jesus woman, the living-portrait-of-love-sacrifice-and-bold-faith woman.

Her sinful past was only noted by the Pharisee sitting next to Jesus.

To Jesus, she was one who loved much, and he received her.

So, I’d like to reframe her story as

I The Forthcoming Woman, Luke 7:36-38
II The Favored Woman, Luke 7:39-43
III The Faithful Woman, Luke 7:44-47
IV The Forgiven Woman, Luke 7:48-50

To view the original YouTube presentation, click on "The Sinful Woman (youtu.be/cbGh1tt-6vg) "

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Books by Joanne
"Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" (amazon.com/Broken-Searching-Trusted-Powerful-Biblical/dp/1725277700?crid=3TH5Z3HPGOTHZ&keywords=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204009&sprefix=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C55&sr=8-1-fkmr0&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=469b80b80703756378111a1f0c37290b&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Mary Magdala, A Disciple of Jesus

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-03-04 | #MaryMagdalene #WomenDisciples #WomenApostles #John20

Though Mary of Magdala is a well-known figure in the gospels, she is not introduced by name until Jesus’s crucifixion in John’s Gospel (John 19:25). John doesn’t explain who she is, or what her relationship is to Jesus or his family, but there she is, with John and Mary, Jesus’s mother. That alone says how important she was to Jesus’s inner circle.

In fact, Mary of Magdala is the only other woman besides Jesus’s mother who is identified in all four Gospels. In total, she is mentioned twelve times, with her name almost always placed first, underscoring her prominence and importance among Jesus’s followers.

Luke’s Gospel identifies Mary’s hometown as Magdala, an affluent Hellenistic city in the Galilee, where Josephus also lived for a time. According to Luke, there were certain women who had been healed of “evil spirits and infirmities,” among whom was

“Mary who is called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone forth.”
Luke 8:2 (YLT)

Evidently, Mary’s earliest encounter with Jesus was as a deeply afflicted woman with a little-understood ailment.

As deeply as she was afflicted so profoundly was she freed by Jesus. Imagine the gratitude and love Mary must have had for her Savior. Mary, along with two other named women, and “many others,” left their homes and traveled with Jesus and the Twelve, as Jesus

“was going through every city and village, preaching and proclaiming good news of the reign of God.”
Luke 8:1 (YLT)

Like the five men called to be disciples at the beginning of John's Gospel, and the woman at the well in Samaria in Chapter 4, Mary of Magdala's story includes all twelve elements unique to Jesus's call.

John has put it on record that Jesus called women as his disciples and commissioned them to apostolic ministry just as he did with men, and we can do no less today.

Each video is designed to offer background scholarship on the topic, including setting, culture, original language, and archaeology, as well as a theological study.

The "Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" series is a companion to the book, available on Amazon, and published by Wipf and Stock.

Women Disciples, Conclusion

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-03-04 | #WomenDisciples #WomenApostles #Egalitarian

Matthew, Mark, and Luke acknowledge the women who traveled with Jesus. Matthew and Mark do not mention these female disciples until they are found at Jesus’s cross. Luke gives more details about them, describing them as ministering to Jesus, and along with Jesus, from their own resources and ability. These women received teaching and revelation from Jesus along with his other disciples and were given Jesus’s call to proclaim the truth they received.

The Gospel of John’s less formal and more detailed portrayal provides an organic view of Jesus’s call to discipleship and apostleship, supplementing rather than duplicating the Synoptic Gospels’ accounts. John took great care in showing a direct corollary between Jesus’s calling of two different women, and the calling of Jesus’s first disciples.

The high view of Christ and of the Scriptures will lead modern Christians to hearken to John’s portrayal of women and men in Jesus’s apostolic mission, and therefore support Christ’s work today in calling women and men to every level of leadership in the church.

Each video is designed to offer background scholarship on the topic, including setting, culture, original language, and archaeology, as well as a theological study.

The "Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" series is a companion to the book, available on Amazon, and published by Wipf and Stock.

Season 6, Christs Ministry: Woman Caught in Adultery

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-02-28 | Most Bibles point out that the earliest manuscripts do not include this story, and sometimes it appears in Luke However, Jerome, in 383 AD, included it in his translation of the Gospel of John, right after chapter 7, where it is usually found today. Jerome noted that many ancient Greek and Latin manuscripts at his disposal had this story, in its usual position.

Ambrose of Milan, and Augustine confirmed Jerome’s report, and Augustine, in 403 AD, wrote “…certain persons of little faith, or rather enemies of the true faith, fearing I suppose, lest their wives should be given impunity in sinning, removed from the manuscripts the Lord’s act of forgiveness toward the adulterous, as if He who had said, ‘sin no more’ had granted permission to sin…”

We also have the Didascalia Apostolorum, circa 200–250 AD, which alludes to this incident, but the earliest possible mention comes from Eusebius, who wrote his Eccliastical History in the early 300’s, and quoted Papias, circa 110 A.D. in reference to a story about Jesus and a woman who was “accused of many sins.” Papias had said this story could be found in the Gospel of the Hebrews, which is lost to us today.

Sukkot – Festival of Tabernacles

John chapter 7 provides the context of the events surrounding the woman caught in adultery, which seems to have taken place during the last year of Jesus’ ministry. It was the Feast of Tabernacles, the best loved of the yearly festivals.

Jewish families throughout the known world would return to Jerusalem and the surrounding area, build temporary shelters out of leafy boughs and flowers, and live in them for a week to celebrate Sukkot, the Feast of Booths. Jesus was also in Jerusalem, though it seems he and his disciples and followers were camping on the Mount of Olives.

