Older Women Likewise: Recent Episodes
Jennie Garlock
Older Women Likewise (Titus 2:3-5) shares God’s answers to challenges younger women face, suggesting creative ways to implement specific virtues prescribed in scripture to help meet spiritual goals, live God’s way, and personify joyful Christianity.
Since the Bride of Christ is so valuable to God that He has purchased this church with His own Son’s blood, what can we do to better demonstrate our love and commitment to her and what can we do to help her thrive? Join our conversation tonight as Dana and Lauren join Cindy and Jill to discuss these relevant questions and more.
If only I had known! Why didn’t someone tell me? How often we’ve said or thought that! Tonight’s panel will offer you the benefit of their life experiences and knowledge of God’s Word. Genesia Jeffries, Colleen O’Steen, Beth Stuckey and Kathleen Trigg join Ila in this life-changing conversation!
Cindy welcomes Colleen and Robin to share the times in their lives when they felt most loved by their church family. They will share their ideas of what a sister can do if she is not as close as she would like to be to the other members of her local church family.
Ila will lead an OWL panel including Cherri Armstrong, Dana Burk and Nikki Lee in a discussion of preparing our hearts to receive rebuke. How should we behave during and after this stressful situation?
Ila will moderate a discussion with an OWL panel including Nikki Lee, Dana Burk and Jill Yopp about why, how and where we might rebuke a sister who has broken God’s law. What might the preparation and actual rebuke look like? Tune in for some helpful information and guidance!
n astonishing number of myths surround the story of Mary Magdalene! Ila welcomes Beth Stuckey to unravel the myth and legend from the truth as written in God’s word. What can we learn from Mary’s life and experiences with our Lord?
David describes his passion for God with the words “longing, yearning, thirsting, and hungering”. What can we do to grow this kind of passion for God in our own hearts? How does confession play into our intimacy with God, and what can we do to ensure our worship is genuine, sincere, and heartfelt? Cindy and Jill welcome Dana Burk and Jennifer Ackett to the discussion.
How do we know God loves us? What can we do to be motivated to draw near to God out of gratitude rather than guilt, fear, or obligation? What benefits await the person who sustains a continual awareness of the reality that God is ever present? Cindy and Jill welcome Robin Clifton to discuss how we can grow closer to God.
Cherri Armstrong leads a discussion with Judy and Sandy about the lessons we can learn from her “love” quilt.
Cindy facilitates a conversation with Dana about the barriers God has removed and the barriers we must remove to enjoy a warm and fulfilling friendship with Him.
Jill Yopp and Beth Stuckey present Mary and Martha as a study in contrasting but purposeful lives.
Who am I? Do I matter? What is my place in life? What does He tell us about offering ourselves to Him in worship? In tonight’s conversation, Cindy and Jill talk with Lauren Bassford and Robin Clifton about how God helps us answer these questions.
Cindy and her guests Jennifer Ackett, Lauren Bassford, Dana Burk and Heather Wells continue their enlightening conversation about the freedoms they enjoy by having a “pilgrim mindset” and how “waiting on the Lord” is such a source of peace in the heart of his pilgrims.
Those who love God live to bring Him delight, but what exactly does God say we can do to delight Him? How do we access the strength needed to choose the things that please Him? What blessings await those who surrender to Him? Tonight, Cindy welcomes Jennifer Ackett, Cherri Armstrong and Robin Clifton to discuss these interesting questions and more!
From Deborah’s battleground by Mount Tabor, to Nain and Megiddo, then up on Mount Carmel, ending in the famous harbor of Caesarea - what a wonderful ending to our Bible Lands trip! We share some travel tips for any who are making this trip.
Tonight, a panel of Christian women - Jill, Nikki, Beth and Judy - will explore scriptural connections with words that can set the tone for your year. Each will share her word for the year, telling how she feels that it will guide her in her walk with God in 2024.
Cindy will be joined by Jennifer Ackett, Lauren Bassford, Dana Burk and Heather Wells to talk about how having a pilgrim mindset helps us live our best life. What concerns are we freed from when we are simply “pilgriming” through this world?
We experienced scenes from Jesus’s daily life in Nazareth Village, then visited places from Jesus’s southern and northern Galilean ministry.
In this program, Cindy and Jill, joined by Jennifer Ackett and Janet Metzger, will explore the benefits of being tested by various challenges. What biblical mindsets and preparations help us come out of such times of testing purified and strengthened?
On this day, we visited Jericho, lapped water from Harold’s Spring like Gideon’s 300 men, then spent the night at a kibbutz beside the Sea of Galilee.
As we “live life in light of eternity”, how do we evaluate which activities are essential in life and which are not? How do we ensure our lives are fueled by the best motivations, and what are the advantages to having our hearts and minds truly set on things above rather than the mere “here and now?”
The Wise Older Women panel will offer some practical suggestions for dealing with discouragement and disappointment, using Biblical principles and examples.
What does God say is the meaning of life, and how can we know that living for God rather than for self is truly the only regret-free way to go? In tonight’s program, Cindy Dunagan, Jill Yopp, Dana Burk and Colleen O’Steen open OWL’s 2024 series “Walking in The Light” with a lively discussion on these foundational questions and more!
