Old Testament Women Who Appear in the New Testament - Precious Seed | A UK registered charity working to encourage the study of the scriptures

Lot’s Wife

We do not know her name, her age, her appearance or her family background. All we know is that she passes before us briefly on the page of both Old and New Testaments as a salutary ...

John Scarsbrook

2020 Volume 75 Issue 1

Exposition

Sarah

Sarah – a woman of faith and inner beauty We often find it easy to write off and dismiss the spirituality of others. We focus on failings rather than the strengths. Imag ...

Frank Proudlock

2020 Volume 75 Issue 2

Devotional

Hagar

Hagar was a slave. She had no rights. She could not request time off for rest and recuperation. She could not express her opinion. She couldn’t campaign for better working condit ...

Frank Proudlock

2020 Volume 75 Issue 3

Exposition

Rebecca

The sovereign hand of God can be seen in all our lives and so it is helpful to look at those who have gone before to see how it worked and their response to ...

Michael Buckeridge

2020 Volume 75 Issue 4

Devotional

Rachel

‘May God make you like Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah’. This blessing, pronounced over Jewish girl seven today, shows us the importance in the Jewish faith of these four women ...

Ian Rees

2021 Volume 76 Issue 1

Devotional

Tamar

Tamar is not one of the more prominent characters of scripture; she is afforded one chapter in Genesis, a verse in the book of Ruth chapter 4, a reference in ...

John Scarsbrook

2021 Volume 76 Issue 2

Devotional

Rahab

The Bible does not gloss over the faults of those of whom it speaks. Two out of the three times Rahab is mentioned in the New Testament, it is with the addi ...

Michael Buckeridge

2021 Volume 76 Issue 3

Study

Ruth

Introduction ‘Ruth the Moabitess’, as she is frequently designated in the book that bears her name, is deservedly one of the most celebrated women of the Bible. Throug ...

Ken Totton

2021 Volume 76 Issue 4

Study

The Widow of Serepta

This notable widow is directly mentioned in two passages in the word of God: 1 Kings chapter 17 verses 8 to 24, part of the record concerning the ministry of ...

R. Catchpole

2022 Volume 77 Issue 1

Study

Eve

Late in the twentieth century some very clever and highly qualified scientists proposed a theory, and it was never more than a theory, suggesting that the evolutionary descent on t ...

John Scarsbrook

2022 Volume 77 Issue 2

Study

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