Sukkot commemorates God’s provision during the exodus, when the Israelite tribes wandered for forty years in the wilderness. It lasts seven days, beginning with the Feast of Ingathering, celebrating the harvest from all their fields, orchards, and vineyards, the months of toil on their threshing floors, and in their winepresses and olive presses.

Considered a Sabbath, the Feast of Ingathering is a joyful thanksgiving of God’s largesse. It also symbolizes God’s salvation to all people one day, when God will gather in all nations to the Lord. In Jesus’ time, was the people’s favorite holiday, full of feast

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Season 6, Christs Ministry: Herodias

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-02-21 | Herodias’ story is introduced in both Matthew’s gospel and Mark’s with Herod Antipas hearing reports about Jesus’ astonishing miraculous powers.

"Some were saying, 'John the baptizer has been raised from the dead; and for this reason these powers are at work in him.' But others said, 'It is Elijah.' And others said, 'It is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.' But when Herod heard of it, he said, 'John, whom I beheaded, has been raised.'"
Mark 6:14-16 (NRSV)

In spite of others’ reassurances to him about Jesus, Herod was sure it was John the Baptist risen from the dead—the implication being, in haunting judgment of having been executed by Herod.

And so the dark and dreadful tale begins of intrigue, seduction, manipulation, and murder, all swirling around the Hasmonean princess and Judean noble, Herodias.

Listen in on this twenty minute tale that explores the world of Herodias, how she came to be who she was, and how the Lord was also at work. We’ll look at Herodias’ story in four parts:

I Background and Ambitions
II Bitter Rage
III Blocked Goals and Unfulfilled Desires
IV Blessing Lost

Along the way, we’ll hear from Moses, James, and Jesus, who teach us that
“The Lord is slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving”

Restoration begins when we
“Welcome with meekness the implanted word that has the power to save your souls.”

The sobering truth made plain in Herodias’ life is that, in God’s judgment, God will often allow sin to run its course, but there is always a path that leads back to God, to restoration and life, for:

Those who lose their life for Jesus’ sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.

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Season 5, Kings and Queens: Esther

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-02-14 | There is some debate as to whether the book of Esther is historical, or possibly written as a play or allegory. Haman’s seventy-five foot gallows, the difficulty in establishing which king—and more notably, which queen—Esther’s story describes, and the depiction of a few unlikely scenes such as a massive, three-day civil war which is completely absent from Persian sources, move many scholars to suggest Esther is a dramatized story.

That said, I am going to treat the story as it is presented. Whether this is dramatized history, or historicized drama, the author was seeking to convey something important about the grand narrative of heaven and earth. Haman is the depiction of evil, Esther and Mordecai portray the best of God’s own people. Vashti is the dignity of the surrounding nations, and Xerxes displays the dangers of worldliness and power.

We are going to see that God prepares Esther for a pivotal role in saving the nation in Esther 1-2. Then, we will watch the development of Haman’s evil plot and Esther’s wise plan in Esther 3-7. We will end with the first joyful festival of Purim in Esther 8-10

I God Prepares Esther, Esther 1-2
II Haman’s Plot, Esther’s Plan, Esther 3-7
III Purim, Esther 8-10

Through Esther’s story, we learn that true beauty is found in a humble spirit, that God’s deliverance, though sure, involves taking risks of faith, and that the Lord is faithful to keep to keep God’s covenant with God’s people

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Season 5, Kings and Queens: Huldah

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-02-07 | Have you ever even -heard- of Huldah?

I bet not!

Most timelines for the history of ancient Israel place prophets alongside the kings they advised. Even prophets without their own books, such as the prophet Nathan who counseled King David, are listed. But as much as I look for her, I have yet to see the prophet Huldah listed as well.

It is a strange choice, to leave her out of Judah’s timeline, as she was perhaps the most influential prophet of her day. The fate of her people, her nation, and her king hung on the oracle she would deliver.

In telling her story, we will look first at her background, then at the words God gave her to speak, the impact of those words on the final generation of people who lived until Judah’s exile, and the enduring importance of Huldah’s ministry, to this day.

I Huldah, the Woman Prophet, 2 Kings 22:14
II Huldah’s World, 2 Kings 22:1-13
III Huldah’s Word to the Nation, 2 Kings 22:15-17
IV Huldah’s Word to the King, 2 Kings 22:18-20
V Huldah, an Afterword

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Women Disciples, an Introduction

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-02-05 | #GospelofJohn #WomanDisciples #Egalitarian #WomenApostles

The debate continues as to whether Scripture endorses, or at least permits, or rather forbids women from certain roles within the Body of Christ. May women be deacons? May women be elders? May women be pastors? May women be bishops? May women teach or lead in church?

At stake, of course, is how to live rightly before God, how to do what God has in mind, and to live within the space and the design God has laid out for humankind. And, questions of women's roles—whatever they may be—within the Body of Christ, as experienced in church life and among believers, also touches more broadly on what God may have in mind for women and men in marriages, in families, in communities, in the socioeconomic sphere, and in the political sphere.

Years ago, I found a site that gives a basic overview of the various ways Christians have been trying to navigate these questions. These are my summary thoughts based upon that site, Adrian Warnock’s article on "Gender: Complementarian Vs Egalitarian Spectrum," posted on Patheos.