Join Ila, Cindy and Jill for this light conversation about the good places OWL has been throughout 2023, and the exciting, new places OWL is going in 2024.
Ashley, Cindy and Ila talk about their trip to Israel. On this day, they visited sites north of Jerusalem, including Gibeah, the cliffs of Michmash and the original home of the tabernacle in Shiloh.
Perhaps your congregation is older, or has no children who regularly attend Bible classes. Either you have children who occasionally attend or you want to be prepared for children who might attend. Ila presents a program that “her” congregation has designed and prepared to provide for this need.
Cindy facilitates a conversation with Ila, Jill, and Dana who share why they’ve each chosen to place their hope in God’s promises and the difference that doing so has made in their lives.
As we traced the probable steps of Jesus through Mount of Olives, Gethsemane and Golgotha, our hearts were full! The Israel Museum, with its archaeological treasures and monument to the Dead Sea Scrolls reinforced our faith in the risen Savior.
On this day of national thanksgiving, Tamara Forsyth reminds us of the gift of answered prayers, even when we do not exactly get what we think we ought!
On what elements is authentic, Biblical unity built? What blessings are ours when we make the sacrifices necessary to preserve genuine unity? Colleen joins Jill, Ila, and Cindy to explore these questions and others that can move us toward this oneness for which Jesus prayed.
The Wise Older Women panel (Judy, Jill, Kathy, Dana and Ila) give strategies, tips and ideas for maintaining unity with your husband, your children and your sisters in the family of God.
On this day of our recent trip to Israel, our tour connected with kings of the United as well as the Divided Kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
Ila, Cindy and Ashley discuss the places they visited in Israel and bring Bible lessons from them.
Cindy, Ashley and Ila describe their experiences from their recent trip to Israel as well as share Bible passages and accounts from the area.
The Wise Older Women panel discuss the benefits of female friendships and give some tips for cultivating, strengthening and maintaining Godly friends for a lifetime.
Cindy, Ila, Jill and our guest Colleen O’Steen will talk about the joy of having godly friends. We’ll discuss what we look for in a friend, what benefits we gain from quality friendships, and the downside of some friendships.
Guest speaker Tamara Forsyth presents a lesson on Old Testament examples of answered prayers as well as types of prayers that we can offer to our Heavenly Father.
Jill, Judy, Dana and Ila, members of the Wise Older Women panel, will describe women in the Bible who were comforted by God and who comforted one another. From this perspective, we can see how God comforts us and how we can comfort our sisters.
Cindy, Dana, Ila and Jill will unpack 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 and 7:4-13 to show why and how God expects us to provide comfort for one another. We’ll finish the evening with a discussion of the practical aspects of 2 Cor. 13:11 - “Comfort one another”.
During times of loss, fear, or other distress God’s children find great comfort in casting our cares upon Him in prayer, but what additional sources of comfort does He give us? And what false comforts should we avoid to not make these trying times more difficult than they already are? Cindy facilitates a conversation with Ila, Jill and Colleen about the joy of tapping into God’s incomparable comfort.
On their first touring day in Israel, Ashley, Cindy and Ila as "living stones" (I Peter 2:5) visit the Temple Mount and the Western Wall. First, though, we'll tell why we made this trip and some of our preparation for the days in the Bible lands.
Even though we are older, we are not the oldest women around! In every town/city (and in many congregations), there are at least five generations who interact with one another. Ila, Jill, Dana and Judy will give you some tips to improve communication among these generations!
There may be someone who needs to hear a truth from God’s word that they don’t want to hear! You are required to tell them, though. In tonight’s program, Colleen O’Steen, Jill and Ila will discuss ways to help you before, during and after these difficult conversations.
Author Dana Burk presents a lesson from her new book, “Stirring Silent Generations: Awakening the Titus 2 Woman in You“. Cindy, Ila, Dana and Jill will engage in conversation about the book and its applications.
What do you enjoy talking about, and what do you prefer to not talk about? What are some of the best conversations you’ve ever had, and what was it that made them so enriching or enjoyable? In this program, Cindy facilitates a conversation with Ila and Jill about both what God has said and what the panel has found to be the elements of great communication.
Finishing what we started, Jill, Sandy, Nikki and Ila give more Bible examples that demonstrate ways for us to show compassion to others.
Cindy facilitates a conversation with Da na Burk and Ila King to explore what God says about the value of showing true compassion to one another, what we can do to become more empathetic and compassionate, and what techniques might be useful in growing these qualities in the hearts of our children.
God has gifted us a rare, concise, clearly-marked target in His one-chapter description of how to be an excellent wife. Even if unmarried, you can learn the kind of woman whose character delights God and makes His face shine upon your life (Psalm 67:1). In today's program Cindy will walk verse by verse through The Worthy Woman of Proverbs 31, exploring the qualities of what God considers to be a beautiful life.
To kick off our discussion of compassion, Ila will be joined by Jill, Judy, Nikki and Sandy to talk about women and men in the Bible who showed compassion to others.
