J. Lee Grady
Chosen Books, 168 pp., $14.99
Many books urging women to claim our positions as God’s daughters tell only half the story. They tell us we are God’s beloved little girls, privileged princesses. They expound on our roles or rights as children of God, but not our responsibilities. J. Lee Grady wrote Fearless Daughters of the Bible to encourage women to reclaim the power of God’s promises and step up and act accordingly. He retells biblical and modern-day stories as anecdotal evidence of women who faced down criticism to stand up courageously for justice for themselves and others and who were blessed for their boldness in insisting they, too, were called to lead, challenge and fight for God’s people and Christ’s kingdom. The obvious big names are represented—Sarah, Miriam, Deborah, Hannah, Esther, Mary, Priscilla—along with accounts of women who are not household names or named at all, such as the daughters of Zelophehad, Caleb, Joram and Philip. Chapters end with reflection questions and exhortative messages from God. A father of four daughters, Grady writes in paternal tones without stooping to paternalism; ideal readers would be high schoolers and college age.