This all is by way of an introduction to my four-part series on what I discovered in the Gospel of John about Jesus's call on women to discipleship and apostolic mission.

Each video is designed to offer background scholarship on the topic, including setting, culture, original language, and archaeology, as well as a theological study.

The "Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" series is a companion to the book, available on Amazon, and published by Wipf and Stock.

Season 5, Kings and Queens: Jezebel

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-01-31 | Just the word “jezebel” evokes a whole evil, erotic, seductive mystique, doesn’t it? I looked “jezebel” up in the dictionary, and here’s what Webster-Merriam has to say: “an impudent, shameless, or morally unrestrained woman.” According to other definitions,

A jezebel is a wicked, evil, scheming female who is manipulates her victims into giving her wealth, status and power. She is often beautiful and knows it, using her looks to her advantage to “lure in” her prey
She very much has to be the center of attention but also doesn’t have many real friends because of how shallow she is. She will do anything and will use anyone to get what she wants.

In some Christian circles, having a Jezebel spirit means being all of the above, disruptive, seductive, insinuating, contriving, dangerous to the Body of Christ.

Added to that deeply embedded cultural and religious meme is the Jezebel found in John’s Revelation,

"But I have this against you: you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet and is teaching and beguiling my servants to practice fornication and to eat food sacrificed to idols."
Revelation 2:20

Wow, right? But who was the original Jezebel? We’ll trace her history as a Phoenician princess nearly three thousand years ago who became one of the most powerful queens found in the Bible.

We’ll read about her devotion to Baal, her strategies for getting what she wanted, and her untimely end. Is this a story about a powerful and ambitious person who was vilified because she was a woman? Or of another culture? Or was there something more sinister that lurked within her?

I Phoenician Princess, 1 Kings 16
II Priestess of Ba'al, 1 Kings 18
III Pillage of Israel, 1 Kings 21
IV Publicly Pilloried, 2 Kings 9

And we will learn that God’s judgment is both righteous and just, and that God shows mercy wherever it is possible.

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Samaritan Woman, a Disciple of Jesus

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-01-25 | There are four videos in this series, and this is the third, exploring how the calling narrative found in the Gospel of John, chapter 1 is repeated in the story of the Samaritan Woman in John chapter 4, and in Mary of Magdala's story at the end of John's Gospel, chapter 20.

There are twelve calling elements to Jesus's call to discipleship and apostolic mission portrayed in the calling of Jesus's first five disciples: Andrew, John, Peter, Phillip, and Nathanael. The synoptic gospels key in on twelve men, eleven of whom became apostles. But there were many more disciples than that, all told 120 women and men who received Jesus's Great Commission and watched him ascend to heaven.

This video takes a close look at another woman, one who may not have been there for Christ's ascension (but, then again, she may have been, as Luke 8:3 indicates many women traveled with Jesus), who said yes to Jesus's call.

Each video is designed to offer background scholarship on the topic, including setting, culture, original language, and archaeology, as well as a theological study.

The "Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" series is a companion to the book, available on Amazon, and published by Wipf and Stock.

Season 5, Kings and Queens: Bathsheba

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-01-24 | Bathsheba had grown up admiring the handsome, charismatic king David. It had been an exhilarating time in Israel’s history, and her dad Eliam, one of David’s might men, had been all wrapped up in the thick of it, close with David ever since the young shepherd had been on the lam, running from King Saul. Her grandfather, the godly and spiritual Ahithophel, was one of David’s most trusted advisors, whose godly wisdom was deeply valued.

What must that have been like for those young families, living in tents, the air crackling with anticipation, watching the mighty men as they gathered around in their recon missions, talking through their strategies.

Year after year these battle-hardened men went to war, consolidating the Promised Land into the nation of God, ridding the land of Canaanite people groups, and always pushing the Philistines back. It’s no surprise that, as this young beauty reached maturity, Bathsheba’s father would marry her to another one of the mighty men, David’s close friend and a member of his royal guard. His name was Uriah the Hittite. Most likely he had converted to Judaism, and had certainly shown great loyalty to David, and to Israel.

There is not doubt Bathsheba was able to enjoy being with her husband the first year they married, for God had instructed all Israel that

“If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married.”
Deuteronomy 24:5

But when the following spring came, that all changed.
King David sent his army—including Uriah—with General Joab, off to war, while the king stayed home.

So the story begins. Was Bathsheba a seductress? Was she innocent? Was this an affair or a rape? Or neither, since the mores of that time were different than our own today?

And what did God think of all this--the man identified as one after God's own heart, and the woman identified as a lamb?

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Season 5, Kings and Queens: Abigail

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-01-17 | Abigail’s story begins during a traditionally joyful time, the sheep shearing festival. Many guests had gathered, and there was much feasting. Abigail was well-known for her gracious hospitality, and all the tables were generously supplied.

As the celebration wore into the evening, ten plainly dressed men entered the pavilion and came to address Nabal. Would he be willing to share some of the festival food with a fellow Judahite, David? For David, along with his 600 warriors, had not only protected Nabal’s herds from marauders and wild animals all throughout the year, he had made sure Nabal’s property and servants were also protected.

What they asked was well within the cultural ethos of their day. Tribes took care of their own, and both David and Nabal were of the tribe of Judah. What’s more, David’s father was also a wealthy and well-respected landowner and herdsman. But even if this were not so, God’s Law was clear.

"If there is among you anyone in need, a member of your community in any of your towns within the land that the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tight-fisted toward your needy neighbor. You should rather open your hand, willingly lending enough to meet the need, whatever it may be.

