Women Worth Knowing

Women Worth Knowing

Join us each week for a lively conversation between authors Cheryl Brodersen and Robin Jones Gunn as they explore the lives of well-known—and not so well-known—Christian women in history. Trust us, these are definitely women worth knowing!

Episodes

October 7, 2025 26 mins

Gina Aguilar did not come to faith until she was already a full fledged Los Angeles cop! However, once she came to Christ, there was no turning back. God not only protected her while she served for over twenty years, but He also brought love and a new ministry into her life. Gina’s story is not only fascinating, but she also will share a few tips for women’s safety she learned as an LA cop!

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Sharon Markey, even at a young age and in spite of great tragedy, chose to walk with Jesus. From her youth, she had a profound intimacy with Jesus that stayed with her through college. She knew she wanted to serve the Lord on the mission field. She did not know how or where, but God would make His way clear to Sharon through a series of unexpected, providential, and outright humorous events. Join us as we listen to Sharon talk abou...

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September 23, 2025 26 mins

Sharon Markey, even at a young age and in spite of great tragedy, chose to walk with Jesus. From her youth, she had a profound intimacy with Jesus that stayed with her through college. She knew she wanted to serve the Lord on the mission field. She did not know how or where, but God would make His way clear to Sharon through a series of unexpected, providential, and outright humorous events. Join us as we listen to Sharon talk abou...

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September 16, 2025 25 mins

Sharon Markey, even at a young age and in spite of great tragedy, chose to walk with Jesus. From her youth, she had a profound intimacy with Jesus that stayed with her through college. She knew she wanted to serve the Lord on the mission field. She did not know how or where, but God would make His way clear to Sharon through a series of unexpected, providential, and outright humorous events. Join us as we listen to Sharon talk abou...

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September 9, 2025 26 mins

Pam Clark is an unassuming woman who at a time when she planned on slowing down, was thrust into a ministry with young, vulnerable girls in Africa. Her story will inspire you to simply take the next step toward obedience to God and then see where that path will take you.

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September 2, 2025 26 mins

Pam Clark is an unassuming woman who at a time when she planned on slowing down, was thrust into a ministry with young, vulnerable girls in Africa. Her story will inspire you to simply take the next step toward obedience to God and then see where that path will take you.

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August 26, 2025 25 mins

Pam Clark is an unassuming woman who at a time when she planned on slowing down, was thrust into a ministry with young, vulnerable girls in Africa. Her story will inspire you to simply take the next step toward obedience to God and then see where that path will take you.

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August 19, 2025 26 mins

Kerry Hasenbalg met Jesus at a young age through her mother’s faith. However, the transfer of that faith did not become her own until she studied abroad in Russia. It was in Russia that a deep passion for Jesus and His word was sparked. Kerry spent the next years deepening her knowledge of the Lord and drawing close to Him. It was after this time that God began to open exciting and unprecedented doors of opportunity to her. Those o...

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August 12, 2025 26 mins

Kerry Hasenbalg met Jesus at a young age through her mother’s faith. However, the transfer of that faith did not become her own until she studied abroad in Russia. It was in Russia that a deep passion for Jesus and His word was sparked. Kerry spent the next years deepening her knowledge of the Lord and drawing close to Him. It was after this time that God began to open exciting and unprecedented doors of opportunity to her. Those o...

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August 5, 2025 26 mins

It’s crazy how doing something good can turn so bad. Hannah chose to love Jesus from her youth. She married a precious Christian man from church and together they set about becoming a family together. Everything seemed almost storybook until they set about adopting a troubled little boy. Listen to the tragic turn of events in Hannah’s life as well as God’s sustenance, deliverance, and the doors of ministry God opened to her through...

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July 29, 2025 26 mins

It’s crazy how doing something good can turn so bad. Hannah chose to love Jesus from her youth. She married a precious Christian man from church and together they set about becoming a family together. Everything seemed almost storybook until they set about adopting a troubled little boy. Listen to the tragic turn of events in Hannah’s life as well as God’s sustenance, deliverance, and the doors of ministry God opened to her through...

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July 22, 2025 26 mins

Margaret Laird’s life was extraordinary in so many ways. She was born in 1897 in Denver, Colorado. She grew up in a large family, went to college and became a dental radiologist. Though a church goer all her life, it was in college that Margaret first heard the Gospel and received Jesus as her Lord. Put off at first by the idea of leaving America as a missionary, she was nevertheless compelled to yield her whole life to whatever pl...

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July 15, 2025 26 mins

Margaret Laird’s life was extraordinary in so many ways. She was born in 1897 in Denver, Colorado. She grew up in a large family, went to college and became a dental radiologist. Though a church goer all her life, it was in college that Margaret first heard the Gospel and received Jesus as her Lord. Put off at first by the idea of leaving America as a missionary, she was nevertheless compelled to yield her whole life to whatever pl...

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July 8, 2025 26 mins

Margaret Laird’s life was extraordinary in so many ways. She was born in 1897 in Denver, Colorado. She grew up in a large family, went to college and became a dental radiologist. Though a church goer all her life, it was in college that Margaret first heard the Gospel and received Jesus as her Lord. Put off at first by the idea of leaving America as a missionary, she was nevertheless compelled to yield her whole life to whatever pl...

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Anne Bradstreet was a young Puritan woman with ink-stained fingers and a heart full of dreams. Growing up in 17th-century England, she found solace in her father’s library. Anne felt a God-given calling to express herself through poetry. Her faith grew stronger after a battle with smallpox as a teenager. The suffering drew her closer to God.

Anne married Simon Bradstreet, a man of wisdom and quiet strength. He saw the gift God had p...

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Anne Bradstreet was a young Puritan woman with ink-stained fingers and a heart full of dreams. Growing up in 17th-century England, she found solace in her father’s library. Anne felt a God-given calling to express herself through poetry. Her faith grew stronger after a battle with smallpox as a teenager. The suffering drew her closer to God.

Anne married Simon Bradstreet, a man of wisdom and quiet strength. He saw the gift God had p...

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