Women's Resources

Women Disciples

1min

Jesus continues through the countryside. He's adamant in preaching the good news about the kingdom of God. The twelve disciples follow him. And some women follow as well.

Sinful Woman Forgiven

3min

A Pharisee invites Jesus to have dinner at His house. They're eating when a woman approaches Jesus. Everyone in the house stares, including the Pharisee.

Magdalena - Director's Cut

1h20

Magdalena, a film made especially for women, beautifully shares God's love and the gospel, engaging women at the heart level with the potential of changing their lives for eternity. The Director's Cut is 82 minutes and includes additional scenes.

Title and Introduction

1min

This story takes place in the year 40 AD in a village and Mary Magdalene and her friend, Rivka, are walking together. It's about sunset.

Mary Magdalene goes to Rivka's house

1min

Mary Magdalene enters Rivka's house in order to tell them about Jesus and how He impacted women's lives, including her own.

Creation

2min

Because Jesus' story is part of a larger story, Mary Magdalene tells the story of creation.

Temptation and Fall of Mankind

1min

The woman, Eve, was tempted by Satan and ate the forbidden fruit. She offered some fruit to Adam and he chose to eat it also.

Abraham

2min

Abraham believed God. One day God tested Abraham and told him to sacrifice his son.

Isaiah

1min

Isaiah, the Prophet, described what the Messiah would do when He came.

Joseph's Response

1min

When Joseph saw that Mary was pregnant, he wanted to divorce her quietly. However, an angel appeared to him in a dream.

Birth of Jesus

0min

Because the government ordered all men to go to their place of birth to be counted, Joseph and Mary went to a town named Bethlehem. Jesus was born there.

Simeon's Prophecy

1min

Mary and Joseph took the baby Jesus to the temple to be presented to God. There they met a righteous man named Simeon.

Explanation of Miraculous Birth

1min

Magdalena's friends questioned how Mary could become pregnant even though she was a virgin.

Baptism of Jesus by John

2min

Elizabeth's son, John, proclaims that someone is coming who is much greater than he is.

Jesus Proclaims Fulfillment of the Scriptures

2min

Jesus reads a passage from Isaiah about the Messiah and announces that it is fulfilled.

Mary Magdalene Freed from Demons

4min

People reject Mary Magdalene because she was possessed by evil spirits. But Jesus sees her and commands the evil spirits to leave her.

Rivka's Home, Disciples Chosen and Women Followers

1min

Jesus chose 12 disciples to follow Him. A number of women also followed Jesus and helped with their support.

Rome Took Everything but Jesus Offered Hope

1min

Rome ruled everything, taxing the people and being oppressive. Jesus came and offered hope.

Jesus Raises the Widow's Son

1min

A widow's only son and means of support died. Jesus passed by and brought the son back to life.

Sermon on the Mount

4min

Jesus teaches His disciples and the people a new way of living.

The Woman at the Well

6min

In those days, Jews and Samaritans hated each other. Yet Jesus talks with this Samaritan woman offering her living water.

Teaching About Prayer and Faith

2min

Jesus said that God takes great delight in providing for His children, encouraging them not to worry.

Jesus Spends Time with Sinners

1min

Jesus warns His disciples that temptations would come. As He sat and ate with those who were not religious, He taught them about God's kingdom and why He had come.

The Woman with the Issue of Blood

3min

A woman suffering from 12 years of bleeding could find no one to help her.

Jairus' Daughter Brought Back to Life

2min

Jairus is told that his daughter is dead. Jesus says, "don't be afraid, only believe."

Jesus Feeds 5,000

2min

A large crowd of people is with Jesus in the wilderness. It is late in the day so the disciples tell Jesus to send the people to get their own food. But Jesus challenges them to feed the people.

Teaching about Following Him

2min

Jesus tells his followers that there would be a cost to follow Him.

Healing on the Sabbath

2min

Jesus is in the synagogue on the Sabbath where He heals a woman who has been crippled for 18 years.

Roman and Religious Leaders Upset with Jesus

1min

The religious and government leaders are afraid that more and more people are following Jesus.

Widow's Offering

1min

Jesus observed a widow put two small coins in the offering box.

The Adulterous Woman Forgiven

3min

The religious leaders bring an adulterous woman to Jesus in front of a crowd.

Judas agrees to Betray Jesus

1min

Judas goes to the religious leaders intending to betray Jesus into their hands.

Jesus Is Betrayed, Arrested

2min

Judas leads some soldiers and religious leaders to where Jesus and His disciples are praying. Judas betrays Jesus and the soldiers arrest Jesus.

Jesus on Trial

5min

Jesus goes on trial before several religious leaders, and then is taken to Pilate, the Roman civil leader, who finally condemns Jesus to death on the cross.

Jesus Carries His Cross and Is Crucified

4min

Jesus carries His cross until He can no longer carry it. The soldiers made Simon of Cyrene carry it for Him. Then they crucified Jesus on the cross between two thieves.

Mary Recalls Simeon's Words

1min

Simeon had told Joseph and Mary that the child would be a sign to the people from God and be the fall and rise of many in Israel. He also told Mary that a sword would pierce her own soul.

The Thief Promised Paradise

1min

Hanging between two thieves, Jesus was asked by one to remember him when He came into His Kingdom. Jesus promised that that very day he would be with Him in Paradise.

Darkness and Jesus' Death

1min

Darkness came over all of the land for three hours and then Jesus "gave up His spirit" and died. At the same moment of His death, the curtain in the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

Burial of Jesus

2min

As women observed and with permission from Pilate, Joseph of Arimathea placed Jesus' body, wrapped in linen and spices, in his own tomb.

Women at the Tomb, Body Gone

1min

Early Sunday, some women went to the tomb to anoint Jesus' body but find the tomb already open and empty. They run to tell the disciples.

Magdalena Sees the Resurrected Jesus

3min

After viewing the empty tomb, angels ask Mary Magdalene why she is crying. Another also questions her and when He speaks her name she realizes that He is not the gardener, but is Jesus.

Magdalena Explains Jesus' Death and Resurrection

2min

Mary Magdalene explains why Jesus' death and resurrection are significant to our lives.

Knowing God Personally

2min

Jesus showed His great compassion for people, His authority over evil and every spirit, and His power even over death.

Rivka Believes

3min

Jesus died to restore our broken relationship with God. Rivka chooses to believe all that Mary Magdalene has told her and asks Jesus to be her Lord and Savior.

Living the Christian Life

2min

Rivka learns that this relationship with God is eternal and Mary Magdalene and Dinah share ideas about how she can grow in that faith/relationship.