"Be careful that you do not entertain a mean thought . . . and therefore view your needy neighbor with hostility and give nothing; your neighbor might cry to the Lord against you, and you would incur guilt.

"Give liberally and be ungrudging when you do so, for on this account the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake.

"Since there will never cease to be some in need on the earth, I therefore command you, 'Open your hand to the poor and needy neighbor in your land.'”
Deuteronomy 15:7-11 (NRSV)

There was only one possible answer Nabal could have given—a warm welcome and a generous sweep of his hand, come join us in the feast.

But that is not what happened.

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Season 5, Kings and Queens: Michal

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-01-10 | Embedded within the story of David, Israel’s most beloved king, and of whom the Lord said was a man after God’s own heart, is the tragic story of Michal, a Benjamite princess and daughter of king Saul.

Her story begins in Late Bronze Age Canaan. The twelve tribes of Israel were still in the throes of coalescing into a kingdom, beleaguered by battle after battle with the powerful Philistines, until representatives from across the tribes came to the prophet Samuel and insisted a king be found to lead them to victory.

King Saul was a hot success! But the war with Philistia waged wearily on, until finally Goliath came forward with his famous challenge,

In response, Saul produced a challenge of his own, saying

“The king will greatly enrich the man who kills him, and will give him his daughter and make his family free in Israel.”
1 Samuel 17:25 (NRSV)

David took up that challenge, but not for wealth nor the hand of a princess. Rather, he fought for the honor of God’s name, in the might of God’s divine power. And all Israel could not help but fall in love with this young, handsome, fiery shepherd, musician, and courageous warrior. Including, it seems, Saul’s youngest daughter, Michal.

In Michal’s story we meet a young women in love, who soon becomes courage itself in her quick-witted rescue of her husband. But as the years go by, she becomes an abandoned wife given to another man, then a political pawn and finally the outraged and rejected queen.

Where was God in all this? Had God rejected Saul’s family on Saul’s behalf? Or is there a whisper of hope in an otherwise bleak tale of objectification and abuse?

I A Princess in Love, I Samuel 18:17-30
II A Parting in Haste, I Samuel 19:8-17, 25:39-44
III A Political Pawn, 2 Samuel 3:12-16
IV No Prospect of Honor, 2 Samuel 6:11-23

To view the YouTube presentation, click here: Michal (youtu.be/A-pu-KAIOJU)

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"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Season 5, Kings and Queens: The Witch of Endor

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2024-01-03 | Probably the main point of the story, and why it was included in King Saul’s narrative, is to show how truly far he had sunken. At one point, King Saul is depicted in a dead faint of hunger, weakness, and terror, with the Witch of Endor stooping over him urging him to get up and eat. But this unnamed woman could teach you and me a thing or two about what it means to give sacrificial love.

The juxtapositions are striking:
• The king of all Israel cowering in terror while a lowly subject tries to help him up.

• Someone who was once anointed by God, who had once prophesied while swept up in the Spirit, now consulting a spiritist in direct transgression against God’s express command.

• A tall and well-built man, now led by a woman who most likely was not even an Israelite.
Still, on second and third read, intriguing possibilities and perplexing questions arise.

I Spiritism
God requires faith from the people of God.

II Saul’s Downward Spiral
God’s word prevails in every context.

III Spirit of Love
The greatest evidence and power of God is love for people.

To view the YouTube presentation, click here: The Witch of Endor (youtu.be/1KMdRSUuRfA)

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"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Season 4, The Birth of Christ: Anna the Prophet

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2023-12-27 | How long have you been waiting for the longing you have been praying about to be fulfilled? A longing you have felt certain God has invited you to pray about, that you feel certain God has indicated will be fulfilled?

Anna's story can be told in three stages: There was tragedy early in her life, then came the temple where she lived most of her life, and finally came the testimony God gave her towards the end of her life.

Simeon, most likely a priest in the temple, had been hoping all his life on the fulfillment of a prophecy he had been given. Now a very old man, and an otherwise perfectly ordinary, routine day, this prophecy the Holy Spirit to make a prophecy of his own.
And right by his side,

There was also a prophet, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age
Luke 2:36 (NRSV)

She is already notable for being named a prophet, but more than that, she is the only named woman prophet in the whole Christian testament. Philip the Evangelist had four unmarried daughters who were prophets, and evidently in the first century church were many women who prophesied. But only Anna is named.

Through Anna, we learn how
I Tragedy, Luke 2:36
God provides in times of tragedy.

II Temple, Luke 2:37
Living into God’s calling brings life satisfaction.

III Testimony, Luke 2:38
Prophets praise God and proclaim Jesus is Messiah.

To see this presentation on YouTube, click the link: Anna the Prophet (youtu.be/HXui9C0UUxQ)

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"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Season 4, The Birth of Christ: The Midwife

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2023-12-20 | She is an imagined character, but she was surely there, a midwife to help the young Mary give birth to her first baby.

What if the midwife was local to Bethlehem?

What if she had already helped the aging Elizabeth give birth to her one and only child?

Even though the character is imagined, there is historical material throughout this episode.

I lose my accent somewhere in the middle--oops!--and this was originally presented on a Sunday morning at my church, and I spoke too loud for the mic right in the first minute of the presentation, but after that, everything settled down, and we all had fun with it,

I hope you enjoy it, too.