Tonight the Wise Older Women panel discusses the advice that King Lemuel’s mother gave her son in Proverbs 31. Join us - Dana, Jill, Judy and Ila - as we talk about good advice we’ve given our sons and daughters!
Older Women Likewise is a community of Christian women who believe to the core that “The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much” (James 5:16). In light of the increasing cultural darkness presently bearing down on the lives of those that love and serve God (2 Peter 2:7), we are inviting women of faith to join us every first Friday of the month for what we are calling First Friday Fast. In this program, Cindy and Ila review what the scriptures say about fasting, the part that fasting has played in the lives of God’s people throughout time, and the details of their invitation to unite with other Christian women every first Friday in prayer and fasting for the well-being of those we love.
While Ila and Cindy are in Israel, Laurie Moyer continues her discussion of God’s forgiveness and our responsibilities.
While Cindy and Ila are on their trip to Israel, Laurie Moyer speaks about God’s forgiveness and our acceptance of it.
How has God’s wisdom transformed and enhanced deep joy in your life? Join Cindy, Ila, and Colleen as they compare godly and earthly wisdom and explore the ways that God provides for us to acquire the wisdom from above.
Genesia Jeffries talks with Ila and Jill about the joy that we can find in praising our Lord.
Last week, Cindy and Ila talked about how pushing through our challenges makes us stronger. Tonight, Ila is joined by Dana Burk and Jill Yopp to discuss some more “growing pains” often experienced in our later seasons of life, and the Biblical principles we can use to deal effectively and make the most of these familiar challenges.
How can pushing through our challenges make us stronger? Tonight, Ila and Cindy discuss some common “growing pains” often experienced in various seasons of life, and the Biblical principles we can use to deal effectively and make the most of these familiar challenges.
What helps women who love the Lord bring to full growth the capacities and talents He has gifted us? Join Cindy Dunagan, Dana Burke, Janice McDonald, and Tamara Forsyth as they share their ideas around how to accurately and objectively assess one’s own strengths and weaknesses, what daily habits and other components they’ve found to pay heavy dividends in contributing to their own personal growth.
Do you struggle with feeling pressure to be perfect? Do you find yourself often feeling afraid? Do you long for community? Join us as we discover the Answer to these questions and more when we look at Jesus our Passover.
Ila, Dana, and Jill will talk about lessons they have learned over their lives in service to our Lord. They will give practical tips for loving, adorning and having peace in our lives.
In this second discussion around the God-Given Joy of Learning, Cindy, Ila and Dana share some beneficial resources they and others have found to be efficient and effective tools in aiding their learning and spiritual growth, and what they are looking forward to learning more about in the future.
In this second discussion around the God-Given Joy of Learning, Cindy, Ila and Dana share some beneficial resources they and others have found to be efficient and effective tools in aiding their learning and spiritual growth, and what they are looking forward to learning more about in the future.
This week, as we end our month-long discussion of the joy of setting and achieving our spiritual and physical goals, the Wise Older Women panel will explore how our goals change throughout our lives.
Cindy and Ila are joined by a mother-and-daughter team tonight - Dana Burk and her daughter, Kristiana Burk. We will talk about choices in relation to setting our goals - career, family and Christianity.
A RERUN FROM JUNE 16, 2022. Imagine Christianity minus the entertainment shows, the hypocrisy, and the jockeying for positions of power within the complex network of denominational organizations. What would Christianity look like minus every man-made rule and human tradition imposed these last 2000 years of church history? What would be left is the original, simple, pre-denominational, pre-Catholic Christianity that our panel, Lauren Bassford, Colleen O’Steen, Ila King, and Cindy Dunagan, will be discussing in this program.
In July of 2020, Cindy and her husband Mark tossed their big white cat, Bella, in their big black class B van and set out on a quest to visit and encourage 100 conservative churches of Christ around the country. As they traveled, they shared God’s truths with the souls we met, gave away copies of Cindy's book Your Fresh Start at every opportunity, gathered Biblically sound, inspiring ideas for growing the Kingdom of Heaven then shared those ideas within the stories of their travels on their blog NomadsYouAndi.com --- stories that are on track to be soon published in a book called 100 Churches later this summer.
About midway through those travels, Florida College invited Cindy to come share some of the inspiring highlights of their journey for the women attending the 2023 Florida College Lecture Series entitled "A Life Worthy of The Gospel." Cindy's specific lecture was entitled "Together Building God's Most Luminous Temple: A Nomad's Encouraging Observations After Visiting 100 churches of Christ."
Note: this is pre-recorded and there are some audio issues at times.
In this program, Cindy returns to consider with Ila the Biblical principles that should be considered when choosing our goals, what Biblical virtues are instrumental in knowing how best to conduct ourselves while striving for a goal, and the little and big goals they’ve personally found fulfillment in pursuing.
OWL’s Wise Older Women panel will talk about how a woman’s identity is connected with her family, her work, her parents and her husband. Who is she without them? How can she reclaim her own identity if/when they are gone? How does God’s word address these concerns?
In this program, Ila will be joined by Beth, Julie and Christine who will discuss the differences we experience with autistic persons and how we all can achieve the unity of God through better understanding. We hope that this program will inform and encourage parents, grandparents, extended family as well as the family of God as they all engage an autistic person, whether child or adult.
