EZER KENEGDO RISING: RECLAIMING THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD ON WOMANHOOD($34.99Value)

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Are you searching for a biblical womanhood book that goes beyond Proverbs 31 clichés and domestic-only stereotypes? Ezer Kenegdo Rising is a comprehensive theology of women in ministry written by a former complementarian Pentecostal pastor who spent 27 years preaching male-only leadership—until the Greek text of Romans 16 forced him to repent. Discover what the whole Bible actually says about women. Drawing from the Old Testament prophets and judges, the Gospels, the early church, the hard passages (1 Timothy 2 and 1 Corinthians 14), and the eschaton—including insights from the deuterocanon and the church fathers—Pastor James Okon builds an unshakeable case: Deborah was a judge, military commander, and songwriter. The people came to her for judgment. - Huldah authenticated the Book of the Law for King Josiah. A woman held spiritual authority over the king and high priest. - Mary Magdalene was the first to see the risen Jesus and was commissioned: "Go and tell." She is the apostle to the apostles. - Phoebe was a diakonos (deacon). Junia was "outstanding among the apostles." Priscilla taught Apollos, a trained orator. - The Proverbs 31 woman is not a quiet housewife. She buys land, runs a business, and is praised in the city gates. - Lady Wisdom (Proverbs 8, Wisdom of Solomon) is a woman who builds a house and calls aloud in the streets. To silence women is to mute Wisdom herself. - Mary the mother of Jesus is the New Eve. Her Magnificat announces the overthrow of the proud and the exaltation of the lowly. What about the "hard passages"? Pastor Okon walks you through 1 Corinthians 11 (women praying and prophesying), 1 Corinthians 14 ("silence"), and 1 Timothy 2 ("I do not permit")—showing from the Greek and historical context that these were pastoral responses to specific crises (the Artemis cult in Ephesus, disruptive questions in Corinth), not universal bans on women teaching or leading. Written by a former complementarian – for complementarians questioning their tradition. Pastor Okon was once where you may be: certain that the Bible limits women. Then he studied Romans 16 in Greek. He discovered Junia the apostle, Phoebe the deacon, and Priscilla the teacher. He repented publicly. This book is his full account. Includes: 30-day reading plan through the whole canon - Glossary of Hebrew and Greek terms (ezer kenegdo, diakonos, apostolos, theotokos) - Patristic sourcebook (Irenaeus, Chrysostom, Augustine on women) - Exegetical notes on the hard passages - Study guide for small groups Perfect for: Pastors and seminary students seeking a comprehensive egalitarian theology - Women discerning a call to preach, teach, or lead - Complementarian readers willing to examine the evidence - Church study groups wrestling with 1 Timothy 2 and Galatians 3:28 The Bible does not teach a narrow, domestic-only womanhood. It teaches prophetic, wise, strong, witnessing, leading, resurrecting womanhood. Let her be whole. Scroll up and click "Buy Now" to join the rising of the ezer kenegdo. "What Eve undid through unbelief, Mary restored through faith. And every woman baptized into Christ is a microcosm of the New Eve – called to crush the serpent's head in her own sphere." — Pastor Dr. James Okon