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The Twelve Marks of Jesus Call to Discipleship

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2023-12-19 | #WomenDisciples #WomenApostles #WomenPastors

We don’t often think of Jesus gathering disciples together as a rabbi starting a school, but the shape of what Jesus did very much is the shape of a school. Jesus did depart from the traditional rabbinical model of his day in a few significant ways. For instance, unlike other schools, Jesus kept his table fellowship open to everyone, people in every stratum and sphere of life.

And, Jesus chose as his disciples some unexpected people. Apart from the Twelve, there is evidence Jesus had women disciples, some of whom also traveled with him and ministered alongside him and the other disciples.

Though evidence for female disciples is found in all four Gospels, it is John's Gospel which provides the most dramatic evidence for Jesus calling women to discipleship and apostolic ministry.

The first video in this series, "Implications of Jesus's Inclusion of Women as Disciples and Apostles," provides an overview of my research.

This second video details each of the twelve marks of Jesus's call to discipleship in the first chapter of John's Gospel.

Two more videos are coming: The Call of the Samaritan Woman and the Call of Mary of Magdala.

So stay tuned!

Each video is designed to offer background scholarship on the topic, including setting, culture, original language, and archaeology, as well as a theological study.

The "Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" series is a companion to the book, available on Amazon, and published by Wipf and Stock.

Season 4, The Birth of Christ: Virgin Mary

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2023-12-13 | As the most written about woman in the whole Bible, what is your impression of Mary? There are thousands upon thousands of images of her, the beatific and holy Madonna, mother and child, otherworldly in her serenity; and the grieving mother holding her crucified son, again beatific, serene, otherworldly.

We might get the impression that as a young girl, being visited by Archangel Gabriel she was soft, submissive, gentle, meek. And certainly, she had these qualities, but is it possible we’ve missed the real person underneath the patina of two thousand years’ worth of iconography?

When we first meet Mary in Luke’s Gospel, she seems to take a visit with one of the mightiest beings in the universe almost in stride. Daniel was trembling and speechless when he first saw an angel, so the angel said, “Fear not, I come in response to your prayer.” When Joseph saw an angel, the first words the angel said were “fear not.” What did the angel say to the trembling and speechless Zechariah? “Fear not.”

But to Mary, the first words Archangel Gabriel said were “Greetings, favored one!”

And so, in each succeeding story, a picture emerges of a woman of great faith, spiritual wisdom, a scriptural scholar in her own right, one who believed in the power, provision, and promise of Almighty God.

Through Mary, we learn that

I Luke 1, Courage in Faith
Great faith requires both boldness and resiliency

II John 2, Crisis of Faith
Great faith produces wisdom and humility

III Acts 1, Champion of Faith
Great faith is ready to break new ground in the power of the Spirit

To view the YouTube presentation, click on the link: The Virgin Mary (youtu.be/0wg4nxkATIs)

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"Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" (amazon.com/Broken-Searching-Trusted-Powerful-Biblical/dp/1725277700?crid=3TH5Z3HPGOTHZ&keywords=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204009&sprefix=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C55&sr=8-1-fkmr0&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=469b80b80703756378111a1f0c37290b&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Season 4, The Birth of Christ: Elizabeth

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2023-12-06 | What fascinated Luke, the scientist and doctor, was Jesus’ special emphasis on prayer, the activity of the Holy Spirit, and joyfulness and in his account of Jesus’ birth he highlighted the Holy Spirit’s activity in the lives of five people in these first two chapters. Luke’s chronicle of Jesus’ life is the longest of the four gospels, and many of the details surrounding Jesus’ birth are found only in Luke, including the story of Elizabeth, which he most likely received from Mary herself.

Elizabeth’s story is amazingly rich, and is told in seven strophes:

Genealogy, Luke 1:5
Godliness, Luke 1:6
Grief, Luke 1:7
Gabriel the Archangel, Luke 1:8-23
Germination, Luke 1:24-25
God’s Presence, Luke 1:39-45
Gratitude, Luke 1:57-64, 80

In one of the more remarkable moments in the Christian Testament, Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and God could not have been more fully present in that amazing moment. Elizabeth, whose unborn son was already filled with the Holy Spirit, Mary, who carried a child conceived by the overshadowing of Almighty God, and now Elizabeth herself filled with the Spirit—God in Three Persons literally filled these two mothers, the aging wife of an elderly priest and a young, unmarried girl.

I think you will find a few surprises in Elizabeth’s story!

Here's the link to the YouTube presentation: Elizabeth (youtu.be/PTJca6xS9GQ)

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"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Season 4, The Birth of Christ: Bonus Episode, Advent Candle of Joy

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2023-11-29 | Have you ever wondered why the third candle in the advent wreath is pink? Why pink? Why the third Sunday?

The short answer is joy!

But the long answer is fascinating, and it has something to do with Lent, and something to do with an early Gnostic movement that dismissed Jesus as a real human person.

This bonus episode on the Advent Candle of Joy carries the theme of the birth of Jesus, and the transcendent joy each of the women involved in Christs first coming experienced.

To view the YouTube presentation, click on the link: Advent Joy (youtu.be/xKRmvqy6_qQ)

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"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Season 3: Exodus Pioneers: Bonus, Thanksgiving

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2023-11-22 | #Thanksgiving #1Thessalonians #Gratitude #Gratefulness #Appreciation #BibleStudy #Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

"Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."*

Paul was no stranger to pain and hardship. He knew what it was to be hated, persecuted, beaten and left for dead. He did time in prison, dealt with chronic physical disability, and extended emotional distress.