Ila will be joined by Julie Estes and Colleen O’Steen to discuss how our trust in God leads to our trusting His and our family.
Dana Burk, Julie Estes and Ila King will discuss the joy that we have in trusting in God. How is it achieved? What does the scripture promise us? What Bible characters showed us the way to trust God?
Beth Stuckey, Christine Eckhardt and Julie Estes join Ila in a discussion of how parents can raise an autistic child to become a loving, obedient child of God.
Dana Burk and Cami Bunting join Ila King to discuss prayer and especially praying for our enemies.
Cindy Dunagan, Ila King and Colleen O’Steen explore the specifics around what God says in the New Testament about fasting and prayer, then consider the needs they’ve observed in our culture that seem most pressing at present to keep in our prayers, and will end their discussion with cameras off to pray with their viewers for the most pressing needs around us.
Colleen O’Steen joins Ila King and Cindy Dunagan for a conversation about why they find prayer to be a joy, what qualities God says can make one’s prayers effective, and how to avoid mindless rote or “vain repetition” when we are boldly approaching God’s throne of grace (Hebrews 4:16).
Ila and Cindy have a light conversation about the good places OWL has been and the exciting, new places OWL is going in 2023.
There are certain gifts we give one another that money cannot buy. In this program, Ila and Cindy talk about how we can share with one another the priceless gifts of love and concern, active kindness and encouragement, gentleness, honesty, truthfulness, respect, appreciation, time, a listening ear, tolerance, patience and forgiveness.
Guests Colleen O’Steen and Dana Burk join Cindy and Ila for an upbeat conversation about what they love best about being older women.
Kathleen Trigg leads a discussion with Ila and Cindy that encourages godly women to follow Biblical teaching and examples to replace negative, inaccurate perceptions of aging and death.
Ila and guests Judy Dolan and Jill Yopp explore what God says about aging and death and the many reasons why the child of God can look at these two realities with complete and genuine confidence.
Ila and Cindy enjoy a light conversation about both the big and little things for which they are especially thankful.
In this program, Ila and Cindy welcome Colleen O’Steen and Dana Burk as they explore practices, tools, and resources that can help us better steward our relationships as we tend to the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical well-being of our spouses, children, church family, friends, communities, countries and even our influence in the world.
Stephanie Haley facilitates a conversation with Ila, Cindy, and Heather using 2 Timothy 2:19-22 around the practical things young, single Christian women can do to be “vessels of honor” and the rewards that await those who in this way have chosen to “call on the Lord from a pure heart.”
Part of being made in the image of God is the love of being productive and engaged in meaningful work. Just as God put Adam and Eve in a garden to tend, so also we too are entrusted to tend to a spiritual kind of garden: Our lives. In this month’s programs we will consider how to accurately assess and be attentive to our life garden, and in today’s program Colleen O’Steen and Dana Burk join Cindy and Ila to discuss practical ways we can better focus on stewarding our souls and developing our abilities so that we can be “useful to the Master, prepared for every good work” (2 Timothy 2:21).
Ila, Cindy, and Heather explore several more Biblical accounts to gain insights from both the failures and victories of those who faced temptation.
Dana Burk joins Cindy and Ila to discuss some key elements that God says are effective in helping one another out of sin. What might these elements look and sound like in action?
Grace teaches me...so much! Please join Heather, Cindy, and Ila for a discussion on what grace teaches us in the moment, how we can grow in grace, and how not to be afraid to declare, "I am saved by grace!" (Spoiler alert: all three of these are direct Bible quotes.)
In a world that calls evil good and good evil, chugs down the poison of sin like there’s no tomorrow, and is thus fettered by chains of its own forging, what’s the divine plan to free ourselves from the misery of moral poverty and wickedness? In this program, Ila King, Cindy Dunagan, and Heather Wells discuss the Creator’s instructions for what warrior princesses can do to slay the dragon of sin.
As we continue this month's focus on the topic of "pain," Lauren Bassford uses Psalm 74 to facilitate a fascinating conversation about finding the favor of God during painful experiences by remembering His promises, holding Him to them, praying for those promises, and finding peace in His reassurances to fulfill those promises!
Cindy, Ila, Heather Wells and Reagan Banks explore biblical case studies to learn how to respond honorably in our most painful moments.
Cindy and Ila are joined by Lauren Bassford and Colleen O’Steen to share ideas around how to speak with compassion to those who are feeling hopeless, what they’ve learned from the most painful experiences of their lives, and how they have used those experiences to grow spiritually.
Is it a good or a bad thing to look backward at our lives and at the things we did or didn’t do? Can we learn from the past? Tony Carlile and her friend Leah Farquhar will join Cindy and Ila in discussing the pain that looking back with regret can bring.
Why must pain exist? Does God feel pain? What false comforts only make pain worse? What God-given comforts does He provide us in our pain, and what can we do to not waste our pain? With compassion, Cindy Dunagan, Ila King, and Heather Wells consider together what God says on these questions and what has worked best in their own lives to offer relief.
Cindy Dunagan and Heather Wells explore a variety of biblical accounts to gain various insights from both the failures and victories over temptation.
