Like the women who followed Jesus from the cross to the empty tomb, women across the world are eager to both know God’s Truth and to make His Truth known across cultures and generations. With inspiring faith and undaunted courage, they overcome obstacles and face down the opposition. The tools found in this book can help each and every one of us to do just that!

Essentials Bible study is based on the narratives, or stories, about women in the Bible. And there is no shortage—there are more than 100 stories of women included in God’s Word (download below under Resources ).

Essentials is also an inductive Bible study. What exactly does that mean? It means that we will examine precisely what the Word of God says in its original context through the “windows” of Preparation, Observation, Interpretation, Application, and Reflection. And as we learn how to study these stories inductively, we find the answers we are looking for and the purpose we are longing for.