Allie Beth Stuckey
Appearances
The Brett Cooper Show
Can Women Have it All? | Episode 10
There is a subset of people on the right who would say that women should not be fighting culture wars at all. They should not have any work that takes them outside of the home. That means that they're an undercover girl boss feminist that is leading everyone else into girl boss feminism. We're talking about words. We're not talking about physical prowess.
The Brett Cooper Show
Can Women Have it All? | Episode 10
When it comes to talking, that's actually something that women traditionally are pretty good at and something that is... that God can't equip women to do at particular times. So I'm not out there trying to wage any wars.
The Brett Cooper Show
Can Women Have it All? | Episode 10
I am trying to use to the best of my ability, one of the capabilities that God has given me and to steward that well, to say something that is true and hopefully to give him glory. And I think all women and men are called to do that in a variety of ways.
The Brett Cooper Show
Can Women Have it All? | Episode 10
Men and women have contributed to their same household economy through a variety of ways for a really long time. I think it's actually very new, this idea that in order to be a Proverbs 31 woman or a biblical mom, that that literally only means being in the kitchen. I think being in the kitchen is great. I love all of it.
The Brett Cooper Show
Can Women Have it All? | Episode 10
I love domestic things, but having the home and the family being the center of a family economy doesn't always just mean cleaning and cooking.
The Brett Cooper Show
Can Women Have it All? | Episode 10
The online trend of saying that in order to be a biblical woman, your life has to look like this specifically. It has to look like this aesthetic, this kind of homesteading, this many hours at home. These kinds of jobs are okay, but these kinds of jobs are not okay. The outlines that are not in scripture. I think that places a burden on women to reach a particular standard that Jesus did not set.
The Brett Cooper Show
Can Women Have it All? | Episode 10
But if you truly look at Jesus' interactions with Pharisees, the problem wasn't that they were too religious or that they were too holy, but it's that they did not understand the heart of God's law. They cared too much about the outward appearance in these arbitrary standards, some of which they had come up with themselves that were completely outside of Scripture,
The Brett Cooper Show
Can Women Have it All? | Episode 10
And God wanted them to understand the heart behind his principles. A lot of what I see in this trad world is really only about the superficial and that's never gonna change someone's heart or life for the better.
The Brett Cooper Show
Can Women Have it All? | Episode 10
One of the chapters of my book, You're Not Enough, is you're not entitled to your dreams. And I was kind of raised believing some prosperity gospel things, that if I do this, if I pray for this, if I ask this in the right way, then God definitely will give me the kind of success that I want.
The Brett Cooper Show
Can Women Have it All? | Episode 10
And I still see that believed among a lot of people, that if I say this basic incantation, do X, Y, Z, then I will finally get the relationship and the job that I want. But none of those things are guaranteed. We are not entitled to the things that we desire. You may never have it all.
The Brett Cooper Show
Can Women Have it All? | Episode 10
You may have a lot and there are a lot of things that you can be grateful for and it's okay to want a lot of things as long as they're like righteous desires. But no, we're never guaranteed to have everything and that's okay.
The Brett Cooper Show
Can Women Have it All? | Episode 10
I will always say pursuing money for the sake of money, pursuing fame for the sake of fame, pursuing power for the sake of power is never going to end well. So decide what you are going to pursue. If you pursue godly things, like if you pursue the family and a stable marriage
The Brett Cooper Show
Can Women Have it All? | Episode 10
It, those other things may get thrown in and that may be great, but I promise if you pursue money and you pursue power for the sake of those things, you will not also get the stable family thrown in. So it's just a matter of what you want to prioritize and pursue and let God take care of the material stuff.
The Brett Cooper Show
Can Women Have it All? | Episode 10
You don't have to sacrifice your morals and jump at the opportunity to get in a sexual relationship with a powerful rich man just because you want to be rich. And I'm not saying that was necessarily Ashley's motivations. I don't think we know that for sure. But I think she was trying to say...