Women Worth Knowing
Join us each week for a lively conversation between authors Cheryl Brodersen and Robin Jones Gunn as they explore the lives of well-known—and not so well-known—Christian women in history. Trust us, these are definitely women worth knowing!
Episodes
Trish grew up near Manchester, England during a time when family secrets were deeply guarded. Her family has all the outward appearances of success, however, behind the walls of her home there was violence. In a three part series Trish shares about what it was like to try to cope with a life of secrets and how she came to know and experience release in Jesus from all the secrets.
Trish grew up near Manchester, England during a time when family secrets were deeply guarded. Her family has all the outward appearances of success, however, behind the walls of her home there was violence. In a three part series Trish shares about what it was like to try to cope with a life of secrets and how she came to know and experience release in Jesus from all the secrets.
Trish grew up near Manchester, England during a time when family secrets were deeply guarded. Her family has all the outward appearances of success, however, behind the walls of her home there was violence. In a three part series Trish shares about what it was like to try to cope with a life of secrets and how she came to know and experience release in Jesus from all the secrets.
Anita Coon was a child of the sixties. Like her peers she explored the hippie lifestyle. She came to faith in the height of the Jesus Movement. However, it wasn’t long until Anita found herself in a dangerous cult that she had to escape. Others faith might have been challenged by such an experience, but Anita recounts how she clung to Jesus and how He continued to safeguard, keep her, and bless her. Today Anita Kuhn leads the women...
Anita Coon was a child of the sixties. Like her peers she explored the hippie lifestyle. She came to faith in the height of the Jesus Movement. However, it wasn’t long until Anita found herself in a dangerous cult that she had to escape. Others faith might have been challenged by such an experience, but Anita recounts how she clung to Jesus and how He continued to safeguard, keep her, and bless her. Today Anita Kuhn leads the women...
As a young woman, Phyllis loved all night life of London in the 1920’s. She loved to play cards, dance, and party. During that time she never imagined that someday she would serve as a missionary in China and be a prolific author of Christian biographies, but that is exactly what took place once Jesus captured her heart. Listen as Cheryl recounts the testimony of how Phyllis came to faith, her adventures in China, and how God majes...
As a young woman, Phyllis loved all night life of London in the 1920’s. She loved to play cards, dance, and party. During that time she never imagined that someday she would serve as a missionary in China and be a prolific author of Christian biographies, but that is exactly what took place once Jesus captured her heart. Listen as Cheryl recounts the testimony of how Phyllis came to faith, her adventures in China, and how God majes...
Ruth was born in 1898 and lived to be 103 years old. She began writing Christian fiction when her mother, Grace Livingston Hill, passed away and left her current novel unfinished. Ruth finished her mother’s book and went on to write six more novels. When Ruth’s minister husband passed away only twenty years into their marriage, Ruth began teaching and went back to college. When she graduated, she started a Christian school in Pinel...
Dr. Carmen Joy Imes is associate professor of Old Testament at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, in Southern California. She is the author of Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters and Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters. She's currently writing a book to complete the trilogy, called Becoming God's Family: Why the Church Still Matters. Carmen has a YouTube channel where she releases weekly Torah Tuesday vi...
Dr. Carmen Joy Imes is associate professor of Old Testament at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, in Southern California. She is the author of Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters and Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters. She's currently writing a book to complete the trilogy, called Becoming God's Family: Why the Church Still Matters. Carmen has a YouTube channel where she releases weekly Torah Tuesday vi...
Melanie is the award-winning author of thirty historical, time-slip, and romantic suspense novels. She received her undergraduate degree in journalism from Liberty University and her master’s degree in communication from Regent University. Melanie explored the life of Grace Livingston Hill and visited her home while researching for her newest novel. Melanie and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest where Jon works at BibleProje...
Melanie is the award-winning author of thirty historical, time-slip, and romantic suspense novels. She received her undergraduate degree in journalism from Liberty University and her master’s degree in communication from Regent University. Melanie explored the life of Grace Livingston Hill and visited her home while researching for her newest novel. Melanie and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest where Jon works at BibleProje...
A brilliant Sanskrit scholar, Ramabai Donge earned the title "Pandita" as a twenty-year-old orphaned woman in 1878 India. Determined to follow in her Hindu father's belief that women could be scholars, Ramabai used her fame to argue for the education of women. along with the need for female physicians.
Widowed four years later with a baby, she met Christians who introduced her to the Bible, encouraged her to speak about women's ...
A brilliant Sanskrit scholar, Ramabai Donge earned the title "Pandita" as a twenty-year-old orphaned woman in 1878 India. Determined to follow in her Hindu father's belief that women could be scholars, Ramabai used her fame to argue for the education of women. along with the need for female physicians.
Widowed four years later with a baby, she met Christians who introduced her to the Bible, encouraged her to speak about women's ...
A brilliant Sanskrit scholar, Ramabai Donge earned the title "Pandita" as a twenty-year-old orphaned woman in 1878 India. Determined to follow in her Hindu father's belief that women could be scholars, Ramabai used her fame to argue for the education of women. along with the need for female physicians.
Widowed four years later with a baby, she met Christians who introduced her to the Bible, encouraged her to speak about women's ...
Jamell is one of the most fascinating guests that I have ever had the pleasure to interview on Women Worth Knowing. Jamell grew up in the ghetto of Chicago not knowing it was the ghetto. She had good parents and a strong since of family, however, there was an emptiness that she felt. Going to church with a friend when she was sixteen, Jamell realized that the answer to her emptiness was the fullness of God. She gave her life to Jes...
Jamell is one of the most fascinating guests that I have ever had the pleasure to interview on Women Worth Knowing. Jamell grew up in the ghetto of Chicago not knowing it was the ghetto. She had good parents and a strong since of family, however, there was an emptiness that she felt. Going to church with a friend when she was sixteen, Jamell realized that the answer to her emptiness was the fullness of God. She gave her life to Jes...
After Irene got saved in college, she volunteered at her church. Little did she know where her willingness to serve would lead her! Hear the wonderful twists, turns, and adventures that simply following Jesus has led Irene to and in. Only recently, Irene, her husband Anthony (yes, she shares about how they met and ended up as a couple), along with their four handsome boys and beautiful daughter moved back from Israel. Though they a...
After Irene got saved in college, she volunteered at her church. Little did she know where her willingness to serve would lead her! Hear the wonderful twists, turns, and adventures that simply following Jesus has led Irene to and in. Only recently, Irene, her husband Anthony (yes, she shares about how they met and ended up as a couple), along with their four handsome boys and beautiful daughter moved back from Israel. Though they a...
Brenda was born shortly after her parents migrated from Scotland to the United States. Her home was filled with all the wonder and traditions of Scotland. Brenda did not find Jesus until after she married Ted, the love of her life. After they were married, they felt led to help out at their church. Neither of them, at that time, realized that they were being called into full time ministry. On today’s program, Brenda shares about gr...
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