Lauren Bassford and Colleen O’Steen join Soul Sisters Cindy and Ila to share what they’ve learned from the scriptures and through life to overcome temptation.
Nikki Lee will join Cindy and Ila to share her ideas around how we can use our difficulties to draw even nearer to our Heavenly Father.
Many blessings await us, even in this life, on the other side of resisting our greatest temptations, such as self-respect, a clear conscience, not having to repeat a cycle of battling the same thing repeatedly, greater stability and warmth in our relationships, a healthier body, soul, mind, and spirit, and protection from experiencing the painful consequences of sin such as heartache, regret, fear, anger, worry, craving, directionless living, addiction, hopelessness and in some cases even unnecessary poverty, disease, arrest, homelessness, divorce and loneliness. In this program, Soul Sisters Ila, Cindy, and Alison have a heart-to-heart conversation about specific techniques we can use to successfully overcome temptation and what changes we can make in our environments to better set up you and your family for spiritual victory.
As we study human nature this month, it’s important to continually renew our minds through prayer. (Eph 4:23) One of the most neglected tools for doing that is PRAYER. In this program, Ila, Cindy, and Alison look at some of the examples of prayer in the Bible and compare them to what our prayers look like today. They will discuss how prayer is one of the most helpful tools to help us sever our attachment to this world and strengthen our bond to the Lord and things that are spiritual, and discuss some of the things that keep us from a healthy prayer life, and tips to help us renew our minds through prayer.
You hear it all the time. “Don’t judge.” "Are you judging me?!" "He's sooo judgmental" "Who made YOU the judge?" Of all the things that Jesus taught, the single most popular verse to both quote, and immediately twist like a pretzel is this: “Do not judge, or you too will be judged" (Matthew 7:1). In this program, Toni Carlile and Christie Estes join the Soul Sisters for a lively conversation around what it means to judge, what Jesus’ instructions are on the matter, how our Lord says He wants us to evaluate matters of behavior and how God says the wise are to respond to correction.
In Christianity, we understand that God created humans upright (Ecclesiastes 7:29), but we “have found all kinds of ways to be bad” (CNV). Throughout life, there is a war within us between a spirit that is willing and a flesh that is weak, and ultimately we either choose to remain the “natural man” who self-destructs, or we will choose to reach our full potential by becoming the “spiritual man” God intends and longs for us to be. Our 12 Foundations theme for this month is “Human Nature”. In this program, Ila, Cindy, and Alison continue their conversation on this topic by considering what so easily “comes natural” to us humans, and how God says we can get out of our own way in our pursuit of spiritual maturity.
In Christianity, we understand that God created humans upright (Ecclesiastes 7:29), but we “have found all kinds of ways to be bad” (CNV). Throughout life, there is a war within us between a spirit that is willing and a flesh that is weak, and ultimately we either choose to remain the “natural man” who self-destructs, or we will choose to reach our full potential by becoming the “spiritual man” God intends and longs for us to be. Our 12 Foundations theme for this month is “Human Nature”. In this program, Ila, Cindy, and Alison kick off the conversation on this topic by considering what so easily “comes natural” to us humans, and how God says we can get out of our own way in our pursuit of spiritual maturity.
Many try to pose a decision for Christ as a decision between faith and science, between hope and what works. In reality, faith is what works, even if God is not directly acknowledged in it. One particular brand of this secular Christianity is found in the world’s response to addiction as Lauren Bassford, Alison Graham, Ila King, and Cindy Dunagan will discuss in this program.
Ila, Cindy, and Alison discuss their own spiritual journeys toward Jesus Christ, what they’ve enjoyed most about living the Christian life, and the evidences that moved them to entrust their souls to Him.
Imagine Christianity minus the entertainment shows, the hypocrisy, and the jockeying for positions of power within the complex network of denominational organizations. What would Christianity look like minus every man-made rule and human tradition imposed these last 2000 years of church history? What would be left is the original, simple, pre-denominational, pre-Catholic Christianity that our panel, Lauren Bassford, Colleen O’Steen, Ila King, and Cindy Dunagan, will be discussing in this program.
Tonight, Ila and Alison will talk with podcasters Cindy Dunagan (Nomads: You and I), Nikki Lee (The Nikki Lee Podcast) as well as Liz Roberts and Lee Carter (A Shared InHERitance) about how they got started, what they bring to women through their broadcasts, and the Bible lessons they present regularly to their audiences. Join us tonight to meet these exceptional Christian women who are bringing glory to God through the spoken words!
According to World Health Organization, there are an estimated 40 to 50 million abortions each year around the world, approximately 125 thousand each day. These days, a womb is the single most dangerous place for a person to be! In the United States, nearly half of all pregnancies are unintended; four-tenths of these are terminated by abortion, leading to over 3,000 abortions daily. 22% of all pregnancies in America (excluding miscarriages) are ended by abortion. In this program, Cindy Dunagan shares 10 reasons why we at Older Women Likewise oppose abortion.
