Discover the joy and freedom of being all-in for Jesus.
Somewhere along the way, the Church has gendered the Greatest Commandment. We’ve made loving God with our heart and soul women’s work and we’ve made loving God with our mind and strength, men’s work. But the Scriptures offer another way: be all in for Jesus.
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In a day when our church culture has limited the terms of Jesus’ command to the perceived strengths of each gender, a woman trying to love the Lord beyond her heart and soul, with her strength and mind, can be thought of as crossing some line or unspoken boundary. But that is not what Scripture says.
I offer my thoughts on this important subject in an effort to help women find their answers to the question, “What am I doing here?” Perhaps more clearly, “Why am I allowing limitations on my pursuit of Jesus’ calling?”—not just as single, career-driven women or as wives and moms but as Christ followers focused on living their lives to love and serve God as their first and highest calling.
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No More Holding Back
Book
“What a joy to read No More Holding Back. Its message is on target: women are gifted by God to love and serve him fully. Men and women are to honor God together. Read this book and let's cheer one another on to a deeper walk, better cooperation, and more effective ministry together with God.” --Darrell L. Bock, Senior research professor of New Testament studies, Dallas Theological Seminary
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6-Week Bible Study
Designed specifically for busy professionals with limited time, the 6-session No More Holding Back Study Guide includes Scripture reading, video notes, and group discussion questions with simple, short-but-focused personal study and Bible exploration materials for in-between sessions.
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“Readers interested in considering and reforming how Christianity regards women will find great value in Armstrong’s passionate work.”
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Meet the Author
Kat Armstrong
Kat Armstrong was born in Houston, Texas, where the humidity ruins her Mexi-German curls. She is a powerful voice in our generation as a sought-after Bible teacher and innovative ministry leader. She holds a master’s degree from Dallas Theological Seminary and is the author of No More Holding Back and The In-Between Place. In 2008, Kat cofounded the Polished Network to embolden women in their faith and work. She and her husband, Aaron, have been married for twenty years and live in Dallas, Texas, with their son, Caleb, and attend Dallas Bible Church, where Aaron serves as the lead pastor.
Endorsements
“With wit and candor and a responsible use of Scripture, Kat Armstrong makes a winsome case for women in ministry. What the church needs most is not loud and shrill voices, nor does it need arguments rooted in Western liberalism's sense of justice. What it most needs is gifted women to use their gifts for the glory of God in the church. Barriers are broken down not by activism but by the beauty of God's Spirit speaking to God's people through women who are gifted to speak. Kat Armstrong is one of those gifts using her gifts to open Scripture for all of us.”
Rev. Canon Dr. Scot McKnight Professor of New Testament, Northern Seminary
“Kat is a brilliant Bible teacher and a ferocious cheerleader for women. I underlined so much of my book, and said out loud "you go girl" more times than I can count! This book will challenge you, encourage you, and inspire you to do all the great things that God has prepared in advance for you to do! On behalf of all the women now and in the generations to come, I say thank you, Kat, for writing these words for us.”
Jamie Ivey, The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey Podcast, author of If You Only Knew
“Kat is one of my most favorite Bible teachers and I've been supporting her work through Polished for years. She inspires me every time I hear her speak and finally, we have her grace-filled teaching in a book! Every woman needs her words, especially at such a time like this. I know you will just love No More More Holding Back and fall more in love with Kat and the Bible through this book.”
Catherine Giudici Lowe, wife, mother, reality TV personality, Founder/CEO of LoweCo. and LoweCo.ncierge
“The assumption within Christian circles is that for women and girls silence is golden, deference and submission are supreme virtues, and less is more. The compulsion to hold back—fortified by church and cultural messages for women—means offering less to Jesus. It vastly underestimates and hampers the mission he entrusted to his followers and deprives our brothers of the strengths and wisdom they need from us. We end up living with one foot on the brake. We owe Jesus more! Kat Armstrong draws from her own struggles with these confining, cautionary messages to summon her sisters in Christ to stop holding back. Her passionate call to shed these hindrances and press on to love God freely with all our hearts, minds, souls, and strength is crucial reading for the whole church!”
Carolyn Custis James, author of Half the Church: Recapturing God’s Global Vision for Women and Finding God in the Margins
“Kat Armstrong is the woman to write this book. She lives this message every day by investing in women and elevating them with more diligence and zeal than just about anyone I know. Being a woman in leadership is lonely work, but No More Holding Back fires a shot across the bow of that isolation. If you are yearning for a friend who understands the challenges of leadership, as well as a fellow soldier who will rally you to more, this book is for you!”
Sharon Hodde Miller, author of Free of Me: Why Life Is Better When It's Not About You
“No More Holding Back, is an invitation for women to shift from risk managers to risk engagers. The Kingdom has been waiting for a woman to be bold enough to declare that our voice matters, too. The female voice has been silenced for far too long when it comes to being a mouthpiece for the Gospel. Kat’s transparency and vulnerability serve to unearth the type of courageous surrender that results in us rising up and stepping out for such a time as this. Every page is part of a supernatural recruiting session calling you into your life mission, your true purpose and your born identity. It’s a charge for women of faith to stop hiding out in God’s heart, and to start being what he always intended - a woman of wisdom and worth who operates without approval and without apology. That is indeed a dangerous woman, and that’s exactly what Heaven is after.”
Marshawn Evans Daniels, Godfidence Coach® | TV Personality | Reinvention Strategist for Women, Founder of SheProfits.com