Bad Girls Of The Bible
Higgs, Liz Curtis Bad Girls of the Bible and What We Can Learn from Them. Colorado Springs, Colorado: WaterBrook Press, 1999.
In her book Bad Girls of the Bible and What We Can Learn from Them, Liz Curtis Higgs delivers fictionalized, modern stories based on the lives of biblical women. She writes her book in a self-help format so that her readers can relate and compare their lives to the lives of several different biblical women. Higgs hopes that by pointing out flaws and corruption of women in the Bible, it will show modern woman that no one, not even biblical women lead perfect lives. She hopes that by pointing this out, woman will take their lives into personal consideration and strive for a well rounded existence.
Higgs used mainly all biblical verses in her research for this book. She incorporates bible verses into her fictional stories to make a legitimate statement. She also claims that her husband, Bill Higgs has "held her hand through the entire process" as well as review and change almost every word. Higgs leaves selective corresponding notes all throughout her book so that readers have a chance to flip to the back of the book and find out exactly where she got some of her information.
While growing up into her late teens and early twenties Higgs led a very troublesome life. Her family tried to raise her as a very down-to-earth and wholesome girl, but somewhere down the line, she veered off-track. She often found herself in bars many hours of the week as well as finding companionship with different men around
every corner. A couple of years later, her life hit rock bottom, she was getting into several different drugs and leading a very promiscuous lifestyle.
However, Higgs figured out that the only way she could save herself was to look up for help. She believes that a husband and wife couple she found while working one night saved her soul literally overnight. They treated her not as a wrecked ship but...
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