Thousands of years have passed since the last book of the Bible was written. Since we don’t have any original manuscripts, how do we know what had been copied and copied and copied again is consistent with what was originally given to us? Cherri Armstrong joins Cindy, Ila, and Alison to facilitate a conversation about how the Dead Sea Scrolls verify the consistency of the Bible.
In this program, Soul Sisters Ila, Cindy, and Alison discuss what the scriptures say it means to listen to God, the value of taking time every day to talk and listen to God, and how we can avoid communicating with Him in ways He has warned us not to. They will conclude their conversation with practical ideas for creative approaches to Bible study that have strengthened them most.
What can we learn from the events surrounding Jesus’s words in John 8:32, “You shall know the truth, and the truth will make your free”? Heather Wells joins Cindy and Alison to facilitate a conversation about how walking in the light, being truth-tellers, and seeking truth can truly make us “Free Indeed” (John 8:36).
In this program, Soul Sisters Ila, Cindy and Alison consider what Scripture is, the process God says He used to communicate His will for mankind, how we can know we have all the books of the Bible God wants us to have (and no more), how God says we are we to handle His holy words, and when it comes to religious matters --- why is it indispensable to have a book, chapter and verse for all we believe.
Creation and Science are not mutually exclusive, despite what evolutionists try to tell us! Join us as Alison leads a discussion with Cindy and Ila about God’s creation and His science and how the two agree!
Colleen O’Steen and Dana Burk join the Soul Sisters for a lively discussion around what motivates God’s children to take care of what He has created, how we can “exercise dominion” while imitating the virtuous character of God, and how those virtues play out in our day to day habits and behaviors.
Tonight Heather Wells facilitates a conversation with Ila, Cindy and Alison about the lessons we can learn from the life of Eve, such as how we can keep from being deceived and how we can be a force for only good in our husband's lives.
Building on the lessons presented earlier in the 12 Foundations series on the evidence of God’s existence, Soul Sisters Ila, Cindy, and Alison discuss a few of their observations about Creation from Genesis 1 and elsewhere in the scriptures.
Heather Wells, Cindy, Alison and Ila discuss the Samaritan woman that Jesus spoke to at the well. Who was she? Who was He? Who are the true worshippers? Join us to learn more about Truth!
Ila, Cindy, and Alison discuss different techniques to study the Bible and dig deeper into God’s word.
Ila, Cindy, and Alison discuss the lethal nature of moral relativism and the better alternative that leads to all things good.
Lauren Bassford, author of “Seeking Christ: Colossians for Women” will talk with Ila, Cindy, and Alison about how we can “See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ (Colossians 2:8).”
Cindy and Alison explore what God says truth is, what He wants our relationship with truth to look like, how we can avoid a train wreck with truth, and all the good things God says happens when we open our hearts and our lives to truth.
Some Christian women seem to have been burdened with the workload not even three women could accomplish, while others find themselves bored or disinterested in the tasks at hand and struggle to find the motivation to tackle even their most basic tasks. In tonight's program Cindy, Ila, and Alison share the blessings of wisely stewarding this most valuable resource --- time--- and will offer tips for working smarter in both the big and little things of life.
Alison and Ila discuss BEING STILL. We must train ourselves not to panic when Satan attacks us. An examination of the scriptures will show that we must, as God said in Exodus 14:14, “BE STILL and SEE.”
Caregiving is hard, whether giving long-term care to parents, spouses, special needs children, or other loved ones. What does God say that can help caregivers not only cope with overwhelming emotions but also offer comfort, strength, perspective, and hope? In this candid conversation, Cherri Armstrong, author of ON MY KNEES, BIBLE IN HAND, will share what she learned in the course of caring for her late husband and shine a light on the best resource we can ever have for tough situations - God’s Word.
Cindy and Alison explore the promises God makes around inheriting eternal life, what we can do to keep alive in our hearts the desire for “our true country”, and how those who love God have everything to look forward to.
The Soul Sisters discuss how amazing our God is by focusing on one single aspect of our Creator: astronomy.
Ila, Cindy, and Alison explore more deeply the nature of God, how God Himself says He interacts with us, and what His plans are for our spiritual well-being.
Cindy, Ila, and Alison talk about the qualities of God that so impress and motivate them.
Cindy, Ila, and Alison each present the evidences that have so convicted them about the reality of God’s existence, that they’ve built their entire lives around it.
Ila leads a Soul Sisters' discussion with Alison and Cindy on the power of looking back on our lives with a view to moving forward with God.
How can a young woman live out the empowering and life-beautifying virtues of Proverbs 31 during her single years? Listen in on this mixed panel of younger and older women and be inspired as they discuss the practical ways some young women are making the most of this season of their life!
Ila will lead a panel discussion including Janice McDonald, Beth Stuckey and Jill Yopp as well as Cindy Dunagan. We plan to talk about several types of depression and how we can, through God’s help in various ways, deal with them.
In this program, Cindy and Ila discuss what gentleness is and is not, where gentleness comes from, what gentleness might look like in practice, and many of the good things that are borne by a life lived with this powerful quality.
Cindy Dunagan heads up a conversation with Ila King and Alison Graham about the big and little things for which they are especially thankful.