Sometimes, Paul was left holding the bag, when all his friends and fellow workers simply abandoned him. There was a lot about his life that you and I might find hard to be grateful for, so what did Paul mean by this sentence in his letter to the beleaguered believers in Thessalonica?

To see the YouTube presentation, click on "Thanksgiving (youtu.be/xGaCbjIwYWA) "

*NRSVUE

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"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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The Virgin Mary

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2023-11-17 | #VirginMary #MotherMary #BibleStudy #Gospel #Jesus #Bible #BrokenSearchingTrustedPowerful

I Luke 1, Courage in Faith
II John 2, Crisis of Faith
III Acts 1, Champion of Faith

As the most written about woman in the whole Bible, what is your impression of Mary? There are thousands upon thousands of images of her, the beatific and holy Madonna, mother and child, otherworldly in her serenity; and the grieving mother holding her crucified son, again beatific, serene, otherworldly.

We might get the impression that as a young girl, being visited by Archangel Gabriel she was soft, submissive, gentle, meek. And certainly, she had these qualities, but is it possible we’ve missed the real person underneath the patina of two thousand years’ worth of iconography?

When we first meet Mary in Luke’s Gospel, she seems to take a visit with one of the mightiest beings in the universe almost in stride. Daniel was trembling and speechless when he first saw an angel, so the angel said, “Fear not, I come in response to your prayer.” When Joseph saw an angel, the first words the angel said were “fear not.” What did the angel say to the trembling and speechless Zechariah? “Fear not.”

But to Mary, the first words Archangel Gabriel said were “Greetings, favored one!”

And so, in each succeeding story, a picture emerges of a woman of great faith, spiritual wisdom, a scriptural scholar in her own right, one who believed in the power, provision, and promise of Almighty God.

Through Mary, we learn that

Great faith requires both boldness and resiliency
Great faith produces wisdom and humility
Great faith is ready to break new ground in the power of the Spirit

Each video is designed to offer background scholarship on the topic, including setting, culture, original language, and archaeology, as well as a theological study.

The "Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" series is a companion to the book, available on Amazon, and published by Wipf and Stock.

(The sound has been remastered, so it's a bit better)

Season 3, Exodus Pioneers: Hannah

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2023-11-15 | #Hannah #Archaeology #AncientFood #FoodinAntiquity #Samuel #1Samuel #Bible

Has there ever been a time when you found yourself in a group of people enjoying themselves and you felt utterly alone? Maybe unseen, certainly not noticed, no one knew what you were feeling, there was no one to relate to. It’s like going to a party, that for you ends up being a test of endurance, not the fun it was supposed to be. That’s at the heart of Hannah’s story, found in 1 Samuel 1:1-20.

It’s story that starts out in misery, but it ends in rejoicing.

So let’s take a look at the outline of Hannah’s account.

I Context, 1 Samuel 1:1-3
God rejoices both in being generous and sharing joy with us.

II Crisis, 1 Samuel 1:4-8
It is possible to be right with God and wronged by others.

III Catharsis, 1 Samuel 1:9-18
God may have plans to do something through your pain that goes much farther than your own life.

IV Consummation, 1 Samuel 1:19-20
Pain is only the middle of the story God is writing, the joy is yet to come.

To see the YouTube presentation, click on "Feast at Shiloh (youtu.be/FgaIKZRp6cg) "

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"Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" (amazon.com/Broken-Searching-Trusted-Powerful-Biblical/dp/1725277700?crid=3TH5Z3HPGOTHZ&keywords=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204009&sprefix=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C55&sr=8-1-fkmr0&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=469b80b80703756378111a1f0c37290b&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Season 3, Exodus Pioneers, Bonus: Psalm 73

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2023-11-08 | Psalm 73 was written by one of the four Levites King David had put in charge of the worship music. As soon as the ark was brought back to Jerusalem, and replaced in the tabernacle, David wanted regular times of worship with a full orchestra and choir. Asaph was one of the Levites put in charge of the instruments.

But, it turns out, he was truly gifted at song writing, too.

He evidently now lived within the palace complex in Jerusalem, and having most likely come from humble means -- since, typically, Levites did not have much wealth of their own -- being surrounded by the treasures of the City of David had to have been humbling.

Asaph knew he had been called by God to teach the scriptures and lead in worship, but it seems he did not feel he was thriving in David's courts. Instead, he felt unseen and unappreciated, as though he did not fit in. Others, who did not seem to be living godly lives or even aware of God at all, were prospering while he was languishing.

"What is going, God?"

So he wrote this song.

To see the YouTube presentation, click "Psalm 73 (youtu.be/FVOCzHVfsW4) "

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"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Season 3, Exodus Pioneers: Delilah

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2023-11-01 | “A staggering story of strength... And seduction... of the mightiest mortal who ever lived!” so claimed a poster touting Cecil B. DeMille’s masterpiece theater, “Samson and Delilah.” “A story as timeless and tumultuous as the violent age it spreads before you,” claimed another poster, quoting from Judges 16, “And the lords of the Philistines said unto Delilah, “entice him . . .”

And for the last two thousand years, at least, according to two first century Jewish historians, Josephus and Philo, that’s how the story of Delilah, found in the book of Judges, chapter 16, has been read. The mighty Samson, unconquerable champion and judge of Israel, who could slay thousands of Philistines with his bare hands, was finally brought down, in an unexpected twist to the tale, by the devious and lascivious Delilah.

