Carrie Robaina is a podcaster and entrepreneur wholeheartedly believes in living with purpose. One of her greatest joys is inspiring and encouraging others to live a healthy, joy-filled and intentional life in Christ. In this episode she tackles a sensitive subject within the Evangelical church today: Is it Biblically okay for women to teach and preach to both men and women inside the four walls of the church? Join the conversation! 

Personal Testimony of Roles of Women Church (2:54) 

In this segment Carrie shares about her experience with the roles she saw women playing inside the four walls of the church and how it impacted how I viewed the spiritual teaching and preaching of women. 

These verse I was mostly always referred to against women teaching and preaching. 

• 1 Tim 2:8-13

Ministry of Jesus and Paul (11:15)

In this segment I share some examples from Scripture about how Jesus regarded women as well Paul and the women who walked alongside Paul. Women like Mary who broke social norms by sitting as Jesus' feet to learn when culturally a woman would never be allowed to sit at the feet of a rabbi to learn. What did Jesus do? He praised her. 

Then there's Paul. He's stereotyped as an Apostle who disregarded women mostly by his teaching to the Corinthian church in 1 Timothy 2:8-13. The reality is, when we look at this life, he ministered alongside women. 

What are some of the key things to point out? Our identity as men and women as being one in Christ Jesus. 

"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." Galatians 3:28

What I am concluding is that in regard to the spiritual gifts, including teaching and preaching, they aren’t divided by gender (or social class, ethnicity, economic status, etc) but by the Spirit as he wills (1 Cor. 12:4-11) just as our identity is as on in Christ Jesus. 

Gender is not intended to be a barrier or limitation to one being able to follow and exercise the calling of God.

Having said that, our goal as men and women of God isn’t to compete over gender roles as the secular world does. 

The goal of the church is to “advance the Kingdom of Christ as fellow heirs of the grace of God (Alan F Johnson).”

Prayer of Blessing (21:00)

In this segment I share some examples from Scripture about how Jesus regarded women as well Paul and the women who walked alongside Paul. 

Carrie Robaina is a podcaster and entrepreneur wholeheartedly believes in living with purpose. One of her greatest joys is inspiring and encouraging others to live a healthy, joy-filled and intentional life in Christ. In this episode she tackles body image. Join the conversation! 

Getting To The Heart of Body Image (1:00) 

The words we speak and think are like little seeds that take root in our heart. They’ll either produce good fruit or bad fruit. 

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made (6:54)

God didn’t just make. He made you wonderfully!!!!!

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.