A panel of five - Cindy, Ila, Judy Dolan, Jill Yopp and Sandy Bryant - will discuss the elements of prayer that God intended as a way to draw us closer to Him. What makes prayer such a priceless blessing? For what are we to pray? When and where must we remember to draw near to God through prayer? What challenges might we face with regard to our prayer life and what practical ways might we meet those challenges to make prayer one of the most enriching experiences of our lives?
Christie Estes and Sandy Bryant will join Cindy Dunagan and Ila King in discussing some helpful ways of extending a warm welcome to all kinds of visitors, so that they will leave encouraged, supported and better informed to serve Him.
Cindy Dunagan facilitates a conversation with Soul Sisters, Ila and Alison about how to build and enjoy more peace in our relationships.
Explore The Narrow Way with Heather Wells, Cindy and Ila. What does it take to go that way? What are we carrying that we need to lay down? What do we need to take up and put on in its place? Join us for an enlightening discussion.
Dana Carrozza talks to OWL viewers about Sacred Selections, whose mission is to assist Christian couples whose hearts and homes are open to loving and raising a child in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Find out more at sacredselections.org.
Ila King heads up a conversation with Janice McDonald, Beth Stuckey and Cindy Dunagan on some fresh, practical ideas around how we can more gracefully and effectively fulfill God's directive in Titus 2 to mentor young Christian women to His glory.
How to avoid self-deception, tactfully speak hard truths, teach honesty to our children and make it easier for those around us to be honest.
Teresa Harris presents the second of her two-part series on God's call, through Haggai, to build the "house of the Lord." She encourages us to "give careful thought" to our ways by avoiding apathy as we build the spiritual house of God, His church, and thus obtain God's blessing.
Outside of becoming part of the Bride of Christ, the second most significant decision one will make will be selecting a marriage partner. Our spouse will either be one of our greatest advantages or one of our greatest hindrances in not only experiencing a happy, fulfilling, and meaningful life now, but more importantly, whether or not we overcome the world and gain eternal life. Mr. Right is worth that wait, and tonight Cindy Dunagan will facilitate a conversation with Ila King and Alison Graham about some of the qualities that make Mr. Right, Mr. Right.
Teresa Harris presents the first of her two-part series on God's call, through Haggai, to build the "house of the Lord." She encourages us to "give careful thought" to our ways by avoiding apathy as we build the spiritual house of God, His church, and thus obtain God's blessing.
How well do you get along with your mother or your daughter? Ila and her daughter Beth Stuckey along with Jensen Nicholson and her mother Tracy Kirby will offer solutions to relationship-damagers.
Cindy Dunagan presents inspiring examples of kindness in the scriptures and some uplifting examples in the lives of exceptionally kind brethren around the country that she has observed during her visiting 55 congregations last year. She’ll also explore practical examples of various ways to express kindness and what God promises to those who have lived a life of kindness.
Ila will present a lesson on the benefits of caregiving, both to the one needing the care and the one providing it. There is a burden as well, though; how can you make the burden more bearable?
Matthew 5:9 teaches that Peacemakers are blessed and are privileged to be called sons of God. In this program, Alison Graham leads a discussion with Cindy and Ila about what our Heavenly Father says around how to effectively prevent and resolve conflict without bitterness, gossip, or conceit.
In this week’s program, Christie Estes invites us to take a deeper look into our hearts to recall the things that God has done for us and to use those memories as motivation to love and serve Him as He so deserves, that is, with our entire heart, soul, mind, and strength.
It's a holy thing to stop every now and again to remember that every single good thing you have ever experienced has come from your Heavenly Father above. (James 1:17) Every breath. Every heartbeat. Everything. In this program, Cindy will present some of the foundational elements of gratitude involved in our being in relationship with God, and how we can openly express to our Creator our love and gratitude. Then she will build upon that foundation by moving into ideas around expressing gratitude to one another. And finally, Cindy shares some beautiful ways we can help teach the next generation the value of gratitude.
Toni Carlile presents a lesson on growing our love for one another through the attitudes and practices that will help us better follow Christ’s example in this most important aspect of our faith.
Ila King will lead a “Soul Sisters” conversation with Alison Graham and Cindy Dunagan around all the upsides to opting out of the recreational use of alcohol.
Guest Genesia Jeffries joins Ila King and Cindy Dunagan for a practical conversation around raising well-socialized children with godly character.
The Challenges and Benefits of Living Alone: Ila King and Cindy Dunagan will explore the spiritual and physical benefits and challenges for a Christian woman living on her own.
The study of 12 Virtues continues as Cindy Dunagan presents what God says about this most foundational quality that allows the High and Exalted One to dwell with us (Isaiah 57:15).
In tonight’s program, Laurie Moyer and Cindy Dunagan will from a Biblical perspective present answers and incentives for the spiritual, mental, and physical well being of those who desire to draw near to God but feel at variance with the gender their Creator has assigned.
Colleen O’Steen, author of From Will to Power and Tumbling Stones: 12 Ideas to Develop Spiritual Grit in Families, presents a lesson offering tips for getting spiritual things done. Learn ways to ramp up your Christian work ethic!
