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Readers
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"Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible was wonderful! You gave me so many things to ponder. New thoughts about Scripture. Ideas. Your love of Jacob, Leah and Rachel came through loud and clear. And your knowledge about their lives and times. The contemporary stories to set the stage were terrific. Each sucked me right in. I wanted to hear the whole story! This book is going to have
lots of editions. Great work!"
—Francine Rivers, best-selling author of
Redeeming Love
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Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible
Flawed Women Loved by a Flawless God
Good
Girls Behaving Badly
A spiteful boss, a defiant employee, a manipulative mother, a desperate housewife, an envious sister…honey, we know these women. We’ve lived with them, worked with them, or caught a glimpse of them in our mirrors.
Now let’s take a look at their ancient counterparts in Scripture:
Sarah mistreated her maidservant, Hagar despised her mistress,
Rebekah manipulated her son, Leah claimed her sister’s husband, and
Rachel envied her fertile sister.
They were far from evil, but hardly perfect. Mostly good, yet slightly bad. Women of faith, but not without flaws.
In other
words, these matriarchal mamas look a lot like us.
"I
shudder to confess how much of Lizzie I hear in Sarah’s dismissive
laugh,
taste in Rebekah’s mealtime deceptions, and see in Rachel’s
self-centered
demands. Had I been Hagar, I would have perished in the
desert
just to spite my mistress and put an end to my master’s hopes
for
a son. Had I been Leah, I would have strutted past Rachel’s tent
with
a Baby on Board sign around my
neck and a smirk on my face."
—from
Slightly
Bad Girls of the Bible
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A Matter of Time |
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Sarai
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Flight Plan |
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Hagar
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The Last Laugh |
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Sarah
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A Willful Bride |
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Rebekah the Wife
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Using Her Wits |
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Rebekah the Mother
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The Night Has Eyes |
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Leah the Unseen
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Morning Has Broken |
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Leah the Unloved
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When All is Said
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Rachel
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If you’ve enjoyed the other three books in the Bad Girls of the Bible series, you’ll find the style and format of
Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible familiar…yet the women themselves will surprise you!
And at the end of the book awaits another surprise: “A Chat with Liz,” giving you a behind-the-scenes look at how this series was created.
Join me for this journey through Genesis as we consider those Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible: Flawed Women Loved by a Flawless God.
From
the Publisher, WaterBrook Press
Sarah. Hagar. Rebekah. Leah. Rachel.
Wait a minute. Aren’t they the Good Girls of the Bible?
You bet. They’re also decidedly human. Like the famous men in their lives—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—these five women from Genesis often stubbed their toes along the rocky path of righteousness.
Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible takes a novel approach to Bible study, combining contemporary fiction and verse-by-verse commentary, seeking answers to the questions that tug at every Slightly Bad Girl’s heart: “Does God love me, flaws and all? Can he use me, ‘as is’?”
In a word, yes. Come find out how!
A Novel Approach to Bible Study
One million readers have already taken a walk on the wild side with Former Bad Girl, Liz Curtis Higgs, and her eye-opening blend of contemporary fiction and biblical commentary. Laced with humor and heartfelt self-disclosure, Liz’s unique brand of “girlfriend theology” has helped women of all ages experience God’s grace anew.
Liz Curtis Higgs is the author of 26 books, with more than 3 million copies in print, including her best-selling nonfiction series,
Bad Girls of the Bible, Really Bad Girls of the Bible and
Unveiling Mary Magdalene. A columnist for Today’s Christian Woman and a busy conference speaker, Liz lives with her husband, Bill, in Louisville, Kentucky.
288 pgs • Soft cover •
WaterBrook Press • 2007
ISBN 978-1-4000-7212-5
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