“Manliness has been defined as assertion of the self. Womanliness has been defined as the nurturing of selves other than our own - even if we quite lose our own in the process. (Women are supposed to find in this loss their true fulfillment.) But every individual person is born both to assert herself or himself and to act out a sympathy for others trying to find themselves - in Christian terms, meant to love one's self as one loves others ... Jesus never taught that we should split up that commandment - assigning 'love yourself' to men, 'love others' to women. But society has tried to.” IfsMenShouldTryingPersonsHas BeensSelfChristianJesusIndividualProcessTermBornLosesLossLove YouTaughtDefinedFulfillmentLove YourselfSplitsCommandmentsOne LoveNurturingAssertionManlinessHis Loss Book:We Are All Part of One Another: A Barbara Deming Reader Source: We Are All Part of One Another: A Barbara Deming Reader
“Who you are is not defined by what you do, but it is defined according to who Jesus is to you” JesusWho You AreDefinedWho Jesus Is Author:Carl Lentz
“The offspring of the woman, Jesus Christ, came into the world to save women who have dethroned God, taken His place, defined personhood as tissue, and willed the death of their own child. It can't be reversed, but it can be forgiven. That is why Christ died.” WorldChildrenJesusChristTakenJesus ChristDiedDefinedAbortionForgivenOffspringTissuesPersonhood Author:John Piper