Are familiar interpretations of the Bible skewed in favor of men in order to limit women? Is submission a penalty for sin that was removed in Christ? Does our equality in Christ mean that our roles or functions are now the same? In this week's program, Laurie Moyer explores these questions by comparing the word of God with the current interpretations of "Biblical Feminists".
Our exploration of “12 Virtues” continues as Cindy Dunagan delves into the quality of diligence by offering ten practical ideas toward finding more satisfaction, joy, and fulfillment in whatever endeavors we pursue.
Ila King, Cindy Dunagan, and Alison Graham kick off the first of their Soul Sister Sessions by brainstorming practical ideas for sisters-in-Christ who are looking for ways to feel more spiritually and socially engaged with their local congregations.
Alison Graham describes the characteristics that David had developed during his life as a shepherd. When others cowered in fear, David ran toward Goliath in confidence! How can we develop these same traits so that we can run to meet our own Goliath?
Teresa Harris shares how we can give God the most exalted position in our hearts and what He says are the deliberate actions we can then each take to help the glorious body of Christ flourish.
Have you been called to bear a load for a long period of time in the face of resistance and fatigue? In this fifth presentation of Cindy Dunagan's 12 Virtues series, she will present where God says we can access endurance, how endurance plays into God’s divine plan for our lives, and how God says He plans to bless those who choose to endure.
Dana Burk, author of I Will Not Be Lukewarm!, presents a lesson from her book to inspire, motivate and invigorate the child of God to be zealous and on fire for Christ!
Cami Bunting will describe her involvement with Far Above Rubies, a Bible camp for young women. She will talk about the Bible topics and types of curriculum that are used. We hope that our viewers will get some ideas and some motivation to organize their own camp!
Ila King will apply Biblical wisdom and principles to dating with moral integrity in your later years and supporting those mature sisters who are dating now.
In tonight's program Alison Graham will use stories within the scriptures to explore God's plan for our spiritual growth, hope, and contentment by growing through our painful experiences, having a heart of compassion, loving our neighbor as ourselves, choosing the "good portion", and maintaining our priorities with wisdom.
What would you do if you were not afraid? In this fourth presentation of Cindy Dunagan's 12 Virtues series, she will present what God says courage looks like in everyday life, why we need courage and what God promises to those who practice it. As always, we will get VERY practical by exploring various things you can do today to grow in this life-changing quality.
An exploration of the life of a courageous woman whose faith and determination overcame every challenge and tragedy she faced.
Jensen Nicholson will lead a panel of Christian women in a discussion contrasting gracious versus unwholesome speech (Ephesians 4:29)
Lonnie Cruse presents Biblical advice to women who are or who want to be wives of elders in the local congregation.
An exploration of what God says are the blessings of a life in control, and ten tips to help direct our minds toward a better life.
Author Cynthia Lanius will bring a lesson from her Bible study book to show us how to seek God sincerely and fervently so as to remain near to our Creator.
A panel discussion of forgiveness including who, why, and how to forgive as well as answering the question, “Are there limits on forgiveness?”
We will examine the issues of leadership faced by Christian women at their workplace and in their community. How can we lead by example and service?
Hear a panel discuss how godly women of the Bible overcame discouragement and disappointment through faith in the “God of all comfort” (2 Corinthians 1:3) and learn how you can do the same.
Author Elaine Jordan shares practical ideas of how we can honor God by wisely managing the material blessings He has entrusted to us.
In this first lesson in Cindy Dunagan's 12 Virtues Series, she will share how God says we can know with certainty we are living by faith and the blessings we can expect from fully trusting Him.
As the year comes to a close, so we too conclude this three-part series with one more handful of lovely ways we can cultivate more joy in our lives.
In this second of Cindy's three-part series, we will explore five more ways God says believers can experience more joy!
The Joy of Overcoming Food Addiction: How one woman traded "a continual lust for more" (Ephesians 4:19) for happy, strong, and free.
Laurie Moyer speaks about how men and women share equality in Christ and equality in value with perfect diversity in function.
Women from the Beverly Shores congregation will discuss Philippians 4:8 and share their ideas around maintaining a mind filled with godliness, clarity, and positivity.
Cindy presents some creative ways to express love and say "Thank You" to those who've enriched our lives.
A conversation with author Joyce Jamerson about all we have to look forward to in our eternal home in the very presence of God.
Is your husband your best friend? How can you be a better friend to him? Cindy, Ila, and Laurie present Biblical principles of friendship that apply especially to your spouse.
Cindy and Ila will talk with Jensen Nicholson, the co-author of God Then Us, a book outlining godly principles of marriage from the viewpoint of a young woman at her one-year wedding anniversary. We will talk about how older Christian women have helped Jensen make good choices in her life and in her home. Jensen will describe biblical principles that guide her each day.
We are sorry for the audio issues in this episode. The fruit of the Spirit is joy (Galatians 5:22); our Heavenly Father wants His blessed children to "love life" and "see good days" (1Peter 3:10). On this program, Cindy Dunagan will share the biblical attitudes, perspectives, and pursuits that contribute to a more joy-filled Christian life.
Laurie Moyer, Cindy, Dunagan, and Ila King discuss a woman’s loving, humble, and voluntary subjection to her husband.