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twitchy08 's review for:
A Woman's High Calling
by Elizabeth George
I would not recommend this to anyone, especially new believers. The preface of the book is that Titus 2:3-5 has the 10 essentials for Godly living this is what she considers the "to-do or To-be list". Several of the words she emphasizes only show up in these verses and others she gives different meanings than any english translation in these passages as well as mis-applying some. She spends 2 chapter per "essential" which results in a lot of overkilling her points since several are very hard to support with scripture. The first essential godliness is spent entirely on describing behaviors and appearances that she considers reverent but deals minimally with the fact that godliness has to do with the heart and not appearances. In the chapters on slander/gossip she categorizes Martha with Jezebel and Potiphar's wife because, " She too, was guilty of maligning ... her Lord... Jesus she railed, 'Lord, Do you not care...?'" She also says to avoid gossip, you should limit conversations to 3 minutes and only call people as specific times when you know they will be too busy to have a longer conversation.
Chapters 5 and 6 deal with the phrase "not given to much wine" and creates the essential to be personal discipline. While yes this could be an application she almost entirely ignores that it is specifically referring to addiction to alcohol. Much of these chapters deal with weight loss and eating only when "appropriate" or what is "healthy". In chapter eight she says that she admired husband because, he would not allow her to serve at the church until she could take care of the home. Specifically "her husband thought that she ought to have a meal ready for him when he came home from work at night. In other words, she needed to first be and do what the Bible said she needed to be and do before she ministered to those that the church."
Chapters 13 and 14 deal with the beginning of verse 5 which is translated discreet or self-controlled in every English translation but says since it is the same word translated as wise elsewhere that is the word she is going to use here.
There are many more examples I could tell but I will finish with her chapters on purity. We are called to be pure which encompasses a lot. She uses it to almost exclusively discuss sexual purity. In these chapters I believe are some of what I would consider some of my biggest issues with the book. In chapter 15 she blames Dinah the daughter of Jacob for her being raped in Genesis 34. Because she "left the safety of her family quarters and ventured outside to take a look at the land and visit with the local women." Then in a paragraph that she quotes from another book that author states, "Had Dinah been content to remain a "keeper at home" (Titus 2:5), a terrible thing would have been averted." Then in the 2nd chapter on purity chapter 16 she uses David as an example of purity. She calls Psalm 101:1-4 his vow for a pure life. I believe that as scripture says, "David was a man after God's own heart" and that he repented of his sins and was forgiven, but if you are going to be talking about sexual purity and blame a woman for her rape it is not ok to use a man who committed adultery (very possibly rape) and murder as an example of someone who made a vow to purity without ever mentioning his own impure ways.
There are many other "little" issues with her applications of these verses in the book including a misunderstand of what is meant by the phrase "Keeper at home" but these were just some of the major red flags in this book. There were very few redeeming moments in this book and I really tried to find them, the few things said that were helpful are not enough for me to ever recommend anyone read this book.
Chapters 5 and 6 deal with the phrase "not given to much wine" and creates the essential to be personal discipline. While yes this could be an application she almost entirely ignores that it is specifically referring to addiction to alcohol. Much of these chapters deal with weight loss and eating only when "appropriate" or what is "healthy". In chapter eight she says that she admired husband because, he would not allow her to serve at the church until she could take care of the home. Specifically "her husband thought that she ought to have a meal ready for him when he came home from work at night. In other words, she needed to first be and do what the Bible said she needed to be and do before she ministered to those that the church."
Chapters 13 and 14 deal with the beginning of verse 5 which is translated discreet or self-controlled in every English translation but says since it is the same word translated as wise elsewhere that is the word she is going to use here.
There are many more examples I could tell but I will finish with her chapters on purity. We are called to be pure which encompasses a lot. She uses it to almost exclusively discuss sexual purity. In these chapters I believe are some of what I would consider some of my biggest issues with the book. In chapter 15 she blames Dinah the daughter of Jacob for her being raped in Genesis 34. Because she "left the safety of her family quarters and ventured outside to take a look at the land and visit with the local women." Then in a paragraph that she quotes from another book that author states, "Had Dinah been content to remain a "keeper at home" (Titus 2:5), a terrible thing would have been averted." Then in the 2nd chapter on purity chapter 16 she uses David as an example of purity. She calls Psalm 101:1-4 his vow for a pure life. I believe that as scripture says, "David was a man after God's own heart" and that he repented of his sins and was forgiven, but if you are going to be talking about sexual purity and blame a woman for her rape it is not ok to use a man who committed adultery (very possibly rape) and murder as an example of someone who made a vow to purity without ever mentioning his own impure ways.
There are many other "little" issues with her applications of these verses in the book including a misunderstand of what is meant by the phrase "Keeper at home" but these were just some of the major red flags in this book. There were very few redeeming moments in this book and I really tried to find them, the few things said that were helpful are not enough for me to ever recommend anyone read this book.