The moral of the story, evidently, would be to never trust sensuous foreign women. Or perhaps, simply never trust a woman at all!

But is that really where the writer of the story is taking us? Is that even a true understanding of the story’s events in the first place?

I Power Struggles in Patriarchal Systems, Judges 13-15

II Sexual Seduction or Personal Power? Judges 16:1-17

III Spiritual Perception, Judges 16:18-31

To see the YouTube version, click "Delilah" (youtu.be/A8g8qv3lFaw)

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"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Season 3, Exodus Pioneers: Ruth

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2023-10-25 | Death is one of the more tragic losses all of us experience in life, that final goodbye with someone we love dearly, and the long years of their absence to come. Even though death is part of every life, it can still feel like an affront, and more often than not, you and I are just not ready. Not ready to let go of that relationship, that person.

So it was for Naomi, and surely for her two daughters-in-law. Death had robbed them of their husbands, but also their places in society. Widowed, with no children, there was no home left for them, and few options for making a living.

Yet out of that darkest valley, came God’s light.

Ruth’s story begins with her being utterly bereft of all but faith, and next moves to her relationship with Boaz, a kind-hearted farmer who took care of both Ruth and her mother-in-law Naomi. Boaz then became even more, as he formally the land, name, and heritage of Naomi’s dead husband, for at the end of Ruth’s story she places her firstborn son Obed on Naomi’s knee.

I Bereft but Faithful, Ruth 1

II Boaz the Farmer, Ruth 2

III Bounty of Favor, Ruth 3

IV Birth of Obed, Ruth 4

To see the YouTube version, click "Ruth" (youtu.be/P6cKlVy-RAo)

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"Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" (amazon.com/Broken-Searching-Trusted-Powerful-Biblical/dp/1725277700?crid=3TH5Z3HPGOTHZ&keywords=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204009&sprefix=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C55&sr=8-1-fkmr0&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=469b80b80703756378111a1f0c37290b&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Season 3, Exodus Pioneers: Daughter of Jephthah

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2023-10-18 | #Judges11 #JephthahsDaughter #DaughterofJephthah #WomenoftheBible #HolyVow

One of the slowly dawning realizations I’ve had, reading the Bible, is about the celebration of powerful women in the Book of the Judges. There are some famous women—Delilah, Deborah and Jael all immediately come to mind—but there are also not-so-famous women whose stories are worth reading and retelling.

On of those women is Jephthah’s daughter, and hers is a fascinating story, well worth the read, in the Book of Judges, chapter 11.

Jephthah’s daughter has unsettled theologians and scholars for thousands of years.

How could God sanction, let alone inspire, a vow that could seemingly only be fulfilled by child sacrifice? By literally putting the knife to a human being, and shedding their blood on the altar of a vow made to God? Yet that is how the narrative seems to be written in Judges 11.

Or is it possible that God provided another way, just as the Lord provided for Abraham when he climbed Mount Moriah with his son Isaac to offer a similar sacrifice?

We’ll learn about her family background, the events leading up to her father’s vow, and what that would ultimately mean for the course of her life.

I Jephthah’s Background, Judges 11:1-3

II Jephthah’s Bargains, Judges 11:4-33

III Jephthah’s Daughter Beatified, Judges 11:34-40

IV Jephthah’s Daughter’s Blessing

To see the YouTube presentation, click on "Jephthah's Daughter" (youtu.be/q0HYlSunDM4)

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Books by Joanne
"Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" (amazon.com/Broken-Searching-Trusted-Powerful-Biblical/dp/1725277700?crid=3TH5Z3HPGOTHZ&keywords=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204009&sprefix=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C55&sr=8-1-fkmr0&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=469b80b80703756378111a1f0c37290b&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Season 3, Exodus Pioneers: Deborah

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2023-10-11 | #Judges4 #Judges5 #Deborah #Jael #JudgeDeborah #DeborahinJudges #DeborahofJudges #DeborahtheJudge #Sisera #Barak

Deborah is maybe the most famous woman depicted in the Book of Judges, besides Delilah. And what sets Deborah apart from perhaps every woman in the entirety of the scriptures—both the Hebrew and Christian Testaments, is the astonishing position she held in Israel.

As Judge, Deborah held civic authority over all who came to her for justice, men and women, village elders and all other leadership.

As Prophet, Deborah was anointed by God to deliver the word of the Lord to the people. From God to her lips, giving her spiritual authority over every priest and Levite, women and men alike.

As Poet, Deborah recorded the history of her people in the medium in which it would be best preserved, for her Song of Victory, one of the oldest pieces of literature in the Bible, commemorates the Lord’s remarkable intervention on behalf of God’s people a full three millennia ago.

I Deborah, Judge, Judges 4:1-5

II Deborah, Prophet, Judges 4:8-24

III Deborah, Poet, Judges 5

To see the YouTube presentation, click on "Deborah" (youtu.be/nUJ8RYsQmcg)

I turned to four scholars for help in reading Deborah’s story:

• J. David Schloen,
• Rebekah J. Evans,
• Shimon Bakon,
• and Judy Taubes Sterman

You will hear their research throughout this podcast.

Bibliography
Bakon, Shimon. “Deborah: Judge, Prophetess and Poet.” The Jewish Bible quarterly 34.2 (2006): 110–118. Print.

Evans, Rebekah J. An Extraordinary Woman: Deborah in Judges 4-5 in relation to its ancient Near Eastern Context. Masters Thesis, Regent School of Divinity, April 26, 2019.

