“What is a woman?” used to be a straightforward question. Now it can derail a courtroom, a classroom, or a family dinner and that’s exactly why we decided to talk about it plainly. Dr. Robert Jackson sits down with his wife Carlotta after she teaches a women’s message at a church luncheon, and we trace the deeper issue beneath the headlines: our culture has stopped trusting definitions that come from God’s design.

We start with a word that rarely gets airtime anymore: surrender. Not religious talk, not vibes, not “I believe,” but the kind of surrender that actually changes who we obey, how we love, and what we call strength. From there we walk through the confusion around womanhood, the waves of feminism that shaped modern expectations, and why division between men and women doesn’t liberate anyone, it fractures the family and the church.

Then we challenge the popular “strong woman” script: independence at all costs, self-first living, and leadership mocked as weakness. We share a different picture, strength that builds, covers, honors sacrifice, and makes a home a place of peace rather than competition. We also tease next week’s follow-up, where Carlotta plans to unpack women in Scripture and the traits that mark a truly strong woman.

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