Lesser Known Women of the Bible Archives

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Hidden within the pages of Scripture are women whose stories are brief, overlooked, or rarely studied, yet their lives often reveal profound truths about faith, courage, suffering, wisdom, redemption, and the work of God in unexpected places. This series explores the historical setting, biblical context, and theological significance of these lesser-known women of the Bible, inviting readers to look more closely at the people who quietly shaped the larger story of Scripture. Through their lives, we discover that even the most seemingly ordinary or forgotten figures can illuminate the character of God and the human experience in powerful and enduring ways.

Lessons

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Session 18 – Lesser-Known Women of the Bible; The Strange Woman: Mark Lanier, 03/09/25

3-9-25 Biblical – Literacy Mark Lanier taught the final lesson in the Lesser-Known Women of the Bible series with a focus on The Strange Woman and similar to Lady Widsom, this employs personification as a literary device. The lesson in 3 parts: 1. The Path Metaphor Scripture teaches of good and bad paths, and those […]

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Mark Lanier
Session 17 – Lesser-Known Women of the Bible; Lady Wisdom: Mark Lanier, 02/23/25

Mark Lanier 02/23/2025 Mark takes us on a very different experience in our study of Lessor Known Women in the Bible. Mark asks the question? Who am I ? 1. I help a King Rule Justly 2. I cried out in the streets and raised my voice in the Public Square 3. I was there […]

1 year ago

Mark Lanier
Session 16 -Lesser Known Women in the Bible, FIVE UNNAMED WOMEN OF THE BIBLE

Biblical-Literacy Mark taught Lesser-Known Women of the Bible with an emphasis on unnamed but significant women. Anonymity can sometimes speak volumes. Why no name? Various reasons: to prevent embarrassment, the person is unknown or sometimes used as a literary device.

1 year ago

Mark Lanier
Session 15 – Lesser Known Women in the Bible, Job’s daughters!!!!

2-9-25 Biblical-Literacy Mark continued the series: Lessor Known Women of the Bible. This week’s lesson focused on Job and his daughters. The lesson had three sections: 1. The journey through suffering – Job, a righteous man whom God had blessed with divine provision lost everything, including his children, health, and relationships. God responds to Job’s […]

1 year ago

Mark Lanier
Session 14 – Lesser Known Women in the Bible

2-02-25 Biblical-Literacy Dr. David Capes led another lesson of Lessor Known Women ofthe Bible with an interview of Dr. Nancy Dawson, author of All the Genealogies of the Bible. Dr. Lawson received her doctorate in biology and always held an interest in theology. In this lesson she focused on three of the five women named […]

1 year ago

Mark Lanier
Session 13 – Lesser Known Women in the Bible, Job’s four daughters

Mark Lanier continued his series on Lesser-Known Bible Women with a study of Jael – Courage in a Crisis, from Judges 4:2 – 5:27. Mark divides the lesson into: 1. Context and Characters: Israel is under oppression from the Canaanite army led by Sizer who has control of the Jezerel Valley. The people are regulated […]

1 year ago

Mark Lanier
Session 12 – Lesser Known Women in the Bible, THREE different Groups

Mark continued the series on The Lesser-Known Bible Women by focusing on Zipporah, Moses’s wife, as found in Exodus 4:24-26. He unpacked the meaning behind her striking statement: “You are a bridegroom of blood.” The Context In Moses’s time, culture dictated every aspect of life. Mark began by revisiting the pivotal moment of the burning bush, […]

1 year ago

Mark Lanier
Session 11 – Lesser Known Women in the Bible

In this first lesson of 2025, Mark continues the Lesser Known Women of the Bible series by exploring the intriguing reference to the “elect lady” in 2 John. Who is the lady? – A majority of scholars interpret the “elect lady” as a metaphor for the local church - the unified body of Christ chosen by […]

1 year ago

Mark Lanier
Session 10 – Lesser-Known Women of the Bible; Anna the Prophetess: Mark Lanier, 12/15/24

Mark taught the last class of 2024 which concluded the series of Lesser Known Women of the Bible using a passage in Luke 2 with a focus on 3 witnesses of Jesus’s birth. -Witnesses of the Shepherds: Those who were of the lowest social standing, outcasts. Even the line of priests who raised lambs for the temple sacrifice were considered untrustworthy.

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Mark Lanier
Session 9 – Lesser-Known Women of the Bible; Elizabeth: Brent Johnson, 12/08/24

Pastor Brent Johnson continued with the series, Lesser-Known Women of the Bible with a focus on Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist from Luke 1. Brent taught three points: 1. Aaron: Zachariah and Elizabeth were from the Levite clan. 2. Baron: Although righteous, Elizabeth was advanced in age, and felt shame and inadequacy in that culture. 3. Errand: Elizabeth served God by greeting Mary, acknowledging Mary’s pregnancy, spoke of God‘s blessings and shared blessings for Mary.

1 year ago

Pastor Brent Johnson
Session 8 – Lesser-Known Women of the Bible; Shiphrah and Puah: Mark Lanier, 12/01/24

Mark continued the series Lesser-Known Women of the Bible with a focus on Shiphrah and Puah, two of God’s unlikely heroes. The Crisis: Egypt enslaved the Israelites when their increasingly large population became a threat. Pharaoh ordered the midwives to kill all newborn male babies. The Courage: Midwives Shiphrah and Puah faced the choice of living.

1 year ago

Mark Lanier
Session 7 – Lesser Known Women of the Bible; Queen Vashti: Dr. David Fleming, 11/24/24

11-24-24 Biblical-Literacy Pastor David Fleming continued in the series of Lesser Known Women of the Bible with a focus on Vashti from Esther Chapter 1. Dr. Fleming’s roadmap for the lesson included: 1. Context: King Xerxses held a massive feast for seven days to show his wealth and power. Queen Vashti and ladies left, but other women joined the king and his guests.

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Pastor David Fleming