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2025 Goodreads Challenge and Book Reviews
Take a look at the books I've read in the 2025 Goodreads Challenge.

Elaine R Kelly
Dec 30, 20255 min read
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Eve: Faithful, Waiting, Expecting, Hoping (Genesis 3)
What if the Bible shows Eve as faithful and blessed? (Genesis 3 vs Luke 1-2).

Elaine R Kelly
Dec 15, 202510 min read
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Mother Mary, Brave and Bold
Mary: brave and bold. Where did she find the faith to overcome fear, the comfort in difficulty, and the hope for the future?

Elaine R Kelly
Dec 13, 202513 min read
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O Come Emmanuel: Preparing for Wisdom and the Word to come in the Flesh
O Come Emmanuel: is God with us in the Word (Jesus) and also in Wisdom-Sophia?

Elaine R Kelly
Dec 2, 202516 min read
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God, Nemesis, and the Wheel of Fortune
Nemesis is the goddess of justice, rolling the wheel of fortune. How is she different from the Christian God?

Elaine R Kelly
Nov 22, 202510 min read
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Who are Mary Salome and Mary of Clopas? (women in the Bible)
Are Mary of Clopas and Salome the same person? Who is the sister of Jesus's mother Mary? Who are Salome and Mary of Clopas in the Bible? Who is Clopas in John 19:25?

Elaine R Kelly
Nov 19, 20258 min read
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The Real Conversation Jesus Wants Us to Have, by Regina V. Cates (Book Review)
The Real Conversation Jesus Wants Us to Have (Book Review)

Elaine R Kelly
Nov 18, 20259 min read
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Neither Jew nor Gentile? Who does the Bible call a Dog? (Galatians)
Who does the Bible call a dog? What does it mean that there is neither Jew nor Greek?

Elaine R Kelly
Nov 4, 202511 min read
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Apostle Junia in Philadelphia, Sardis, and Smyrna
If Apostle Junia went to Philadelphia, Sardis, and Smyrna, what would she encounter? Find out about these cities named in the book of Revelation.

Elaine R Kelly
Jul 24, 202511 min read
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Apostle Junia in Colossae, Laodicea, Hierapolis
Find out about Colossae, Laodicea, and Hierapolis, and imagine what Apostle Junia did on her mission journey there.

Elaine R Kelly
Jul 23, 202513 min read
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Apostle Junia: Mission Journey from Antioch
Where might the female Apostle Junia have gone on her first mission journey? Could Antioch be the church that commissioned her?

Elaine R Kelly
Jul 21, 20256 min read
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The Book of Longings and Other Books by Sue Monk Kidd (Book Reviews)
Sue Monk Kidd: book reviews show her spiritual journey from Guideposts editor to The Invention of Wings, The Book of Longings, and The Dance of the Dissident Daughter.

Elaine R Kelly
Jul 16, 20255 min read
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Apostle Junia: To Make Disciples with a Carrot or a Stick?
Let's look at two historic ways to make disciples: by force or love. Is it better to evangelize with a carrot or a stick?

Elaine R Kelly
Jun 28, 20258 min read
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Sue Monk Kidd: The Dance of the Dissident Daughter (Book Review)
Reflections on feminist and liberation theology based on Sue Monk Kidd's spiritual memoir, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter.

Elaine R Kelly
Jun 25, 202521 min read
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Feminism: Equality not Hierarchy (Christian Feminism is Godly)
Do you see feminism as advocacy for equality and freedom, following Jesus, or do you see it as an enemy to Jesus?

Elaine R Kelly
Jun 10, 202516 min read
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Inspired: by Rachel Held Evans (Book Review)
Rachel Held Evans looks at how the Bible is inspired and, after seeing it as a weapon, how we can learn to love the Bible again.

Elaine R Kelly
Jun 6, 202513 min read
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Apostle Susannah: Mother and Prophet
Apostle Susannah: juggling motherhood, career, prophesying, and preaching. Is motherhood an obstacle or blessing?

Elaine R Kelly
May 21, 202517 min read
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Mariamne Transforms Female to Male, Becomes "Equal to the Apostles"
"Equal to the Apostles" Mariamne transformed to a man to travel as an apostle with Philip and Bartholomew.

Elaine R Kelly
May 17, 202515 min read
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Where did Apostle Mary Magdalene go on her Mission Journeys? (The Mary we Forgot)
Mary Magdalene was an apostle to the apostles on that first Easter. Where did she go on her missionary journeys?

Elaine R Kelly
May 14, 20259 min read
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Apostle Junia: Who Was She?
Who was Junia? How did she earn the title of outstanding apostle?

Elaine R Kelly
May 8, 20259 min read
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Apostles: Are There Female Apostles?
Were there Female Apostles, Evangelists, Preachers and Teachers in the early church? Who are the Female Apostles?

Elaine R Kelly
May 5, 20258 min read
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