Schloen, J. David. “Caravans, Kenites, and Casus Belli: Enmity and Alliance in the Song of Deborah.” The Catholic Biblical quarterly 55.1 (1993): 18–38. Print.

Sterman, Judy Taubes. “Themes in the Deborah Narrative (Judges 4-5).” The Jewish Bible quarterly 39.1 (2011): 15–24. Print.

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"Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" (amazon.com/Broken-Searching-Trusted-Powerful-Biblical/dp/1725277700?crid=3TH5Z3HPGOTHZ&keywords=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204009&sprefix=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C55&sr=8-1-fkmr0&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=469b80b80703756378111a1f0c37290b&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Feast at Shiloh: Hannahs Story

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2023-10-05 | #Hannah #Archaeology #AncientFood #FoodinAntiquity #Samuel #1Samuel #Bible

Has there ever been a time when you found yourself in a group of people enjoying themselves and you felt utterly alone? Maybe unseen, certainly not noticed, no one knew what you were feeling, there was no one to relate to. It’s like going to a party, that for you ends up being a test of endurance, not the fun it was supposed to be. That’s at the heart of Hannah’s story, found in 1 Samuel 1:1-20. It’s story that starts out in misery, but it ends in rejoicing.
So let’s take a look at the outline of Hannah’s account.

I Context, 1 Samuel 1:1-3
God rejoices both in being generous and sharing joy with us.

II Crisis, 1 Samuel 1:4-8
It is possible to be right with God and wronged by others.

III Catharsis, 1 Samuel 1:9-18
God may have plans to do something through your pain that goes much farther than your own life.

IV Consummation, 1 Samuel 1:19-20
Pain is only the middle of the story God is writing, the joy is yet to come.

Each video is designed to offer background scholarship on the topic, including setting, culture, original language, and archaeology, as well as a theological study.

The "Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" series is a companion to the book, available on Amazon, and published by Wipf and Stock.

Season 3, Exodus Pioneers: The Stories Rahab Heard

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2023-10-04 | This is a little bit of a longer episode because it encompasses an overview of Exodus 1-11 with a look at the Big Picture. It is this big picture that had such a great impact on Rahab, and that continues to have impact today on the lives of everyone who puts their faith in God.

How does the big picture of Exodus together? What has God accomplished? We know God’s intention. God had the whole thing worked out when God made God's covenant with Abraham.

“Know this for certain, that your offspring shall be aliens in a land that is not theirs, and shall be slaves there, and they shall be oppressed for four hundred years; but I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions. … And they shall come back here in the fourth generation....” (Genesis 15:13-16)

The even bigger picture, embedded in that promise, included redemption not just for a clan, or a people group, but for all the people of earth, for every clan, culture, tribe, nation, language, and people.

That magnificent plan was already at work, then, in the heart of a Canaanite woman who knew nothing about the God of the Hebrews but for the hair raising contest of the gods in Egypt, and the subsequent tales of conquest and valor for God's people.

This podcast was originally a message delivered at New Hope Chapel, MD, and will become a YouTube video soon.

I God’s Pattern of Redemption

II God’s Promise of a Savior

III God’s Purpose in the Plagues

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"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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Season 3, Exodus Pioneers: Rahab

Grace and Peace, Joanne, LLC 2023-09-27 | #Rahab #Jericho #BibleStudy #Joshua #BookofJoshua #Tamar #Judah #Ruth #Boaz #Bible #BrokenSearchingTrustedPowerful

As Rahab stood in the foothills of Canaan, watching Jericho burn, she was seeing everything she knew, her whole life, and what should have been her story, going up in smoke. But for the grace of God. . . .that would have been her.

She may have wondered to herself, so many years later, “How is it that God saved me? How is it that my life story took such an unexpected, wrenching, and yet ultimately beautiful turn, loved as I am by God, and by God’s, people, and by this amazing man Salmon, who has given me these precious sons and daughters?”

I wonder if she was alive when Boaz was born. Even if she wasn’t, I feel sure her story was told to her great grandchildren, and her great great grandchildren, as families will do.

Rahab is most often described as a prostitute in English translations of the Bible. But who she really was is far more complex.

Her account touches another Canaanite woman who lived five hundred years before her, and a Moabite woman who lived at least a hundred years after her. With a narrative that covers a thousand years of history, and a crimson cord that symbolized her redemption, Rahab portrays God's great plan of salvation.

I Rahab, Person and Profession, Joshua 2

II Rahab, Profession of Faith, Joshua 2

III Rahab, A Portrayal of Salvation, Joshua 6

Listen to a story of unshakeable faith, knowing fear is the enemy of faith, and that God redeems the stories of every person who puts their faith in God through Christ!

To see the YouTube presentation, click on "Rahab" (youtu.be/oYbzdgo0h-M)

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"Broken, Searching, Trusted, Powerful" (amazon.com/Broken-Searching-Trusted-Powerful-Biblical/dp/1725277700?crid=3TH5Z3HPGOTHZ&keywords=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204009&sprefix=joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C55&sr=8-1-fkmr0&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=469b80b80703756378111a1f0c37290b&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)
"Love Feast" (amazon.com/Love-Feast-Passover-Infused-Gospel/dp/B083XW6866?crid=220WDFD4GJ2B1&keywords=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer&qid=1687204153&sprefix=love+feast%2C+joanne+guarnieri+hagemeyer%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=graceandpe03f-20&linkId=171c07425db4fe1b1031296eb6cb3e17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl)

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