By Design: God's Distinctive Calling for Women

Susan Hunt , author, is a Godly woman with a Godly anointing to put pen to paper and bring understanding of subject matter. Always age-appropriate. Apparently, the price of books, paper and Kindle, have sky-rocketed since my last purchase. This was the only one available for about $5.00.Would recommend your site. NanP

Susan Hunt did a thorough work in this book. Many times churches do not reach out compassionately. However, it takes strong leadership to oversee the programs she presented for consideration.

Superior explanation for a woman's role biblically.

A beautiful reminder of who women were created to be and our purpose which can be found only in Christ.

Wow. Rarely have I seen an author whose position I dislike, but whose style I love. Susan Hunt's a formidable woman who writes with zest, even if her definition of womanhood is rather incomplete.Hunt definitely presents the complimentarian view better than many (and I mean MANY) before her. One of the best things about her is her open-mindedness and compassion for women whose positions she doesn't agree with. For example, she admits that the feminist movement opened with good goals and, when giving an example of women's Bible study groups that might steer in the wrong direction, she said that such women probably didn't intend for any wrongdoing to occur. In short, she generally gives women the benefit of the doubt.Although Hunt speaks against "militant feminism", she's no shrinking violet herself. In fact, much of her words are spoken in a fighting spirit. One of my favorite parts of the book was when she corrected an often misused quote of the Bible, in which women are told to have a quiet and gentle spirit. Hunt bluntly says, "The Bible was speaking of the spirit women should have with their husbands, not towards culture as a whole. There is a time and a topic for women to speak". I've heard people tell women to be quiet so often, quoting that passage at them, it's about darn time someone set them straight.This book, as Hunt herself affirms, is not to defend the position of male headship, but to uplift the concept of women's position. Unfortunately, Hunt's view of woman's position is that of helper to men; this idea is stressed over and over in the book and deflects the true individuality God gives women. Hunt, like every other complimentarian under the sun, claims that male headship is not degrading to women and in no way gives them a secondary role. Actually, Hunt, it does. No one on Hunt's side of the argument seems to get this, but the concept of men being heads and women being helpers is VERY secondary to women! It's nothing BUT secondary to women. The idea is that our sole purpose is to help our men, the only leaders. Women can't be, in Hunt's view, more than helpers. Thanks Hunt, but I'd prefer to promote God's headship, not man's.Hunt was for the most part open-minded, but the occasional one-track mindset crept in when addressing certain issues. For example, although Hunt acknowledged the fact that the first feminists had noble mindsets, modern feminists apparently can do no right in her eyes. Her statement that "no matter what extreme feminists go to, their agenda goes against God's design" was painfully inaccurate of many feminists. I understand Christians have to step on toes, but it's never good if you insult your reader's position and making generalizations is a great way to do that.If you strive to be more than a helper, this book isn't for you. If you're a staunch complimentarian trying to better understand your position as a woman, on the other hand, this is possibly the best book you could get.

Susan Hunt holds to Biblical precepts when discussing God's design for women - how women were created differently from men - for a purpose! This book does not teach women to return to the kitchen and slave to men. This book opens the eyes of women who are unsure of why God made them differently in the first place. I am a stock broker and single mom, and I found this book to be intellectually stimulating and by no means stifling. It was refreshing to read something so practical and God-glorifying.