Adorned by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
Week 3: Chapter 2 — Older and Wiser
Read Chapter 2 of Adorned. Primary Scripture: Titus 2:3; Proverbs 31:26.
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Paul's description of older women is surprisingly specific — reverent, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of good. Nancy unpacks what it actually looks like to become the kind of woman worth following.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Nancy points out that Paul's description of older women is largely about character, not credentials. Why is that distinction so important? What happens when we confuse the two?
2.The word Paul uses for "reverent" in Titus 2:3 is *hieroprepeis* — it literally means behavior fitting for a holy place or a priestess. Nancy argues that older women are called to carry a kind of sacred dignity in how they live. What does that look and feel like in ordinary settings — a kitchen, a carpool, a conversation?
3.Paul's warning against being a "slanderer" uses the Greek word *diabolos* — the same word used for the devil. Nancy observes that malicious or careless speech about others is more than a social flaw; it is doing the devil's work.
a.Where are you most tempted toward this kind of speech — in person, in texts, in venting to a close friend?
b.What practices or habits might help guard your tongue in those moments?