Why does Paul say women will be “saved through childbearing”?

Mike Bird is joined by Dr Sandra Glahn, author of Nobody’s Mother, to explore Artemis of Ephesus, one of the ancient world’s most powerful goddesses.

They uncover a cult intertwined with childbirth, magic, wealth and civic life, and ask how understanding Artemis changes the way we read Acts 19 and 1 Timothy. Was Paul’s controversial teaching about women understood very differently by its first-century audience?




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Released on 23 Sep 2026