To
my knowledge, no one else has used The
Women Who Knew Him as a Bible study, therefore, the reason for my title. My
thanks go out to Beth C., Beth M., Chela, Cynthia, Patricia, Tiffany and Tina
for their willingness to sort of be guinea pigs along with me in order to see
how well the stories of these women lend themselves to actual Bible study.
I
believe we were not disappointed and I thank these ladies for their input into
additional discussion questions. At this point I will not be revising the book
but will make these additional discussion questions available to anyone
interested in using the book as a springboard for Bible study and getting to
know these women of the first century AD better.
I
also have a suggested order of reading the stories. In the book I listed the
stories in a somewhat chronological order but personally prefer
reading/studying the women’s stories in a more heterogeneous arrangement ending
with Mother Mary’s story rather than beginning with it.
In
that way, if a study starts in the Fall, Mary’s story would come about
Christmas time. Or, if the study began in January, Mary’s story would fall
around Easter, again a very appropriate time to be looking at her life.
Hopefully,
this will give you somewhat of a framework if you should decide to lead a Bible
study looking into how Jesus ministered to the women of the first century AD
and an increased faith that He will do the same for us today in 2015 AD.
Awesome to consider!!
