According to Luke 8:1-3, Jesus’s invitation to follow Him was not only extended to his 12 male disciples, but to many women as well. What does this tell us about Jesus’s heart for men, and for women?

According to Genesis 1:27, God created males in His image, and He created females in His image. What are the implications of this theological reality for us? How does this doctrine speak to the sins of sexism and misogyny?

How are we to reconcile texts like Genesis 1:27 (where we see that both men and women are created in God’s image) and Luke 8:1-3 (where we see that Jesus valued women, and invited them into radical discipleship) with texts like 1 Timothy 2:11-14 (which seem to prohibit women from teaching and exercising authority)?

According to Luke 8:3, Jesus entrusted significant ministries to women, and He invited women to take ownership of them. Jesus relied on women financially to fund his entire ministry. Why is this significant? How can our churches be actively seeking to release people into meaningful ministry, and inviting them to take ownership of ministry in the church?

In the ancient world, men were considered to be more valuable than women. Largely, because the culture felt that women had little or nothing to offer. How does the gospel confront this way of thinking? How does the gospel press back against the idea that a person’s value and dignity is determined solely by what they have to offer?

Does the reality that men and women have equal value before God (because they were both created in His image) mean that men and women are identical? Does it mean that there can be no differentiation between their respective roles? Why or why not?

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