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A Lineage of Grace: Five Stories of Unlikely Women Who Changed Eternity

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In Lineage of Grace we follow Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba, and Mary through their lives as they are each intricately woven into the Lineage of Christ. Tamar shows the story of a woman betrayed, yet a woman determined to do what is right in the eyes of God. Rahab, a harlot, shows that no matter the sin God can still do wonderful things in each of our lives. Ruth, a love story of epic proportions...we see love given from daughter-in-law to mother-in-law, but we also see love shown from man to woman as Ruth takes her rightful place as the wife of Boaz. With Bathsheba, we again see how God can turn a sin into something that is for His glory, if only the participants are willing. And finally with Mary we get an interpretive look into the live of Jesus' mother and the struggles she went through watching her son, who she knew to be the Christ, grow up and be rejected by a world that was supposedly waiting for his arrival. We see with Mary how God can take the most illogical person to be someone that is important to His plan.

This book, Lineage of Grace, is a compilation of 5 separate books written by Francine Rivers several years ago. Each book (then called Unveiled, Unashamed, Unshaken, Unspoken, and Unafraid) included a section at the end called "Seek and Find" where the reader could take a deeper look at the Scriptures pertaining to each story. There were questions to consider and ideas to ponder in order to gain a better understanding of the story itself, but also of how the story and the Scriptures might apply to the reader's spiritual life. Thankfully, the "Seek and Find" sections are included in this new publication as well! Granted, each book is a fictional expansion of what the Bible gives to us, with Rivers using her imagination to add details. But the details added are historically accurate and do not take away from the basic story told within the Scripture. Rivers simply takes the verses from the Bible and puts the story into `real life' for the reader to gain a better understanding of what it might have been like to actually live that life.

I read this set of books when they first came out and loved them...but I gained new meaning and learned different things reading them again. They are easy to read and are the kind of book a person could read every few years and gain something new from them each time. Francine Rivers did an excellent job in her research for these books and in writing them. I look forward to reading her other series based on men of the Bible called "Sons of Encouragement."

These are amazing stories told by an incredible author. Rivers makes the Bible more understandable and interesting to women through this book. It is beautifully written and draws you to the heart of God more and more each day. The scripture and questions at the end of each "book" are great for individual devotions or Bible studies. They are great to dive deeper into the Bible for further understanding and application. This is a must-have, along with any other Francine Rivers books. My favorite--Redeeming Love.

These books really brought this women of the Bible alive. Although they lived in very different times and faced different physical and social challenges than women of today, their spiritual and emotional lives were much like ours. My favorite was Mary's story. The mother-son relationship between her and Jesus was much like that of other loving mothers and sons, yet all the time she recognized He was the Messiah.

I bought this book for my wife to read for her bible study group. I read a few pages then couldn't put it down. It gives the passions and talks about what the women were thinking that caused them to do their actions. I had to read it. It is absolutely fantastic and easy reading. It sheds a lot of light in how people think in that part of the world as far as respect and how it is even still viewed today. Really worth reading.

The Lineage of Grace series is fantastic. A few of my friends and I read it together as a book club/Bible study type thing and it was great. We really enjoyed it. You can't go wrong with Francine Riv [...]. she's great! And it's wonderful that you can buy all of the series together in one larger book. Definitely a must read!

We are using this book in our ladies bible study class. It has been a very eye opener, helping us to look at the stories in the bible from the point of view of the women involved. When you here the stories of women in the bible, you very rarely think about how hard their lives were and what life was like for women in those times. This gives new perspective in a way that brings the women to life. The writing is detailed and the questions at the end of each story is a wonderful guide to use in a bible study.

I have read many of Francine Rivers books, and, now this account of five faithful women, have never failed to encourage me to read more in the Bible. Rivers takes passages in the Bible and creates mental images that are so easily understood that it is almost like living in the pages of the Bible itself. An excellent must read!

The will of woman has the power to change the world. "A Lineage of Grace" is a collection of Christian fiction from Francine Rivers as she presents the tale of five women and their relationships with God. Tragic pasts, oppressive environments, obedience, and more, "A Lineage of Grace" is a collection of spiritual tales that will lift the spirits of many Christian women, highly recommended.

Frances Rivers does a wonderful job of making the bible come alive. Although the stories are in novel form she is careful to stay as biblical as possible. I don't always think about what the women in the bible may have gone through to be used by the Lord and the author really makes you think about it. This is a wonderful book to help you understand the biblical woman in her culture. The questions at the end of each story help you to apply what these women went to your life as well as helping you to stop and think about how God used those around these women. It is a great book for a book study or woman's bible study.

I love to share the books in this collection with my friends - they are all in one volume - easier to share! This series really helped me to understand these Biblical women. Even though the details are not all from the Bible, the books are very well researched and "could" have happened (based on historical information). I like how the Biblical story is included and discussed after the fictionalized version.