Martha Ravenhill | Women of Christianity

“A Christian woman’s true freedom lies on the other side of a very small gate—humble obedience—but that gate leads out into a largeness of life undreamed of by the liberators of the world, to a place where the God-given differentiation between the sexes is not obfuscated but celebrated, where our inequalities are seen as essential to the image of God, for it is in male and female, in male as male and female as female, not as two identical and interchangeable halves, that the image is manifested.” – Elisabeth Elliot

Martha Ravenhill

Marriage and Family – The Ravenhills

Published March 21, 2011 |

By womenofchristianity

“Leonard was the perfect husband and father to us.”

“Leonard lived all his life with eternity’s values in view.”

Sometime… Continue reading →

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Burt Forney on Martha Ravenhill

Published March 21, 2011 |

By womenofchristianity

Burt Forney is a businessman in Lindale who knew Leonard and Martha, first as friends and later as a neighbor.… Continue reading →

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Build Me A Son by General Douglas MacArthur

Published March 21, 2011 |

By womenofchristianity

Build me a son, O Lord, who’ll be strong enough to know
When he is weak, and knows enough to… Continue reading →

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Ravenhill Family Life

Published March 21, 2011 |

By womenofchristianity

The Ravenhill home was one of love, consistency, and self-discipline. Martha was consistent about their home life being in order… Continue reading →

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