Bad Girls of the Bible
and What We Can Learn From Them

ECPA Gold Medallion Finalist!
A CBA Bestseller for 8 Years!

In Bad Girls of the Bible, Liz offers a clear-sighted, life-changing approach to understanding those "other women" in Scripture—Delilah,  Jezebel, Rahab, Lot's wife, and six more.  Liz combines a contemporary fictional retelling of their stories with a solid, verse-by-verse study of their lives and the lessons we can learn from them.

Whether they were Bad to the Bone, Bad for a Moment, or Bad for a Season, but Not Forever, these infamous sisters show us how not to handle the challenges of life.  With trademark humor and heartfelt encouragement, Liz teaches us how to avoid their tragic mistakes and joyfully embrace God's grace.

    For ten years I studied bunches of biblical role models and finally realized what we had in common:  Zip.
    Sarah was so faithful. Esther was so courageous. Mary was so innocent. I was so none-of-the-above. Girls, it was downright discouraging.
    Then I found Jezebel and something inside me clicked. I identified with her pushy personality, I understood her need for control, I empathized with her angry outbursts, and I began to wonder...
    Could those Bad Girls from the past teach us how to be Good Girls in the present? I'm here to tell you—yes!  "Grab a veil and dive in!"                                       

Eve had a hunger that cost her a garden;
Potiphar's wife had an appetite, too;
Lot lost his mate when her past swirled around her;
Delilah went bad when she snipped a new 'do.

Sapphira fell flat when it came down to money;
Jezebel ordered her husband around;
Michal missed the message in King David's worship;
To the bone, in a moment, their badness was found.

Yet...

A woman of Samaria found a thirst-quencher;
A sinner, a woman, anointed Christ's feet;
Rahab, the harlot, became a believer;
Her sin, like the walls, crumbled down in defeat.

Bad for a season, but no, not forever;
Not these three role models, saved from despair;
Made new by God, their changed lives teach the lesson:
If we but ask him, grace waits for us there.

© 1999 Liz Curtis Higgs

288 pgs • Soft cover • WaterBrook Press • 1999, 2007

 
ISBN 978-1-57856-125-4