In the Beginning - Softcover

Cotten, Gloria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0970520905 ISBN 13: 9780970520906

Publisher: Mercy Press, 2001

Synopsis

In the Beginning is both a Bible study focussing on the first three chapters of Genesis and also the story of one woman's struggles to allow God to apply His creation vision to her own life. Gloria Cotten shares openly both the joys and the frustrations of learning what it means to be a woman of God. Examples given from her own life and the lives of women close to her make the principles she discusses personal and practical and applicable to the reader's life.

Gloria dares to discuss the difficult questions most Christian women wonder about but are afraid to ask. She candidly treats the subject of submission, calling it "a condition of the heart that cannot be defined in terms of specific behavior." She confronts the need in women to come to terms with the fact that they are not as physically strong as men. She frankly discusses the tendency in women to follow in the footsteps of Mother Eve that lead to discontent, doubt, and deception.

But In the Beginning is a very positive, hopeful book as well. The promise of redemption hidden in God's words of punishment to Adam and Eve after they had sinned is revealed. The Cross of Christ as the fulfillment of that promise is brought to light so that the potential for restoration becomes accessible.

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From the Publisher

Ever feel like you're walking around in a minefield when it comes to getting along with the opposite gender? You never know when you're going to take a wrong step and one of those little hidden bombs is going to explode in your face! In the Beginning uncovers how those hidden mines began to get buried in our lives by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.

Believing "that the Scriptures are God's authoritative Word and that anything He gives me to do can be done without twisting, compromising or violating the things He has spoken in the Bible," Gloria Cotten examines the events of Genesis 1-3 to discover God's creation plan for women. Insights into defusing the little gender-bombs become accessible as she explores what was in the heart of God when He made man male and female... In the Beginning.

About the Author

Teaching ladies groups, conducting retreats and conferences and traveling in ministry with her husbanc Michael has given Gloria Cotten ample opportunity to "practice what she preaches" in In the Beginning. The lessons shared in the book began as she taught her first Bible study to the women of Jubilee Fellowship, a church she and Micahel founded over 20 years ago in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina.

Michael and Gloria have been married for 32 years and have three grown sons and two grandchildren. Though Fuquay-Varina is still home base, they both travel extensively in ministry both nationally and internationally.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mercy Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0970520905
• ISBN 13: 9780970520906
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 150