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The greatest accolade for a follower of Christ is his pronouncement:
“
Well done, good and faithful servant!
” Noël Piper skillfully recounts the
stories of women who have undoubtedly heard or will hear these
words. Their lives call out from the pages of history to quicken our
spirits, fanning the desire that we—like these sisters of old—may be
found faithful.
Mary A. Kassian, author and speaker
Noël Piper brings to life ordinary women of generations past and
present whose testimonies have catapulted them into extraordinary
influence upon the women of subsequent generations. Noël’s timely
insights may well prove to be timeless in their impact upon the lives of
women today and for many generations to come. Any woman will
delight in the way this look into the past brings inspiration and encour-
agement for tackling the challenges of today.
Dorothy Kelley Patterson
Professor of Theology in Women’s Studies
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
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Other Crossway books by
Noël Piper
Treasuring God in Our Traditions
Most of All, Jesus Loves You!
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CROSSWA Y BO O KS
A PUBLISHING MINISTRY OF
GOOD NEWS PUBLISHERS
WHEATON, ILLINOIS
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Faithful Women and Their Extraordinary God
Copyright © 2005 by Noël Piper
Published by Crossway Books
a publishing ministry of
Good News Publishers
1300 Crescent Street
Wheaton, Illinois 60187
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a
retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher,
except as provided by USA copyright law.
Cover design: Josh Dennis
First printing 2005
Printed in the United States of America
Chapter 1, “Sarah Edwards,” is adapted from “Sarah Edwards: Jonathan’s Home and
Haven,” in
A God Entranced Vision of All Things
(Crossway Books, 2004).
Unless otherwise designated, Scripture is taken from
The Holy Bible, English
Standard Version
®
. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of
Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture references marked
KJV
are taken from the King James Version
.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Piper, Noël, 1947-
Faithful women and their extraordinary God / Noël Piper.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 13: 978-1-58134-673-2
ISBN 10: 1-58134-673-5 (tpb)
1. Women in Christianity—Biography. I. Title.
BR1713.P57 2005
270.8'092'2—dc22
2005006519
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CONTENTS
T
HANK
Y
OU
9
C
ROSSINGS
Introduction
11
S
ARAH
E
D W ARDS
Faithful in the Mundane
15
L
ILIAS
T
ROTTER
Faithful in Weakness
41
G
LADYS
A
YLWARD
Faithful in Humility
71
E
STHER
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HN
K
IM
Faithful in Suffering
107
H
ELEN
R
OSEVEARE
Faithful in Loss
141
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