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!

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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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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 1, 2025 26 mins
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June 24, 2025 26 mins
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June 17, 2025 26 mins
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June 10, 2025 26 mins
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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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May 20, 2025 26 mins

Olga was a familiar and much loved woman at her church in Costa Mesa. Few knew the dynamic ministry this kind, gracious, and godly woman had among thousands of prisoners at Bilibid Prison in the Philippines. God powerfully worked through Olga Robertson to bring salvation, discipliship, and transformation to thousands of incarcerated criminals. Today we discuss the humble yet dynamic testimony and ministry of Olga Robertson.

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May 13, 2025 26 mins

Olga was a familiar and much loved woman at her church in Costa Mesa. Few knew the dynamic ministry this kind, gracious, and godly woman had among thousands of prisoners at Bilibid Prison in the Philippines. God powerfully worked through Olga Robertson to bring salvation, discipliship, and transformation to thousands of incarcerated criminals. Today we discuss the humble yet dynamic testimony and ministry of Olga Robertson.

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May 6, 2025 26 mins

Aileen Coleman has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth, featured on the cover of Quantas In-flight magazine, and awarded many honors for her service to the Bedouin people in Jordan for over fifty years. Aileen was born in Australia the youngest child in a family of seven. Her life was one of revelry and dares until on a dare she met Jesus at a tent revival meeting. From that point forward she chose to serve the Lord wherever and howev...

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April 29, 2025 26 mins

Aileen Coleman has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth, featured on the cover of Quantas In-flight magazine, and awarded many honors for her service to the Bedouin people in Jordan for over fifty years. Aileen was born in Australia the youngest child in a family of seven. Her life was one of revelry and dares until on a dare she met Jesus at a tent revival meeting. From that point forward she chose to serve the Lord wherever and howev...

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April 22, 2025 26 mins

Trish grew up near Manchester, England during a time when family secrets were deeply guarded. Her family has all the outward appearances of success, however, behind the walls of her home there was violence. In a three part series Trish shares about what it was like to try to cope with a life of secrets and how she came to know and experience release in Jesus from all the secrets.

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April 15, 2025 26 mins

Trish grew up near Manchester, England during a time when family secrets were deeply guarded. Her family has all the outward appearances of success, however, behind the walls of her home there was violence. In a three part series Trish shares about what it was like to try to cope with a life of secrets and how she came to know and experience release in Jesus from all the secrets.

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April 8, 2025 26 mins

Trish grew up near Manchester, England during a time when family secrets were deeply guarded. Her family has all the outward appearances of success, however, behind the walls of her home there was violence. In a three part series Trish shares about what it was like to try to cope with a life of secrets and how she came to know and experience release in Jesus from all the secrets.

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April 1, 2025 26 mins

Anita Coon was a child of the sixties. Like her peers she explored the hippie lifestyle. She came to faith in the height of the Jesus Movement. However, it wasn’t long until Anita found herself in a dangerous cult that she had to escape. Others faith might have been challenged by such an experience, but Anita recounts how she clung to Jesus and how He continued to safeguard, keep her, and bless her. Today Anita Kuhn leads the women...

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March 25, 2025 26 mins

Anita Coon was a child of the sixties. Like her peers she explored the hippie lifestyle. She came to faith in the height of the Jesus Movement. However, it wasn’t long until Anita found herself in a dangerous cult that she had to escape. Others faith might have been challenged by such an experience, but Anita recounts how she clung to Jesus and how He continued to safeguard, keep her, and bless her. Today Anita Kuhn leads the women...

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March 18, 2025 26 mins

As a young woman, Phyllis loved all night life of London in the 1920’s. She loved to play cards, dance, and party. During that time she never imagined that someday she would serve as a missionary in China and be a prolific author of Christian biographies, but that is exactly what took place once Jesus captured her heart. Listen as Cheryl recounts the testimony of how Phyllis came to faith, her adventures in China, and how God majes...

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March 11, 2025 27 mins

As a young woman, Phyllis loved all night life of London in the 1920’s. She loved to play cards, dance, and party. During that time she never imagined that someday she would serve as a missionary in China and be a prolific author of Christian biographies, but that is exactly what took place once Jesus captured her heart. Listen as Cheryl recounts the testimony of how Phyllis came to faith, her adventures in China, and how God majes...

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March 4, 2025 25 mins

Ruth was born in 1898 and lived to be 103 years old. She began writing Christian fiction when her mother, Grace Livingston Hill, passed away and left her current novel unfinished. Ruth finished her mother’s book and went on to write six more novels. When Ruth’s minister husband passed away only twenty years into their marriage, Ruth began teaching and went back to college. When she graduated, she started a Christian school in Pinel...

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