When Others Shuddered: Eight Women Who Refused to Give Up Author: Jamie Janosz | Language: English | ISBN:
B00DZEYP36 | Format: EPUB
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When Others Shuddered: Eight Women Who Refused to Give Up is
the story of eight women called to serve God and who, in doing so, changed the world.
They lived at the turn-of-the-century, rubbing shoulders with the well-known men
of their time like John Rockefeller, Marshall Field, and Dwight Lyman Moody.
Each
of these women was unique. They were single and married, black and white, wealthy
and poor, beautiful and plain, mothers and childless. Yet, each felt called to make
a difference and to do something - to meet a pressing need in her world.
These
women wanted to live lives less ordinary. Their stories inspire us to follow God's
calling in our own lives. They teach us that each individual person can make a difference.
These eight women will show you how God can use your life to change the world.
- File Size: 2269 KB
- Print Length: 208 pages
- Publisher: Moody Publishers; New Edition edition (January 14, 2014)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00DZEYP36
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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They prayed with prostitutes. They confronted gangsters. They entered tawdry saloons. In each place, with each person, they sang, preached, celebrated, and applied The Word of God. From the first page, I—a man—wanted to be like these women. But as Jamie says, they were “ordinary,” folks just like me and you. Jamie’s real interest is not simply to tell you their story, but to live their story. Jamie Janosz has given us this, her storied thesis, in her good work When Others Shuddered: Eight Women who Refused to Give Up (Moody, 2014).
I winced as read of life’s difficulties for women like Nettie McCormick. Sacrifice marked the life of Sarah Dunn Clark as she lived with the people she served. We even discover The Spirit of God used Clark’s preaching to bring the famed evangelist Billy Sunday to faith in Christ. The women often worked alone in their respective vocations, whether widowed or single. Amanda Smith stands as a beacon to African-American women everywhere in her tireless service of her Savior. Her commitment to Bible teaching touched not only Chicago but Europe, Africa, and Asia. She reached multitudes with God’s Word and touched the hearts of all who knew her. Virginia Asher figuratively “lit a torch” for others to follow. I personally have a special place in my heart for The Salvation Army and was thrilled to read Evangeline Booth’s story: Booth left a rich legacy serving the poor. Mary Bethune cheered my soul as I read of her deep desire to learn Scripture. Then what a delight to learn she to graced the White House halls (178-79)! Bethune left a Christian influence in the position created for her: Office of Minority Affairs.
History has largely been written by men. When we think of heroes of the Christian faith, most of the examples that immediately come to mind are men who have changed the world through their commitment to their faith in Jesus. However, the truth is that many of the movements, organizations, and historic events that have happened throughout history, there have been extraordinary women who are responsible for their success and creation. In her new book, When Others Shuddered, author Jamie Janosz introduces us to eight such women from the turn of the century (late 1800's-early 1900's) who turned their world upside down with their passion, zeal, and obedience to carry out the vision that God had planted within them.
The book is divided into three sections: Women and Education, Women and Missions, and Women and Politics and in each section, Janosz takes us deep into the extraordinary lives of women like Fanny Crosby, Emma Dryer, and Evangeline Booth, and allows us to peer into the struggles and tribulations that these women faced as they pursued their callings as well as the remarkable impact that each woman had on the world for the glory of God and the good of all people.
This book is definitely needed and is a must read for all Evangelical Christians, a group of people who all too often forgets that our faith lies on the backs of thousands of women who refused to cave in to societies often oppressive posture towards them and worked diligently to bring about the change and transformation that others only dreamed about. This book is an easy read and is incredibly well written (Janosz is an expert communicator!) and draws the reader into the lives of each of the extraordinary women whose stories are told.
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