So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell Jesus’ disciples.
Matthew 28:8
I grew up in a church that was mostly helpful to my faith, but I was taught some bad theology from time to time. One example is that my former church taught me that women should not teach/preach the Bible. I never questioned what I was taught, until I went to seminary and was confronted by crystal clear examples that blatantly defied that teaching, like the passage above. The first people to share about Jesus’ resurrection (or preach the freakin’ Gospel!) were women! It wasn’t men or even Jesus’ own disciples; they were next. But first, women.
