Jen Oshman joins Hunter and Autumn on the podcast today to discuss her book Cultural Counterfeits: Confronting 5 Empty Promises of Our Age and How We Were Made for So Much More. In today’s culture, women and girls are influenced by idols that promise purpose and meaning for their lives―outward beauty and ability, sex, abortion, and gender fluidity. Within the church, women may elevate good things like marriage and motherhood to the status of idolatry. Ultimately, these idols are hollow and leave women feeling unsettled, but where should they turn instead?

In Cultural Counterfeits, Jen encourages women to reject these idols' empty, destructive promises and embrace real hope and peace in Jesus, calling them to recognize their unshakable and eternal identities in him.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Cultural Counterfeits: Confronting 5 Empty Promises of Our Age and How We Were Made for So Much More by Jen Oshman

It’s Good to be a Girl by Jen and Zoe Oshman

King: A Life by Jonathan Eig

Virgil Wander by Leif Enger

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks

The Rise of Christianity by Rodney Stark

Dominion by Tom Holland

The Case Against the Sexual Revolution by Louise Perry